(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- The AutoBest award ceremony was recently held in Salzburg for the first time. The judging panel consisted of 31 journalists from 31 countries. Jaguar Land Rover was awarded as the company of the year by AutoBest, the biggest automotive expert jury in Europe.
AutoBest's international panel of experts honoured the two brands' impressive level of growth and solid financial results despite challenging economic conditions, as well as the introduction of innovative and appealing products. Prof Dr Ralf Speth, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover, accepted the CompanyBest-Award in the festival theatre with great pleasure.
Currently, Jaguar Land Rover has more than 43,000 employees globally and provides circa 240,000 more jobs within their network of dealers, suppliers and the local economy. Apart from production sides in the UK, Jaguar Land Rover has plants in China, Brazil, India and Slovakia, as well as commissioned production at Magna Steyr in Austria.
In 2017, Jaguar Land Rover sold 621,109 cars in 130 countries. Hereby, over 80 per cent of all produced cars were exported.
From 2020, all new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles will be electrified giving customers more choice. Jaguar Land Rover will roll out a portfolio of fully electric, plug-in and mild-hybrid models, in order to provide their customers additional options.
The first fully battery-electric powered model, the Jaguar I-PACE, will be on the market in summer 2018.
Jaguar Land Rover is the UK's largest automotive manufacturer, built around two iconic British car brands: Land Rover, the world's leading manufacturer of premium all-wheel-drive vehicles and Jaguar, one of the world's premier luxury sports saloon and sports car marques.
They will introduce a portfolio of electrified products across the model range, embracing fully electric, plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles as well as continuing to offer ultra-clean petrol and diesel engines.
Based in Dubai, Jaguar Land Rover MENA is responsible for the provision of region-wide support to 20 markets and their respective retailers in the Middle East and North Africa region.
For more details, visit jaguar-me.com, landrover-me.com or log onto newsroom.jaguarlandrover.com
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