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What's the price positioning of Jaguar versus competitors?

Actually, for the premium autos, they are priced, after the discount, lower than their competitors.

What's the discount?

Currently, their discount is around 20 to 30%.

How does that compare to the discount of their competitors?

Their competitors don't give such a big discount. Their discount is only more or less 10%, for brands such as BBA or Cadillac or Lexus or Volvo. The JLR strategy has been for a very high discount. The brand value will be harmed. Whenever a new model of JLR car is released, after maybe one or two months they give this big discount of around 20 to 30%, which will obviously do harm to their brand because people will think the car loses value fast. This is a strategy that JLR should change in their sales sector. They should not set up such a high price at first and then discount sharply only 1 or 2 months after the model is released.

What is the final price including the discount?

The final price, for the ordinary retailer, is around 200,000 to 300,000 RMB per unit for a Jaguar.

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