Jaguar Land Rover assembly plant opens in India, the Freelander 2 SUV is the first to implement

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The time where she could be made out of where a luxury car are formed by just by looking at it now passes. In fact, being manufactured in the country where its leaders are based in used to be one of the USPs of the car luxury cars. But not, as of today, we can find a BMW under construction in China, India, South Africa and the United States while Mercedes-Benz too set up factories in countries such as the Egypt of the Russia, the Thailand, and so forth.

The last to join the Group of globalized is the Jaguar Land Rover Group, which recently launched its first Indian plant. A Land Rover Freelander 2 SUV was the first roll of the plant, which is located just outside of Pune in Maharashtra. For a refresher course, Ford Motor Co. had sold Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors of India in 2008 after having committed 15 billion of US dollars in two years.

Tata Motors. firmly believes that the Assembly of Land Rover in India models will give the company an advantage better to compete with German rivals such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, who build all vehicles in India.

"We are excited about the idea of assembling cars in Pune for the Indian market, where we achieved significant growth since we opened our first showroom in 2009", explains Dr. Ralf Speth, CEO of Jaguar, Land Rover. "It is the ideal time to expand our operation in India due to the growing demand for luxury products and the strength of the Indian economy."

The plant in Pune that sensitizes the Land Rover Freelander 2 vehicles provided in form complete Knock Down (CKD) of Halewood plant in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The SUV will be available in India in two variants, the automatic TD4 SE, the SD4 automatic HSE. The cars will carry a price tag from the INR 3.39 million, which is about 15 percent lower than the current models are imported.

Also according to recent reports of media, Jaguar, Land Rover looks forward to build a new plant of India motors, although there is no such confirmation of the company.

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