[Cooleo]

This is fantastic news! Way to go TATA! On the other I hand, I fail to understand that if TATA is willing to take this route for its premier Land Rover range of vehicles, why the hell can't Nissan for it's X-Trail and Mitsubishi for its Lancer and EVO-X.

[tommani]

do we have any confirmed reports if this has actually begun, will prices of the freelander reduce?? and possibly assemble the evoque in India and launch it at a very competitive price ??

[avishar]

Originally Posted by tommani

do we have any confirmed reports if this has actually begun, will prices of the freelander reduce?? and possibly assemble the evoque in India and launch it at a very competitive price ??

Yes those plans to assemble freelanders is very much on,this is from a march 2nd news report

Tata Moors will soon start assembling all the models of the the 2011 Land Rover Freelander 2 in India and along with that also aims to put 2000 Freelanders on Indian roads. What this suggests is a very yummy price tag for the Freelander as the CKD kits are expected to give Tata plenty of leeway by means cost savings to price the Freelander right in the INR 25 Lakh price bracket. Tata will assemble the FreeLander 2 at it’s Chikli unit, which once upon a time housed the Tata-Mercedes Benz production facility.

[Dippy]

Originally Posted by tommani

do we have any confirmed reports if this has actually begun, will prices of the freelander reduce?? and possibly assemble the evoque in India and launch it at a very competitive price ??

Originally Posted by avishar

Yes those plans to assemble freelanders is very much on,this is from a march 2nd news report

From what a source at JLR told me, the CKD Freelanders would be on sale from June and would come to 35 lakhs on road, this is in Mumbai.. Once Tata starts completely manufacturing the Freelander in India, prices will go into the 25 lakh bracket

[avishar]

They would be completely manufacturing the freelander?With some respectable localization content?

I thought they will just move from CBU to CKD operations.

[mdsaab]

But i thought the duty/tax structure of ckd vehicles was going to be revised. Wasnt this headed northwards?
Anyways
the freelander at 25 lakhs OTR now your talking!
Would also be interesting to see how bmw and audi retaliate.

[MaserQ]

Originally Posted by Dippy

Once Tata starts completely manufacturing the Freelander in India, prices will go into the 25 lakh bracket

That would set the cat amongst the pigeons! Do we know when Tata propose to start production?