Much after the successful launch of Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Motors has now come out with Freelander 2(SUV). The 2010 range Freelander will be on roads from this November and will be followed by 2010 Ranger Rover and Range Rover Sports, Discovery 4 in December(as the company has withdrawn Discovery 3 with the first two being in market). Freelander will cost Rs33.8 lakh – Rs45 lakh and will have a 2.2 lit diesel engine with three variants- S, SE, and HSE. The company president for passenger car unit disclosed that Freelander fits in the vacuum left by the competitors for an ideal car.
With the only option by way of Discovery 3 the company was in a position to let the model of old generation. But with the launch of Freelander, Land Rover stable will be revived with all 2010 models. As the SUV market gets the consistent 18-20% growth, Freelander will dare BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. For its intense sales and service, the company has identified cities for 6 more dealerships including Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Ludhiana. The lone dealer for India is in Mumbai.