·In line with Jaguar Land Rover’s global quality standards and distinguished British lineage, Chery Jaguar Land Rover is committed to delivering world-class quality products and inspirational brand experience to Chinese customers.

·By launching two new models within one year, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has demonstrated its high   efficiency in operation and become a new trendsetter in the Chinese premium SUV market.

·With the three years of accomplishments, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has established strong corporate capability.

·With four core competencies of “advancement, high efficiency, environmental friendliness, superior quality”, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has set up new benchmarks for the Chinese premium auto manufacturing segment.

·Chery Jaguar Land Rover is driving excellence in the year 2016.

(SHANGHAI, 21 December, 2015) The year 2015 has seen remarkable achievements delivered by Chery Jaguar Land Rover Automobile Co., Ltd. (Chery Jaguar Land Rover). In this year, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has launched two world-class quality models – Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport. With three years of relentless efforts, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has now established strong corporate capability, including excellent systems of R & D, procurement, manufacturing, quality, marketing & sales, and human resources. Chery Jaguar Land Rover’s Changshu plant, accredited as the “global flagship factory”, has built up four core competencies of “advancement, high efficiency, environmental friendliness, superior quality”.

Murray Dietsch, President of Chery Jaguar Land Rover, said, “In 2015, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has made a series of significant achievements in corporate strength enhancement, operational efficiency improvement, and new product launch. All these have demonstrated our commitment to becoming a leading enterprise inspiring excellence in the Chinese premium auto market as well as offering world-class products and services to Chinese customers. ”

Global Quality Standard and British Lineage

As a top global auto brand, Jaguar Land Rover owns the world-class quality and British heritage, which is trusted and loved by customers worldwide. As the first Sino-British joint venture in the Chinese premium auto market, Chery Jaguar Land Rover is in strict accordance with Jaguar Land Rover’s unified global standards in product development, supply management, manufacturing quality control, talent development, marketing & sales, to ensure the delivery of global quality and British lineage.

Two New Models Set Trends in the Chinese Premium Automotive Market

With keen insight into Chinese customers’ demands, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has kept introducing the latest technologies and products of Jaguar Land Rover to China market. In 2015, local Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport were launched, demonstrating Chery Jaguar Land Rover’s strong capability of localisation and high efficiency in operation.

Local Range Rover Evoque is a leader in the refined luxury SUV segment thanks to its stunning design, world-class quality, and superior all-terrain capability. Since its launch in February this year, more and more Chinese customers have been won over by the exceptional driving experience in the city as well as the satisfaction of their pursuit of energetic and trendy life style. The sale of Range Rover Evoque has been increasing steadily over the past 10 months.

As the first member of the new Land Rover Discovery family, the most versatile all-terrain premium SUV Discovery Sport has been warmly welcomed by the market since its launch with competitive price in October this year and the sales performance is extremely better than expected. It has provided Chinese customers with unparalleled premium SUV value experience. The successful launch of local Discovery Sport marks Chery Jaguar Land Rover has entered into the mainstream premium SUV market in China.

Strong Corporate Capability Built up over Three Years

Over the past three years since its establishment, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has built up a complete set of systems in R & D, purchasing, manufacturing, and quality management, human resources, marketing & sales, with an aim to become the leading enterprise inspiring excellence in the Chinese premium auto market.

In line with the unified global purchasing standards and process, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has set up a complete supplier quality management system, including audit, training and technical consulting. Chery Jaguar Land Rover has built up strategic partner relationship with both Jaguar Land Rover’s global suppliers and outstanding local suppliers to ensure that localised products inherit world-class quality. The joint venture has set new supply quality benchmarks for Chinese premium auto manufacturing sector. So far, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has entered into partnership with more than 1000 suppliers both in China and overseas.

Integrated Marketing, Sales & Service (IMSS), jointly run by Chery Jaguar Land Rover and Jaguar Land Rover China, is interfacing with dealers and customers in a smooth and highly efficient way. By the end of 2015, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has 194 dealers in full operation across China, providing an easy access for Chinese customers to the premium products and services of Jaguar Land Rover brand.     

Chery Jaguar Land Rover has been constantly building up a sound human resources system to deliver its commitment to “sharing value with employees”. In the innovative Sino-British Apprentice Programme, Chery Jaguar Land Rover joins hands with local colleges to train high-level technical workers for the joint venture. The training and development centre in Changshu plant has established a complete and sound system to keep training and developing a variety of high quality professionals. Chery Jaguar Land Rover sends local employees to Jaguar Land Rover UK for training on a regular basis in order to keep abreast of the latest developments in management and operational standards.

By the end of 2015, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has nearly 4000 employees, which has provided a wide spectrum of job opportunities to the local communities.

Four Core Competencies Set New Benchmarks for Premium Automotive Manufacturing

Chery Jaguar Land Rover Changshu plant is the first full-scale auto manufacturing base of Jaguar Land Rover outside UK. With world-class manufacturing facilities and top quality management system, Changshu plant is praised as the “global flagship factory”. The plant was ground broken in December, 2012, and was put into operation in October, 2014, setting the shortest time record of building up a joint venture auto plant in China. 

 Born in the time of Industry 4.0, Chery Jaguar Land Rover Changshu plant has implemented a large number of industry-leading technologies and equipment as well as a strict and complete quality management system. “Advancement, high efficiency, environmental friendliness, superior quality “are the four core competencies which the plant takes pride in. With the environmental friendly plant design, advanced and highly efficient manufacturing processes, the world-class quality centre and the unique health check line, the smart IT and logistics systems, Chery Jaguar Land Rover has set quite some new benchmarks for the premium auto manufacturing in China. 

Driving Excellence in the Year 2016

Looking into 2016, Chris Chen, Deputy President of Chery Jaguar Land Rover, said, “Commitment to the world-class quality is always our top priority work. Chery Jaguar Land Rover is committed to moving forward its localisation strategy in order to bring more global quality products and services to Chinese customers. At the same time, we’re going to further increase the joint venture’s operational efficiency by continuing to practice cultural respect and team work.” 

In 2016, the aluminium body shops will be put into operation in Changshu plant to produce more advanced and environmental friendly car models. A brand new Jaguar car model will be launched in 2016 to strengthen the joint venture’s product line-up. In the future, Chery Jaguar Land Rover will also produce and sell other Land Rover and Jaguar brand cars as well as the joint venture branded, tailor-made vehicles for the Chinese market. 

Chery Jaguar Land Rover is ambitiously marching towards the goal of being the leading enterprise inspiring excellence in the Chinese auto market by continuously offering world-class products and services to Chinese customers.