JLR to have light weight aliminium bodies to cut costs
Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover is mulling over building all its future cars with light weight aliminium bodies for reducing input costs
as the two British marquees are trying hard to come out of the more than Rs 1,700 crore loss in 2008-09.
The two iconic brands are also developing hybrid engines for use in future models of JLR.
“JLR is planning to have all its future cars constructed with light weight aluminum bodies resulting in considerable savings in weight, and reduction in CO2 emissions,” Tata Motors Chairman Ratan Tata said in its Annual Report for 2008-09.
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Courtesy : economictimes.indiatimes.com
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