Bowler team in redundancy talks

[Ace-T]

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/j...

From the news page above:

A Derbyshire manufacturer of off-road racing vehicles is set to close after nearly 40 years. Bowler Motors, founded in Belper in 1985 by Drew Bowler after modifying a Land Rover Series I, was taken over by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) in 2019, becoming part of the company's Special Vehicle Operations Division.

Earlier this week, JLR entered a period of consultation with the 28 Bowler Motors staff members at the headquarters in Queen Street, Belper. A spokesperson for JLR said: "JLR bought Bowler in 2019 for its expertise in low-volume production techniques and extreme all-terrain vehicle durability.

[Brent Hoffmeister]

Oh no. Will miss the occasional competition car passing the house on the back of a trailer.

[Skaben]

Just been reading this. Seems they were doing alright before the jlr venture. Wonder what went wrong?

[Sporky]

That's a shame - maybe they can all restart under a new name.

[andy43]

Skaben said:

Just been reading this. Seems they were doing alright before the jlr venture. Wonder what went wrong?

They got involved in a company that’s choosing to make EVs and 200 grand luxury SUVs.

[ChrisW.]

Doesn't this say rather more about how JLR are doing ??

(Who have just stopped manufacturing ICE Jaguars .... with the promise that they will be back at some stage ...)

Edited by ChrisW. on Thursday 31st October 18:04