Straightline - India's Tata top bidder for Jaguar and Land Rover

India's Tata top bidder for Jaguar and Land Rover

Long rumored, the sale by Ford of Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata of Mumbai, India appears to be close to being a done deal. Tata is part of the Tata Group, which is a large Indian conglomerate that has holdings in hotels, trucks tea and more. In addition Tata makes some bottom-feeder cars, which should make for an interesting juxtaposition (and a marketing challenge!) by adding these two luxury car brands.

Here's AutoObserver's take: The Sun Rises on an Indian Auto Empire: Tata Buys Jag, Rover

Posted by Bob Dec 24, 2007 8:34 am

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Categories: Ford | Jaguar | Land Rover | Tata Motors

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roar02ram - Dec 24, 2007 10:07 am (#1 Total: 3)

This is incredibly worrisome. I was hoping that Jeep & Packard would be passed on to someone with more experience. Wait - we're talking about Brits here...Jaguar and Land Rover, excuse me. Then again, Ford didn't do much with Jaguar at least, so it can't be much worse than that.

estreka - Dec 24, 2007 9:44 pm (#2 Total: 3)

subarctic north - Great Falls, MT

$2 billion is still one helluva sale price for those 2. Ford got their money's worth.

cah11705 - Dec 27, 2007 10:43 pm (#3 Total: 3)

arent land rover sales up recently?
cause it seems like i see a lot of them
it might jsut be where i live but they are popular cars

as for jags, i dont see much of them at all. only the occasional XJ and mabye the ever rare S-Type buts thats it