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Jaguar Land Rover to close UK factories for a week over Brexit

GAYDON, England — Jaguar Land Rover will halt production at its British factories for a week in November, joining BMW and Toyota in plans to help mitigate any immediate disruption from a no-deal Brexit.

CEO Ralf Speth said JLR had to make plans now, including a stop to production at its four British factories during the first week of November.

“We cannot think about it, we just have to do it,” he told reporters at an event in Gaydon, central England, on Thursday to mark the opening of a new advanced product creation center.

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