Jaguar Landrover might have been the worst hit by the recent giant explosions in Tianjin, China, which have so far claimed the lives of 114. The UK auto manufacturing giant has started counting costs of millions of pounds loss as a result of thousands of its exported luxury cars destroyed in the inferno.
Jaguar Landrover might have been the worst hit by the recent giant explosions in Tianjin, China, which have so far claimed the lives of 114. The UK auto manufacturing giant has started counting costs of millions of pounds loss as a result of thousands of its exported luxury cars destroyed in the inferno.
According to the Chinese State media, not less than 8000 cars worth about £400 million were gutted by fire caused by the explosion. And further enquiries also revealed that 5,800 out of the destroyed 8000 cars are Jaguar Landrover vehicles made in the UK and exported to China. The destroyed cars included Landrover vehicles and Jaguars from Birmingham’s Castle Bromwich factory
The Midland car giant said, in a statement: “Our thoughts are with them as well as with all those who were injured in this tragic event.
“Tianjin Port is one of three major locations in China through which Jaguar Land Rover imports vehicles. At the time of the explosion, approximately 5,800 vehicles that had recently been shipped to China were stored at various locations in Tianjin.
“However, access to facilities near the site of the explosion remains restricted and so whilst we believe many of these vehicles may have been damaged, we are presently unable to quantify the numbers of units affected.”
The damage came after the recent chemical explosion thought to be down to an acetylene blast.
JLR has joined other global carmakers including Volkswagen, Hyundai, Toyota and BMW counting up their losses.
The warehouse, designed to house dangerous and toxic chemicals, was storing mainly ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate and calcium carbide at the time of the blasts, according to police.
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