2012 Jaguar XKR-S, Toyota Repo, GM Employees For LGBTQ: Today's Car News

Jaguar XKR-S testing at Goodwood

Jaguar has released drool-worthy video of the 2012 XKR-S doing a test-run at Goodwood Hill. [MotorAuthority]

GM employees have made an 'It Gets Better' video for LGBTQ youth. [TheCarConnection]

Toyota repossessed a murdered mom's car and the son retaliated on Facebook. [SocialCarNews]

Sri Lanka is going to use more than 200 Tata Nanos as taxis. OK, we just like the story because it talks about Tatas. [GreenCarReports]

CNBC is flat-out wrong about electric-car charging. [AllCarsElectric]

More than 11,000 new Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep vehicles are being recalled due to a steering issue. [FamilyCarGuide]

Which new car would you want over the long haul? #YouTellUs [SocialCarNews]

Watch this video of a Chevrolet Camaro race car crashing and then rolling. {MotorAuthority]

Here is a tale of a million miles, 15 years and a Honda Accord. [TheCarConnection]

Toyota is going to fix the quirks on the upcoming 2012 Prius Plug-In Hybrid before launch. [GreenCarReports]

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Now hiring: Volvo planning to add 1,200 employees

Tuesday, Mar 29th, 2011 @ 1:44 p.m.

Volvo Cars says it plans to recruit 1,200 workers to build enough cars to fit in its future product plan. The Swedish automaker, recently acquired by China’s Geely Holding Group, says that the hiring will be for both its engineering facilities, home office and assembly plants in Sweden and Belgium.

“We need to expand our operations to enable development of the highly competitive and fuel efficient products and technologies that are part of our growth plan,” CEO Stefan Jacoby said in a statement released to members of the media.

Volvo says that 900 engineers will be hired to work in research and development in Sweden to create a new vehicle architecture that will eventually underpin electric cars. In addition, Volvo is hiring purchasing, IT and marketing workers.

In addition, the automaker says that it will also increase its staff at its Ghent, Belgium, assembly plant, which is expected to hit a new production record this year.

Volvo currently employees just short of 20,000 worldwide, a figure down from 2008 when it was owned by Ford Motor Company. During the last couple of years of Ford’s ownership, Volvo sliced its staff by about 6,000 workers in response to slackening global demand.

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