As soon as JLR/Tata's redevelopments hit the showrooms, they've faced an unsurmountable capacity problem at their three UK factories - Solihull, Castle Bromwich and Halewood where they're now at full capacity with little or no room for expansion.
Building cars in major "export" markets makes a lot of sense as the cost simply absorbs some of the revenue from that "export" market and reduces the overall effect of world currency fluctuations to the global business, while still retaining the high value production elements in their home country to offset the R&D costs.
That's cool. I realize that it's "too easy", especially when your frame of reference is anecdotal evidence, rather than real World experience or current statistics to back up your claim.:
I would have expected China to be there NEW factory location for both China being an important market and steep import duties OR is JLR expecting the US market to be more important then China
An annual volume of 200,000, for JLR, even in North and South America? Are you kidding me?
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