Land Rover North America Inc Case Study Group -‐ B12 Aditya Anand Asit Acharya Chaitanya Somawar Kiran Yadav Rakesh S Suresh Prasad Tribhuwan Kumar LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA INC. LRNA is envisioning a considerable growth in the SUV market in North America‚ which is in an evolution mode. This market is witnessing change in customer’s perception‚ which is crystallizing for meaningful product differentiation in the market. Following points describe
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period of the case‚ consumer perception of the models in the Land Rover family is fairly muddled. Though the Range Rover is the first vehicle introduced in the U.S. and is almost $25‚000 more than the Land Rover Discovery‚ consumers believe that the Discovery is the better vehicle. (Which is very different from its competitor‚ Jeep‚ which has very clear differentiation in consumers’ minds that follows its positioning). The change in the corporate name from Range Rover to Land Rover surely exacerbates
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Land Rover North America‚ Inc. 1. Why is LRNA launching the Discovery? 2. Why do people buy SUVs? What benefits do SUVs deliver? Does the product make sense on a rational‚ economic basis? 3. Market Segmentation: Who is the typical SUV consumer and how is this changing? 4. Product Differentiation: What are the differences among competitive SUV offerings? What are the distinctive roles of the different brands within the Land Rover line? 5. What strategic considerations are involved in
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Land Rover Case After an extensive research regarding consumer demands for SUV’s - there seems to be an increasing demand to develop SUV’s to accommodate a consumers’ safety‚ price value‚ usage purpose‚ and luxury needs to foster the constant change in consumer tastes and preferences. In order to satisfy these criteria‚ the ability to position the SUV correctly while targeting the appropriate consumers will determine the overall firm wide success in the future. Due to staggering costs that are
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Land Rover North America‚ Inc. Case Assignment Questions Why is LRNA launching the Discovery? The LRNA is launching the Discovery because of the Japanese crisis. They are losing their market share to the new lines of cars that Japan is coming out with. Because of the Japanese crisis‚ it triggered a worldwide market review. The data suggested that the 4x4 leisure sector was actually made up of two distinct user segments. The first was a group of young‚ childless adults that sought a product that
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Land Rover North America‚ Inc. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Charles Hughes‚ president and CEO of Land Rover North America (LRNA) plans to expand Land Rover market in North America. Based on the increasing U.S. SUV market‚ research exhibit suggests consumers seek vehicles that can provide them "rugged driving experience" while being practical‚ safe‚ reliable and luxurious. With the success of the Discovery in the U.K. and near doubling the Land Rover brand worldwide‚ LNRA is seeking to become the "world’s
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assessment of the role of strategic marketing in an organization Although most authors speak about some parts of Strategic Marketing‚ here is included a list of definitions of the term. Some authors appear in different years ( for example‚ Jain)‚ It is understand that they have added new comments or redefined the term after the years. The table and the definitions have been ordered by year of publication. Name Year Definitions Aramario & Lambin 1991 “although marketing has basically an strategic conception
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Breif Description of Land Rover Land Rover came together as an organisation in 2002. It employs around 21‚000 employees of which 337 are finance staff located at various sites in Warwickshire‚ Solihull‚ Coventry and Liverpool. The responsibilities of the finance function range from financial accounting through to financial analysts in product development‚ manufacturing and marketing‚ and‚ sales and service. There are also finance staff based in a registered charity – the British Motor Industry Heritage
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Land Rover Case Analysis There are three main strategic considerations that involved in moving Land Rover brand forward. Firstly‚ as Land Rover has 3 vehicles in its portfolio‚ it should provide a product positioning strategy. Discovery should be a leading product and positioned as reasonable improvement of land rover. The power and potency‚ off-road capability and brand legacy of Discovery should be stressed in positioning strategy. Moreover‚ as crucial point of Discovery’s positioning- should
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LAND ROVER The automotive industry has been better days. Many auto companies are now facing declining revenues and negative profits. Additionally‚ because of its primary dependence on products that consume petroleum‚ the auto industry has a big environmental black eye‚ especially companies that primarily make gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs. During the past few years‚ however‚ Land Rover has experienced tremendous growth in revenues and profits‚ It is currently selling more vehicles
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