The Land Rover Aqaba Assembly Plant Co., Ltd. was a

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between the Land Rover brand, the Shahin Group and Ole Automotive. It was founded on 18 February 2001, and is located in the Ma'an Governorate close to the Aqaba Special Economic Zone in Jordan. There was a capital of 70 million

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injected to build this plant. About 1,000 workers are employed there, assembling 5,000 units annually. The first products assembled at the plant were the Defender and Discovery 2. The components for the vehicles were obtained in kits sent from the Solihull plant in the United Kingdom. The kits were delivered to the

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and were subsequently transported to the assembly plant. As of 2024, there are currently no Land Rover models manufactured the Aqaba plant.

Models formerly in production

File:2005 Land Rover Discovery TD5 ES Premium 2.5.jpg, Land Rover Discovery 2
2002-2004 File:2004 Land Rover Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE 2.7 Front.jpg, Land Rover Discovery 3
2004-2009 File:2008 Land Rover Freelander HSE TD4 Automatic 2.2 Front.jpg, Land Rover Freelander 2
2008-2014 File:2009-2010 Land Rover Discovery 4 TDV6 SE wagon 01.jpg, Land Rover Discovery 4
2009-2016 File:Land Rover Defender front 20080226.jpg, Land Rover Defender
2002-2016

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.landrover.com/me/en/lr/ Aqaba Assembly Motor vehicle manufacturers of Jordan Aqaba Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2001