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Old 26th March 2008, 18:36   #16 (permalink)
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It feels good to see Indian companies acquiring big brands!.
Particularly, TATA is creating waves through (planned) acquisition of brands like - Jaguar, Land Rover, Starbucks etc.
It shall also change the indian market scene. Nice to see two indian auto companies Maruti & TATA taking the lead and bringing very good cars and brands in to India!

Way to go!!!
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Old 26th March 2008, 20:09   #17 (permalink)
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Deal is done. Tata acquires Jaguar and Land Rover for $2.3bn ! Wow !

BBC NEWS | Business | Tata buys Jaguar in £1.15bn deal

Also read this : BBC NEWS | Business | Who gains most as Tata buys UK legends?

"But best of all for Tata, the pain of pouring cash into Jaguar and Land Rover will be mitigated by the fact they can then apply the resulting technology to improve its own models in India, helping it steal a march on rivals both at home and internationally."
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Old 26th March 2008, 21:12   #18 (permalink)
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A very great news indeed! So we can now expect the best technologies to come in our TATA vehicles along with other luxury cars and suvs.
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Old 26th March 2008, 21:15   #19 (permalink)
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Man, it gives me great pleasure and pride to read this news. Way to go. Hoping to see them soon in India.
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Old 26th March 2008, 21:20   #20 (permalink)
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Kudos to the Tata Motors team they have the entire range from top end to low end. Thanks to them the Indian auto industry will get a good boost in the international market
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Old 26th March 2008, 21:57   #21 (permalink)
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i wish tata will make land rover and jag. in 12 to 15 lakhs.. without giving cruise control, gps, alloys, passanger side airbag,rear power windows, rear fog lamp, parking sensors and some costly features.
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Old 26th March 2008, 22:13   #22 (permalink)
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Great move, kudos to TATA. Hope Tata will manage to make these into profit unlike Ford. But still I wonder how can Tata do this while an International giant like Ford failed to do so. Waiting eagerly to see their plans and strategies, and ofcourse Indian launch and cheaper versions too
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Old 26th March 2008, 22:19   #23 (permalink)
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Let's wait & watch how this will evolve over the years.

All the best to Tata.
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Old 26th March 2008, 22:46   #24 (permalink)
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Great news.

Waiting to see what Jeremy Clarkson has to say now. Lol.
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Old 26th March 2008, 22:50   #25 (permalink)
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Good news for the TATAs. Only time will tell what this holds for us.
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Old 27th March 2008, 09:12   #26 (permalink)
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Atleast for Jag, that will be the biggest mistake Tata will do.. Ford tried to make Jag a regular brand.. and look it had to sell it off to Tata Motors (a relatively new entrant in the field). The Jag brand needs to have a premium appeal to sell.. It will be an uphill task for Tata since they are associated with Nano everywhere.. lets see how they handle it..

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Tata should rename Jaguar to Tiger.
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Good to read that in the paper.I would expect the guys at TATA to bring in a jag plant and start making them here,lol.
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Congratulations TATA.

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Good to read that in the paper.I would expect the guys at TATA to bring in a jag plant and start making them here,lol.
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May be you aren't aware that TATA manufactures Jaguar engine blocks at its facility in Pune.
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All I ask from TATA is to revive the XJ220 with the help of Ferrari and you are back in business.
http://members.fortunecity.com/freec...g_xj220_05.jpg

I think Ford didn't allow Jaguar to build supercars as it would put it in direct competition to Aston Marting which was also owned by Ford till recently.

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