India to make JLR's Range Rover for first time, delivery starts May 24

Prices of 'flagship car' and its sport variant will reduce by 18-22%, say senior executives of Tata Motors-owned company

India is set to become the first country since 1970 to manufacture completely knocked down (CKD) units of the “flagship” Range Rover and Range Rover Sport cars outside Solihull in the United Kingdom.

The CKD units imported from the UK and assembled in India would reduce prices by 18-22 per cent, said senior executives of Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) India.

Deliveries of the locally manufactured Range Rover started on Friday, while that of Range Rover Sport will begin on August 16. JLR’s facility in Pune already makes Range Rover Velar, Evoque, Jaguar F-PACE, and Discovery Sport.

The move