Jaguar your carriage awaits you: Jaguar's decision to switch from road to rail for export-bound cars called for a ￡10m investment - including custom-made carriages at ￡300,000 apiece

摘要

With dawn breaking, a train pulls out of the sidings next to Jaguar's Castle Bromwich factory to join the rail mainline heading for Southampton docks. With impenetrable looking sleek metal sides to its eight carriages, you'd never guess that this was one of the most valuable trains in the country, worth in excess of ￡12m. For Jaguar, it represents the future in more ways than one. It isn't just a simple means for the firm to save money in the long term. It's also a statement of intent: proof that the company is serious about cutting its carbon dioxide emissions - and not just from its cars.