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BoldlyGo

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US has overtaken Britain as Land Rover's most important mrkt

This is an extract of a story the Birmingham Post ran Y'day:-

The US has overtaken Britain as Land Rover's most important market, figures due out today are expected to show.

The Solihull 4x4 specialist had its best ever year in the US in 2006, parent group Ford has said. Sales for the year rose by 3.5 per cent to 47,774 from 46,175 in 2005.

A breakdown of Ford's figures show that Land Rover's record-breaking year was due to the Range Rover Sport which sold 18,757 units, an increase of 80 per cent.

Range Rover itself suffered a ten per cent fall in sales at 12,044 while the company's other big seller in the US, the LR3 - badged in the UK as Discovery - was 12.5 per cent down at 16,930. "Range Rover has always had tremendous cachet in the US where it is seen as a premium vehicle overall, not just a premium 4x4," Land Rover spokesman Mark Foster said.

"Range Rover Sport is a high performance SUV that holds a wide appeal to Americans.

"It has really caught the imagination over there in terms of a vehicle with status and presence.

"The US is a very important market for us and although the UK sales figures for 2006 have not yet been finalised, there is a good chance that it will turn out now to be our biggest market." UK trade body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders is due to publish its 2006 sales figures today .

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Sat Jan 06 2007 11:50pm

Kaine

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I guess Ford have considered or will be considering build overseas then?

Sun Jan 07 2007 10:52am

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Sun Jan 07 2007 10:54am

Kaine

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TB wrote:
No !!! Don't say things like that.

its ok - Ford have stopped listening to me lately

Sun Jan 07 2007 10:56am

ENVOY

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Kaine wrote:
I guess Ford have considered or will be considering build overseas then?

Lets hope not eh

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Sun Jan 07 2007 11:13am

Tim in Scotland

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Kaine wrote:
I guess Ford have considered or will be considering build overseas then?

TB, put your blindfold on and earplugs in!

Yes, there was some press coverage in Oct/Nov that LR might start building them in the States.................................... however I think that part of the appeal of buying a Land Rover in the States is that it is built in the UK. The UK Toyota, Nissan and Honda factories currently cannot build enough of their cars to satisfy demand for the British built versions of the very same cars that are also built in Japan. I think it is Nissan that even goes to the lengths of putting a Union Flag badge on the back of their cars just so that Japanese clients know!
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Sun Jan 07 2007 11:53am

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