Tata Motors-owned luxury brand Jaguar Land Rover today (December 19) launched the made-in-India Range Rover Sport SUV in the Indian market. The new car was introduced with features such as massaging front seats and a head-up display.
The luxury SUV was launched with two variants. This includes the P400 Dynamic HSE and the D350 Dynamic HSE and both are priced at Rs 1.45 crore (ex-showroom). The car is priced Rs 5 lakh more than the price of the locally assembled Range Rover Sport as the brand has discontinued the Dynamic SE variant.
At the same time, the Made in India SUV is Rs 25 lakh cheaper than the fully built unit and will compete with luxury SUVs like Porsche Cayenne (starting at Rs 1.43 crore) and BMW X7 (starting at Rs 1.3 crore) in India. Over the coming months, JLR will introduce 5 variants of the Range Rover Sport.
Jaguar will launch 8 electric vehicles in India by 2030. Currently, the Land Rover Range Rover lineup includes the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Velar and Range Rover Evoque. Apart from this, Range Rover is also preparing a fully electric SUV. This fully electric Range Rover Sport will be launched by 2025 and will be manufactured only in the UK.
Tata will make batteries for Jaguar. The Tata Group has announced the establishment of a Global Battery Cell Gigafactory in the United Kingdom. As part of this, the company will manufacture batteries for Jaguar Land Rover and other companies. Tata Group had announced to invest 4 billion pounds or more than Rs 42 thousand crore to establish a global battery cell gigafactory. The 40 GWh gigafactory will be the largest in Europe and Tata’s first factory outside India. Production in the new Gigafactory is expected to start from 2026.
Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran (left) meets UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right), after the announcement of the Global Battery Cell Gigafactory.
Tata bought Jaguar-Landrover in 2008, when Ford was on the verge of bankruptcy. Tata then decided to buy the luxury brand Jaguar-Land Rover (JLR) from Ford. This deal was done for $2.3 billion (Rs 9,300 crore at the time).