Tata Motors one of few bidding for Jaguar & Land Rover

[GTO]

This is interesting news...

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns19891.html

...that the Indian carmakers are trying to get into the big leagues. It's surprising to me none of the other big car mfgs. are interested in Jag & LR for US1.5B. I'm sure anyone, including Tata, could make these two brands more successfull than Ford.

From the news story Ford sure don't know much about investing 101...buy low, sell high.

Ford mgmt. sure don't know what they're doing for themselves, let alone their subsidiary companies. The continue to goof up in providing a stable nameplate of cars that customers can follow.
a.) stopping production of the once best selling Taurus/Sable line, & introducing the Five Hundred & Freestyle line & now believed to bring back the Taurus & cancelling the Freestyle.
b.) stopping production of the Contour/Mystique line after US$6B invested in development.

All their latest models incl. Lincoln are over pimped out in the style dept. with too much chrome on grills & wheels. I really don't know which after-maket styling garage they hired their designers from.

[m3_lover]

I saw the new lincoln that is going to be in the next batman movie..they really changed the front end (very similar to the concept car they released last year at the Detroit Auto Show)

[whiplash]

I may be wrong here but didn't they sell Jaguar for $1.00 to red bull

[Tom]

No, they sold Jaguar F1 Ltd. or some spin off company which doesn't have anything to do with Jaguar road division and is only linked through Ford. Shame really, a company like Red Bull could have really spruced up the luxury Rovers.

[HKS]

2 out of the 3 companies bidding for JLR are Indian


Tata and Mahindra

Indian companies rae growing at a very rapid rate.

Soon Indian companies would overtake their Chinese competitors who know nothing but just to copy designs.

Chinese manufacturers have even started to copy Indian bike designs.

Bajaj Pulsar is being sold in some South American countries. Inthose countries itself some Chinese company is selling an exact copy of Pulsar as Gulsar.

Back to the topic:
Talking of Ford, I think Tata is anyday a better option.

[modbaraban]

Tata? Are they still sponsoring Williams or will they move to FIF1?

Jaguar-Williams or Jaguar Force India ?!

...some Chinese company is selling an exact copy of Pulsar as Gulsar.

lmao.... so much creativity in that name...

[HKS]

Tata? Are they still sponsoring Williams or will they move to FIF1?

Jaguar-Williams or Jaguar Force India ?!

First of all we are not talking about F1, and Tata has no plans as such and it won't sponsor Williams once Narain leaves the team.

[GTO]

I believe Tata have already stopped sponsoring Williams. I didn't see their logo on the race cars for the last half of the season.

As for Jag, we may see their name again in F1, perhaps only as sponsor but maybe even as engine supplier if Tata aquires Jag.

You never know.

[Belatti]

Its official now...

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/indu ... a-for-23b/

[GTO]

Excellent! =D>

[HKS]

Finally its there.
Tata owns JLR.
Hope to see some Jaguars and LRs in India too.