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| familymad Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Bucks Posts: 3481   
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The Land Rover Defender is one of the oldest true blooded off-roaders available today. The iconic British vehicle is soon going to be assembled in Sri Lanka, a country where high import duties keep cars out of reach of many. The local assembly will be done by Sathosa Motors, which is investing $1 million (Rs. 5.4 crores) in setting up a CKD unit in Hambantota District. SML Frontier Automotive will be the exclusive sales and distributor partner of Land Rover in Sri Lanka. SML Frontier Automotive is a 50:50 joint venture between Sheran Fernando and Sathosa Motors.
The company has already commenced work on the assembly plant and will start local assembly within the next few months. There is no word on the price of the locally assembled Defender but one can expect it to be quite aggressive as buyers will no longer have to pay high duties levied on fully imported cars. More than future buyers, current buyers will also benefit from this decision as after sales service will be made available to them, with spare parts available at cheaper cost. A new workshop is being constructed in Vauxhall Street which will offer after sales support for all Land Rover vehicles. This will see an investment of $500 million (Rs. 2500 crore). With Land Rover now going the CKD route for the Defender in Sri Lanka, we wonder what’s stopping them from locally assembling the rugged SUV in India, as they already have a plant in Pune, where they locally assemble the Land Rover Freelander 2 and Jaguar XF. Probably Tata Motors will manufacture the next generation Defender in India. Read more at http://www.motorbeam.com/cars/land-rover-d...LpGiivl.99 You wouldn't think they would set this up for less than 2 years production? 1951 80" S1 2.0 1995 110 300TDI 1995 90 300TDI |
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28th Jun 2013 12:17pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324 
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Two years production in the UK for the European market (if rumours are to be believed).
Most of the rest of the world don't have to meet similar standards - safety, emmissions, etc - and labour is usually cheaper, so why not milk a design that owes them nothing for all they can? Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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28th Jun 2013 12:51pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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Well if there's a market then why not?
Should ensure a good spares supply for several more years also... |
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28th Jun 2013 2:00pm |
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