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A Tata official recently revealed that the relationship between Tata and Jaguar Land Rover will go deeper than just infusing capital in the British marques. Slated to be launched around 2017, the Tata Nexon crossover might share its platform with the next-gen Range Rover Evoque.
In an interview with Australian motoring publication Drive, the managing director of Tata’s Australian distributor Fusion Automotive has revealed that “Nexon was the development of a new platform that has been developed to be shared amongst the group to be utilised for different products and different brands.”
Mr. Darren Bowler declared that the global model which will be similarly styled to the Tata Nexon Concept showcased at the 2014 New Delhi Auto Expo is "a global car, and was designed by Tata Motors as a global platform. Think about the Volkswagen Golf and its platform and how it’s been used with Audi A3 and Q3, etc. This platform has been designed for the same thing."
Furthermore, Jaguar has recently hinted that it's open to develop high-riding models based on the iQ[Al] platform which will debut on the 2016 Jaguar XE sedan, which means that Jaguar will certainly launch an SUV vehicle sometime in the future. All things considered, we keep our fingers crossed that the Indian underpinnings won't affect the poise and handling characteristics of future Jaguar Land Rover offerings.
"That platform could be used as an Evoque, it could be used as a Tata, it could be used as a Jaguar. Wherever it goes it will one commonised platform [with a] different brand utilising it… You’re going to see in the future a lot of sharing of technologies and platforms over time, but you won’t see a JLR with a Tata badge on it or a Tata with a Jaguar badge on it or a Land Rover badge on it,” Bowler explained.
Mr. Darren Bowler declared that the global model which will be similarly styled to the Tata Nexon Concept showcased at the 2014 New Delhi Auto Expo is "a global car, and was designed by Tata Motors as a global platform. Think about the Volkswagen Golf and its platform and how it’s been used with Audi A3 and Q3, etc. This platform has been designed for the same thing."
Furthermore, Jaguar has recently hinted that it's open to develop high-riding models based on the iQ[Al] platform which will debut on the 2016 Jaguar XE sedan, which means that Jaguar will certainly launch an SUV vehicle sometime in the future. All things considered, we keep our fingers crossed that the Indian underpinnings won't affect the poise and handling characteristics of future Jaguar Land Rover offerings.
"That platform could be used as an Evoque, it could be used as a Tata, it could be used as a Jaguar. Wherever it goes it will one commonised platform [with a] different brand utilising it… You’re going to see in the future a lot of sharing of technologies and platforms over time, but you won’t see a JLR with a Tata badge on it or a Tata with a Jaguar badge on it or a Land Rover badge on it,” Bowler explained.
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