Tata builds its own SUV based on a Freelander
Posted on 07-04-2014 at 19:41 by ii – 4 Comments”
Tata is on a roll. After the devil’s own hand, Nano had started serving the Indian brand in Europe with the Bolt, Zest and Nexon Concept, an oasis of hard plastic. But the Indians want more. A premium SUV based on a Land Rover Freelander. A success in the making?
The Economic Times did the first hands on information of the project where Land Rover and Tata apparently been a few years now. The ‘project Q5’ must be able to compete with the big boys, but for a instapprijsje.
According to the newspaper are 45 engineers involved with the project, headed by Karl Heinz Servos, the big man from Tata that the combined projects. It should be a 5+2 suf and the thing must be somewhere in 2016/2017 showrooms in and roll-out.
The Big Tata is to be built on British foundations in the form of the Freelander 2, but then completely prepared for the Indian market. To put it in percentages. The project Q5 must be 50-85 per cent different from the Freelander.
The SUV needs in terms of price between the Toyota Fortuner and the Hyundai Santa Fe nest. It is still the question of whether the expensive sacred cow in the making, a Tata badge, and will bear, having regard to the previous flagship of the Indians, the Aria, miserably failed. Something with a’s image problem. A joint badging option is considered.
If he come, we remain, as always, curious to see the NCAP crash tests. Did you know that Range Rovers Evoque is built on the basis of a Tata Safari? Those two do more things together. (source: indiatimes.com through indianautosblog.com)
Gallery: Land Rover Freelander 2013
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