Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) on Wednesday said it has launched updated version of Land Rover Discovery in the country with price starting at Rs 88.06 lakh (ex-showroom). The model comes with the latest generation of petrol and diesel engines, advanced infotainment system and superior comfort and practicality with seven seat configuration. "The new Discovery, while retaining Land Rover's legendary breadth of capability, offers renewed levels of refinement, luxury and efficiency which make it the best full-size SUV for the outdoors and adventure-filled journeys with the family," JLR India President and Managing Director Rohit Suri said in a statement. The Land Rover range in India includes the Range Rover Evoque (starting at Rs 59.04 lakh), Discovery Sport (starting at Rs 65.30 lakh), Defender 110 (Rs 83.38 lakh), Range Rover Sport ( Rs 91.27 lakh) and Range Rover (starting at Rs 2.10 crore). JLR sells its cars from 24 dealerships across the country.
Assurance comes a day after the company's stocks slumped by more than 10% following profit warnings over scarcity of semiconductors
Company sees semiconductor shortage deepening in the September quarter of the current financial year.
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) aims to be the world's most profitable luxury car manufacturer, according to Chief Executive Officer Thierry Bollore.
Tata Motors is India's largest commercial vehicle company and fourth-largest passenger vehicle (PV) player
The company took a hit of Rs 15,000 crore to re-cast JLR business
Output at two of Jaguar Land Rover's British car factories will be temporarily halted from Monday
The comment came from the automaker's chief finance officer for China
Shares of Tata Motors on Tuesday jumped nearly 6 per cent after the company-owned Jaguar Land Rover reported a 12.4 per cent rise in retail sales to 1,23,483 units in the fourth quarter of 2020-21.
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"We anticipate a net reduction of around 2,000 people from our global salaried workforce in the next financial year," it said
A month into the vaccination drive, which has covered more than 8.5 million so far, the health ministry has indicated that Covid-19 vaccines are not likely to be there in the open market anytime soon
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JLR, acquired by the Tatas in 2008, is the UK's largest automotive manufacturer, accounting for an estimated 30 per cent of all domestic car production in this country
However, the quarter reflected strong sequential recovery with positive pre-tax profit and major positive free cash flows following restart of production and reopening of global retailer network
Automakers are caught in a peculiar chicken-and-egg situation: Prices have to come down if volumes are to increase and volumes won't increase unless prices come down