Engine trouble in auto heartland


The Jaguar Land Rover plant in Solihull, England. — Andrew Testa/The New York Times

SOLIHULL, a market town in England’s West Midlands, is home to one of Britain’s largest car factories, run by luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover.

The factory, a collection of low-slung grey buildings spread over 120ha, does not tower physically over Solihull. But its influence here is vast.

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