Ford recently sold the Jaguar and Land Rover brands to India’s Tata Motors, but the Blue Oval might not be supplying the luxury marques with parts for much longer, a new report finds. Instead, Daimler — the parent company of Mercedes-Benz — is hoping to strike a deal with Tata to supply parts for Jaguar and Land Rover brands.
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche revealed to auto motor und sport magazine that the German company is hoping to land a new parts contract with the British brands. “If [chief executive] Ratan Tata approaches us regarding the supply of components, we would be open for talks,” Zetsche said.
If an accord is reached, Daimler would replace Ford as the parts supplier for both Jaguar and Land Rover.
Daimler currently owns a 7 percent stake in Tata, but has no plans to increase its ownership.
05/05, 10:57 AM
posted by:
planet_drive
Already TATA is headed in the right direction. Smart move in avoiding future use of ford parts. Most people have avoided buying Jaguars because of the amount of ford parts they had. I strongly believe TATA will turn Jaguar into the great brand it once was, no longer using ford parts is a great start to that.
05/05, 11:12 AM
posted by:
xyunya
Interesting and surprising. One would assume that since Tata is a FIAT board member there would be some Ferrari bits in the Jag.
05/05, 11:23 AM
posted by:
DeansterTJ
Zietsche says “IF Tata approaches us, we would be open for talks.” The headline makes it sound like Jag is considering Benz for parts.
This type of journalism is scraping the bottom of the barrel.
05/05, 12:03 PM
posted by:
xkr
I hope this happens, then Jaguar/Land Rover can finaly get some quality parts, no more ford rubbish!
05/05, 12:16 PM
posted by:
El Aleman
Deanster: I was thinking the exact same thing.. However there might be a bit more to it, if Zetsche bothers to mention it.
05/05, 12:29 PM
posted by:
moto-racer13
thank god no more ford parts! enought with that garbage, lets see jaguar finally build some high quality cars!
05/05, 1:16 PM
posted by:
441Zuke
a v12 would be cool but…. remember that up until i think 2012 they have to use all ford parts
05/05, 1:24 PM
posted by:
ScreamingTurbo
Speculative.
05/05, 1:30 PM
posted by:
Buhbye
Actually, Jaguar quality rivaled the worst in the industry before Ford took over. Volkswagen was worse. (A German company, like Diamler) Electronics were among the big offenders. Quality improved year over year under Ford, until Jaguar rivaled Lexus in customer satisfaction. Now hop back into your Civics with 3″ diameter tailpipes and go annoy your neighbors, losers.
05/05, 1:57 PM
posted by:
AMGoff
Speculative indeed.
Planet-drive…. a statement like that makes it pretty clear you either weren’t born or were still in diapers during the era of British Leyland Jags. Those dreadful Ford parts did more good than harm.
05/05, 1:59 PM
posted by:
AMGoff
Buhbye… lol, I didn’t even notice you said that… I’m glad there’s finally someone else on here who remembered the days of BL Jags! From a reliability and build-quality standpoint, Ford was a godsend for Jaguar.
05/05, 7:13 PM
posted by:
acura_el2000
NOOO they ****ed with chysler, don’t let them **** with Jag, you know if they get involved, there will be absolutely no chance of a manual.
05/05, 9:11 PM
posted by:
autonut
acura, there was no manual with Jags for years even in European market.
Everybody wants to sell off their access inventory of parts. Benz is well aware that gasoline engines are not selling in Europe and will be less desirable in US once diesel motors will become available. I have a feeling disparity in fuel prices will go away but high cost of either gas or diesel fuel will stay with us and will be going up. No manufacturer is looking forward for shutting up facility or re-tooling. Jag is godsend for Benz, but also for anyone else with V8 motor assembly plant.
05/06, 1:32 AM
posted by:
bigp
just watch out with them because i wont not trust them because they ****ed chryser in the ass no lube bare so just think before you leap.
05/06, 4:41 AM
posted by:
sharpie
HA! Mercedes part, eh? It will guarantee to bring back the old glory, in the form of electrical problems.
05/07, 7:03 PM
posted by:
DialM4Speed
Hahahaha “Now we can get a real Jag with MB parts in it instead of Ford crap! Ha Ha Ha!” The joke will be on who ever buys this **** now that Ford doesn’t own it anymore. I’m betting that Jags won’t even be sold here (USA) in 5 years!