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Land Rover’s latest award-winning products made their Indian debut at the 12th
Delhi Auto Expo Motor Show. Amongst the star attractions, the Jaguar F-Type
Coupe was unveiled by India’s racing driver, Narain Karthikeyan and the Range
Rover long wheelbase by leading Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra.
The
celebrities appeared alongside Jaguar Land Rover’s new Indian product range,
including the latest Land Rover Discovery and the Range Rover Evoque with
9-speed transmission. Also making their much anticipated Indian debut were the
Jaguar C-X17 crossover concept and the D-Type inspired Project 7 concept car.
Today,
the company confirmed that Jaguar’s flagship model, the XJ, would become the
third model to be made at the firm’s local manufacturing facility in Pune,
following the introduction of the Land Rover Freelander 2 in 2011 and Jaguar XF
in 2013.
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Land Rover CEO Dr. Ralf Speth said, “We are here in India to showcase the very
latest offerings from our two great British brands. India continues to be an
important and dynamic market for Jaguar Land Rover with year on year sales
growth. This demonstrates that we are delivering our promise to create exciting
products and unrivalled customer experiences. We aim to enhance the potential
of the Indian market by growing our dealer network by 25 per cent this year and
will now manufacture our flagship model, the Jaguar XJ, in Pune”.
To
support future growth in the Indian market, Jaguar Land Rover is continuing to
expand its dealer network. Today the company has a network of 19 distribution
outlets across 17 cities with a plan to increase this to 24 by the end of the
fiscal year.