Thread: Land Rover to move Discovery production to Slovakia

Originally Posted by goingbush

Been on the slate since 2015

New generation of the Land Rover Defender 4x4 to be built in Slovakia | Daily Mail Online



I have a money jar set aside for the new Electric Defender, if the Defender resembles the rest of the LR family (RR/ D5) I wont be buying it & will get the I-pace instead.

It looks quite good off road

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

I had no idea British made parts were made elsewhere.

Some aftermarket parts come with Made in UK on box and also another sticker that says C 0f O (country of origin) ie made in UK and C& O Germany. so they are either made in the UK and then transported to Germnany or China etc and stored to be then distributed from there or a those Counties are now part of the UK

Have received Genuine LR parts in LR box made in UK , part made in Brazil !!

Lose Now, Win Later | Jaguar Land Rover is moving all production of its Land Rover Discovery SUV to Slovakia from a plant near Birmingham, and retooling the Birmingham factory to make a new generation of electric cars, Kaye Wiggins reports. All Discovery production will be gone from the U.K. by early 2019. While some agency-employed plant workers may lose their jobs, the decision to build electric vehicles at Solihull looks like a major commitment to U.K. manufacturing.

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Originally Posted by goingbush

Have received Genuine LR parts in LR box made in UK , part made in Brazil !!

Exactly what I'm saying. The box might be made in UK. ( label should read made from local and imported ingredients)

Brexit could result in a 10% tariff on British products entering the EU, so LR would want to avoid that extra cost handicap.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

What is the reason?
Are British parts of poor quality? If so, what caused the change in quality as those parts were obviously of a suitable quality pre-brexit?
Or is it a form of protectionism?

If British-made (not British branded) parts are used it could take the product past the acceptable percentage of non-EU content.

Originally Posted by p38arover

If British-made (not British branded) parts are used it could take the product past the acceptable percentage of non-EU content.

Ah. As I thought. Protectionism.