Jaguar Land Rover/Chery Aims To Capture 10% Of Chinese SUV Market
Jaguar Land Rover/Chery aims to capture 10% of Chinese SUV market. Jaguar Land Rover aims to capture 10 percent of China's premium SUV market as its first local plant allows the UK luxury marque to cut prices and boost sales in the world's largest auto market. JLR opened the 130,000-unit-a-year factory in Changshu city, about 110km (70 miles) northwest of Shanghai. The brand's Range Rover Evoque will be its first local production model, according to CEO Ralf Speth. The carmaker plans to build three models in China by 2016, including a Jaguar, he said. Speth told reporters at an event today to inaugurate the plant. The unit expects to sell 120,000 cars this year in China, which is already its biggest market, according to Bob Grace, JLR鈥檚 China president. JLR will be competing in a market where demand for premium SUVs is forecast to double to 1.2 million units by 2020, with 18 brands competing for market share, according to IHS Automotive.
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No low range in the LR2 I am sorry to say. The terrain response system will be permanant AWD with four terran response modes. I would have loved it if they included low range but I understand why they did not. If you look at the premium small SUV segment none of them have low range. It is not necessary to compete in the segment and while it would be a great thing to claim in a contest of one-upmanship it would probably price the LR2 out of the segment. It is also added weight and complexity that Land Rover does not need in order to have the LR2 help out their CAFE raiting. I don't buy it, not one bit. This is a "Land Rover," not another SUV wannabe. It should have a low range! If anything, the low range would set it apart from its competition, as well as reconfirm its off-road heritage. Offer it as an option if need be聴but offer it! If Jeep can offer a low range option for the Patriot, so should Land Rover offer this feature in the LR2. Granted, it's doubtful those two will ever be cross-shopped, but that's not the point. The point is every "trail-rated" Jeep offers a low range. So should should Land Rover.
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