US carmaker Ford said it planned a major restructuring of its European operations, including job cuts, to boost profitability.
Reports said the number of Ford positions set to go would be in the thousands. The group employs about 200,000 staff worldwide, around one-quarter of which are in Europe.
"We are taking decisive action to transform the Ford business in Europe," Steven Armstrong, group vice president and president for Europe, Middle East and Africa said in a statement.
The company said that "every Ford nameplate from the all-new Ford Focus onwards will include an electrified option".
Among concrete steps in key markets Ford said it will end production of small automatic transmissions in Bordeaux, France.
In Germany, it plans to end production of the C-Max and Grand C-Max in Saarlouis in response to a shrinking market in Europe for compact multi-purpose vehicles.
In Russia, Ford said it will launch a strategic review of its joint venture Ford Sollers, with several restructuring options on the table.
As for JLR, its move to shed more than 10 percent of its UK workforce is aimed at delivering £2.5 billion ($3.2 billion, 2.8 billion euros) of cost cuts over 18 months, as the group looks to move further into the electric car segment.
JLR suffered a 21-percent drop in Chinese car sales last year, while it has sought to contain any possible Brexit fallout.
"The group is overly dependent on diesel vehicles, and given the crackdown on emissions, petrol cars have become more popular," noted David Madden, analyst at CMC Markets UK.
"The company derives a sizeable portion of its revenue in China - which is cooling, and that is a factor also."
Industry data this week showed that sales of new UK cars sank 6.8 percent to 2.37 million vehicles last year.