Though Jaguar Land Rover’s new ownership is struggling to get profitability in the worst car market in decades, the company and its brands continue to improve, nabbing JD Power recognition for their efforts and releasing new and facelifted models, including the 2010 Range Rover. Today, the company released U.S. pricing on the redesigned SUV, which starts at $79,725.

The record price gets you a 5.0L naturally-aspirated V8 rated at 375hp and 375lb-ft of torque, updated driver information via a recent 12in TFT screen, advanced adaptive dynamics system towards better stability and roll control, more new brakes and better off-road calibration of the Terrain Response and DSC programming.

Land Rover has released U.S. pricing for its updated 2010 Range Rover that made its world debut alongside the facelifted Range Rover Sport and Discovery 4 (LR4) at the New York motorshow in April. The base Range Rover HSE that is equipped by a new 5.0-liter naturally aspirated V8 producing 375HP starts from $79,275 while the 510HP Supercharged original force of will set you back by a hefty $95,125. Both prices include a $850 destination and delivery charge but not tax, title and enrolment fees. For detailed information and a high-res gallery of the 2010MY Range Rover, click here.

Speculation in Britain that the Serious Fraud Office is to investigate a case surrounding the collapse of MG Rover in 2005 has been confirmed today with a British Government enquiry recommending a criminal investigation.

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson will call in the SFO following completion of the enquiry.

The MG Rover Group hit the wall in the midst of massive publicity nearly four years ago, owing creditors nearly £1.3 billion and saw around 6000 employees displace their jobs in addition to 9000 workers at dealers and support industries.

The saga that is the collapse of MG Rover and the following four-year sway probe into what went wrong has deserved taken another sordid and oddly-timed twist. Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State for the British Labour Party, has told the Financial Times that he was under “obligation” to pass the situation to the Serious Fraud Office (is in that place a “Not So Serious Fraud Office?”) following his review of the findings into the last days of MG.

The revised 2010 Range Rover Sport and 2010 Discovery 4 will go on sale in the UK from the beginning of September priced from £44,895 and £31,995 respectively. The entry-level version of the Range Rover Sport is moved by a 3.0-liter V6 turbo diesel while the villanous Discovery 4 by a 2.-7-liter V6 turbo diesel. Both models features just discovered engines, astute cosmetic enhancements on the outside and redesigned interiors. Hit the jump for the detailed price list.

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Jaguar lost Tata $463 million during its first ten months as part of the Indian firm, reports Automotive News [sub]. That loss stings twice as bad considering it makes up the bulk of Tata Motors’ $520 million consolidated loss in the fiscal year ending March 31. “There has already been 2,000 job losses. We may be looking at more job losses, more plant shutdowns,” says Tata VP Ravi Khant. Will that kill the crazy Extended-Range EV plans for the forthcoming XE? Tata recently refinanced $3b in debt, according to Automotive News [sub], but with a hybrid LRX reportedly approved as well, Tata’s staring at some hefty development costs. Best of luck to ‘em.

2010 Land Rover LR4 – Click above for high-res image gallery

India’session Tata Motors has reported a net forfeiture of $520 million (25.05 billion rupees) for the financial year ending in March of 2009. Over the corresponding; of like kind period individual year earlier, Tata managed to earn 21.68 billion rupees in profit. What gives? Naturally, the global household meltdown didn’face to face do the automaker any favors, but the main point in dispute can be sourced back to the poor performance of Jaguar and Land Rover, which the Indian automaker purchased from Ford last year with the help of a $3 billion bridge loan.

The answer, of course, is they hold help.

The company that manufacturers the phones for Land Rover is actually Sonim Technologies, and the request of Land Rover, Sonim has been tasked to create a mobile phone that exudes the identical ruggedness that is widely associated with the car manufacturer.

The result, as we’ve said, is the Land Rover S1, which has been described as ‘rugged at a distance before anyone’s imagination, formation it ideal for field employment’.

Land Rover has been threatening to build a sport-oriented three-door model for more time now. The British offroaders first whet our appetites with the Vesuvius orange Range Stormer, a 2004 show vehicle that eventually evolved into the production five-door Range Rover Sport. More recently, Land Rover has shown off the LRX, in addition a three-door concept, but word is that it, too, could grow an extra set of doors by the time it reaches showrooms.

An updated version of the Land Rover Range Rover Sport is expected to roll in to dealer showrooms later this year, and our spy photographers caught up with the freshened ‘ute while undergoing some winter testing in Scandinavia. The updated model will soldier on until an all-new Range Rover debuts for the 2013 model year.

The last time we spotted the updated Range Rover Sport in motion, it was taking some hot laps on the Nurburgring — hinting at its above average SUV performance. But even the Range Rover Sport has to uphold the legendary Land Rover reputation, that explains why testing has shifted to less-than-ideal conditions.