US-Built Land Rover Defender Pickup To Be the First Fruit of Jaguar Land Rover's Stellantis Deal
The proposed pickup would be JLR’s first North American tie-up vehicle and could help the automaker avoid steep import tariffs, executives said.
- On Tuesday, Jaguar Land Rover and Stellantis announced plans to develop a Defender-branded pickup truck for the United States market, marking their first collaborative vehicle under a May partnership agreement.
- Facing 10% to 15% tariffs on imported vehicles, JLR signed a memorandum of understanding with Stellantis in May to explore collaborative product development and U.S.-based manufacturing.
- Domestic assembly allows JLR to bypass the 25% 'Chicken Tax' on imported pickups, positioning the new model to compete against the Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster and Jeep Gladiator.
- JLR Chief Financial Officer Richard Molyneux confirmed the partnership targets "new segments," clarifying that existing Defender production will remain in Slovakia.
- While the memorandum of understanding is slated for finalization by year's end, the project remains in preliminary stages and is likely years away from reaching production.
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British car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says it is in talks with NATO countries about purchasing a military version of the existing Defender model. This is reported by the Financial Times, among others. The struggling company, owned by the Indian Tata, wants to benefit from rising defense budgets. "It is a growth market that we are actively looking at," according to JLR. The British Army has been using Land Rovers since the 1940s, and t…
US-Built Land Rover Defender Pickup To Be the First Fruit of Jaguar Land Rover's Stellantis Deal
Jaguar Land Rover's first vehicle developed under its North American tie-up with Stellantis could be a Defender-branded Land Rover pickup truck. According to The Times of London, which cites people familiar with the project, JLR and the multinational group intend to assemble this model stateside. Jaguar Land Rover and Netherlands-based Stellantis both declined to comment. What is on the record is the framework on which the Land Rover... (continu…
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