Jaguar Land Rover opens its first Indian plant at Pune

Jaguar Land Rover opens its first Indian plant at Pune

Jaguar Land Rover has officially opened its first assembly plant in India last week. Located in Pune in the Maharashtra region, the facility will first assemble the Land Rover Freelander 2, supplied to it by in Complete Knock Down (CKD) form from JLR’s Halewood plant in the UK. It has the capacity to assemble 3,500 vehicles annually.

Two variants of the SUV will be available, the TD4 SE Automatic and the SD4 HSE Automatic. They’re now cheaper by Rs 2.5-3 lakh compared to previous fully imported CBU units.

According to the Tata owned company, the Pune facility (it’s not newly built, production line at the Tata owned building was earlier used by Mercedes) will be subject to JLR’s mainstream launch quality processes and will be overseen by experienced manufacturing and quality managers who have moved to India from the UK.

“Today marks a significant step in our growth strategy for the Indian market. The opening of this plant demonstrates close co-operation between the parent company Tata Motors and Jaguar Land Rover and we are keen to develop this further,” said Carl-Peter Forster, CEO and MD of parent company Tata Motors.

JLR is also planning a new £400 million engine plant in India, supposedly a “carbon copy” of a facility JLR has already announced for for the UK. It will churn out four-cylinder engines that are modular in design and up to 2.0 litres in capacity.

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Danny Tan

Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

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  • SoMeOnE on May 31, 2011 at 4:47 am

    its always nice to see some of my favourite brands getting stronger and stronger…these guys really provide a strong alternative to the premium german marks with the same amount of pedigree and prestige…and there are only a handful can do the same…maybe only a couple after counting these 2 out…

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  • P2KENARI on May 31, 2011 at 7:34 am

    AT PUNE…..?

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  • tikus on May 31, 2011 at 9:55 am

    Wonder when will Lotus will do the same in Bolehland so that rakyat will enjoy good price for the sports car?

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  • rulered on May 31, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    Will this have any effect on the price of Land/Range Rovers? Is our Landys currently imported from UK ? Why is it the twin cab Land Rover (with all it’s simplicity) is priced higher than the twin cabs such as Ford Ranger, Hilux, Navarra and Dmax? Why can’t Sime Darby AutoConexxion try to get a similar tax exemption for their twin cab Land Rover as for other brands mentioned. I’m sure value per value, non of the twin cabs match a Land Rover especially going offroad and such a simple engine too .

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