China: 36 500 cars to be recalled

JAGUAR Land Rover on Friday said that it was recalling nearly 36 500 Range Rover Evoque sport utility vehicles, after local media reported the British luxury carmaker used faulty gearboxes. Jaguar Land Rover earlier apologised for gearbox issues via its microblog after being criticised by state television yesterday along with peers Volkswagen and Nissan. The carmaker is already under the spotlight of Chinese regulators investigating possible anti-competitive behaviour in the world’s largest vehicle market, where the firm’s slowing growth is likely to halve its sales expansion rate this year. – Reuters