Tata ownership will mean investment in new models if its plan to acquire Jaguar and Land Rover succeeds.
The sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian vehicle manufacturer Tata is now expected to be completed next week.
Who’s got the toughest job in motorville? Bosses at cash-strapped Jaguar? Hardly, especially with their enthusiastic new Indian suitors.
Ford and Tata are hoping to finalise the sale of the Jaguar and Land Rover brand by the middle of February, according to Roger Maddison, national officer of the Unite union.
Tata Motors will buy Jaguar and Land Rover outright from Ford rather than retaining a minority stake in the two brands as was expected.
Twenty-seven of the 33 main carmakers in the UK have a dealer council. According to the NFDA dealer attitude survey, they range from the effective – Jaguar, Toyota – to the ineffective – Volvo, Saab. Most are ranked between 2.5 and 3.0 out of five; in other words 50-60%, a ‘C’ grade at best.
Watford Jaguar has appointed Simon Strickson, as its new financial controller.
Tata Motors, the lead bidder for Ford’s luxury Jaguar and Land Rover brands, has unveiled the world’s cheapest car called in a bid to get poorer families into cars.
Tata Motors is expected to appoint a senior Ford executive to run Jaguar and Land Rover if its bid to buy the brands succeeds.
Ford has told its Jaguar and Land Rover workers that it is in ‘focussed negotiations’ to sell the brands to Tata Motors.
Tata Motors, which is considered in the lead to buy Ford’s luxury Jaguar and Land Rover brands, will unveil the world's cheapest car at a motor show in India next month.
Ford is reportedly poised to announce Indian carmaker Tata as the buyer of its Jaguar and Land Rover businesses.
James Brierley, managing director of Pendragon’s Stratstone dealers, has given his approval for all three bidders in the running for Jaguar and Land Rover.<P>
Jaguar and Land Rover will follow Aston Martin’s lead with plans to build its own design facility at its Gaydon engineering centre.
Jaguar has already had 3,000 pre orders for its new XF model.
Jaguar Cars' website has been rated as the top website for the consumer goods manufacturing sector.
Jaguar and Land Rover are offering apprenticeships to school leavers in an attempt to help them forge a career in its nationwide repair network.
Unite, Britain’s largest union, has backed Tata's bid for Ford’s Jaguar and Land Rover brands.
Unions are meeting with potential bidders for Ford’s Jaguar and Land Rover brands today in a bid to gain support from ministers and workers.
Jim O’Donnell, managing director of BMW UK, has warned the Government is in danger of taxing smaller manufacturers of expensive cars like Jaguar and Land Rover out of existence.
