Jaguar Land Rover hurt by quality control issues in China

China production allows JLR to modify vehicles to local tastes but the number of defects reported by owners has increased. Pictured is Jaguar E-Pace production at the Chery JLR plant in Changshu, China. (Bloomberg)

February 15, 2019 08:48 AM

SHANGHAI -- Jaguar Land Rover blames its latest quarterly loss largely on "challenging market conditions in China." These include a rare decline in industrywide sales and the trade dispute between China and the United States.

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