Tag: Automotive industry

5th June 2018 Vienna, Austria

Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

Motor City UK, Motor City Austria and the Jaguar i-Pace

The car is bright red – and silent. It is, perhaps, the best electric car in the world. I recently had the privilege to attend the launch of the new Jaguar i-Pace in Graz, a couple of hours south of Vienna. Graz is one of my favourite Austrian cities, with a huge student population, a […]

30th May 2012

by Robin Twyman

Consul for Business and Government Affairs

This post was published when the author was in a previous role

GREAT British Cars

Why buying a second-hand jag puts you in good, competitive company… In the business pages of this Sunday’s Washington Post, Michael Lennox asked whether an aspiring global competitor from a developing economy could use the acquisition of an established Western business to grow its earnings and diversify. Michael’s case in point was Tata’s acquisition in 2008 of […]