04/24/2008, 9:43 AM
Ford News
Jaguar, Land Rover sale to Tata final; gets approved by US authorities
It was announced yesterday that the $2.3 billion sale of Jaguar and Land Rover from the Ford Motor Company to India’s Tata Motors Ltd. has been approved by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
The commission concluded the sale did not break any anti-trust laws and therefore found no reason to block the historic sale, as per Automotive News.
As part of a massive restructuring move, Ford announced its intent to sell off the Jaguar and Land Rover luxury brands since last June.
In March, Tata said it would buy the brands, giving the Indian company a breadth of products ranging from the world’s cheapest car, the $2,500 Tata Nano to the $92,700 Jaguar XKR Convertible and $94,100 Range Rover Supercharged.


04/24, 9:49 AM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
So india is going to be making jags and LR’s? What a joke. Anybody buying these vehicles in such a crucial time in our country needs to be beaten. Let’s all just keep supporting these people so they get stronger and wealthier and we get poorer. Will they at least come with a cup holder big enough for the 7-11 Big Gulp slushy? Ten joo berry muds, come again.
04/24, 10:22 AM
posted by:
xkr
^ Rubbish
04/24, 10:29 AM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
Rubbish? Go have your high teas at noon you english fruit. Support india, they’ll own england before you know it. jags look like crap anyway.
04/24, 10:47 AM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
‘Ten joo berry muds, come again’: I don’t care, that is funny.
04/24, 11:00 AM
posted by:
Buhbye
They’ll still be built in Britian. It will be interesting to see if sales numbers change.
04/24, 11:02 AM
posted by:
jumpoffit
good one hemi haha
and i thought the only good thing to come out of india was Priya Rai- trust me look her up
04/24, 11:15 AM
posted by:
shaver
There is a rumor that on-star is hiring operators in India to answer your emergency calls.
04/24, 11:24 AM
posted by:
tripleonefive
I love the HRR racist remarks You must wear a sign that says you are a hick
I think its rather interesting for an Indian company to own a Brit or two brit companies but hey that is the world we live in
Anyway the new XK is nice on the outside but the interior didnt impress me like I thought it would and underneath its still an s type
If its prices are reasonable it should be able to steal a couple of sales from MB or BMW
Im just glad to see Jag and LR out of FOMOCO
04/24, 11:47 AM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
Dude you sound like your soooooo hung up on keeping the “racial tension” down. Do you know who Mujibar is? Mujibar is your typical job applicant for Dell computer customer service. Do you know what qualifications Mujibar has to meet to become a Dell support tech? I’ll tell you. Mujibar has to use the colors, green, yellow, and pink in a sentence. Mujibar thinks for a while then says, Oh I know dee ahnser! Dee telepone goes GREEN GREEN, I PINK it up and say, YELLOW! Did is MUjibar.
04/24, 12:27 PM
posted by:
enthusiast89
straight up racist.
04/24, 1:29 PM
posted by:
xyunya
HemiRoadRunner, it is evident that education is not your strong suit. If you would get your GD and got into county college you would learn that majority of students in 4 year colleges of US are from Asia, especially in scientific and technical fields. Perhaps learning colors at early age helped them to master math and science. Do you know what physics is? Chemistry? Did not mean to stumble you, just asking.
04/24, 1:39 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
Wow, looks like all the foreign nerds are offended. I love it when nerds like you get pissed. Oh, by the way, because obviously you haven’t read any of my other posts, I’M A MECHANICAL ENGINEER! So keep on with your physics degree there chief, I’ll keep making good paychecks. What a bunch of no-sense-of-humour- GEEKS! Oh, and as far as physics go, is that your geeky way of insulting me? I happened to do very well in BOTH Physics 1 and 2 retard, so go try and argue about something that you know a little about. SCREW ASIA!
04/24, 2:20 PM
posted by:
AMGoff
“Im just glad to see Jag and LR out of FOMOCO”
And you’ve once again shown your breadth… oh wait.. no… dearth (that’s the word!) of automotive history and knowledge.
We can all pretty much tell that you’re not old enough to remember the days of BL Jags… but guess what Sparky? This was another case of a domestic manufacturer buying a foreign nameplate and subsequently increasing its model’s build quality and reliability tremendously. Hop into any original pre-Ford Jag and see how much works well if at all… especially anything to do with the electrical system.
Once again… you know absolutely nothing of what you’re talking about. All we get is the typical - “Hi, I’m tripleone****tard… I don’t know what I’m talking about, but I think so much of myself that my own raging ignorance and bias far outweighs the reality of any situation!”
God help us all if you ever actually learn anything before you speak…
04/24, 2:25 PM
posted by:
AMGoff
HRR… they’re still going to be built in Britain, they’re still going to be built with a majority of Ford-funded engineering, and they’re still going to be left semi-autonomous for the foreseeable future.
I don’t know about you… but I’d still take a Jag over any Lexus/Infiniti/Acura any day of the week.
04/24, 3:22 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
I don’t know about that AMGoff, you do know, and this isn’t an attack or smack talking, that jag was trying to promote itself to homo’s only a few years back.
04/24, 3:52 PM
posted by:
xkr
^ still RUBBISH
04/24, 4:02 PM
posted by:
tripleonefive
Hi, I’m AMG off and I like to whine all day bc 1115 proved that GMs are unreliable and unsafe I don’t know what to do so I just attack him change the subject and when he asks me to talk about the links and all the other proof he sent and talks I just go into a hissy fit much like this
Someone get AMG Off some Bailey with chamomile please crush up some sleeping pills in it as well
He actually think FOMOCo helped Jag Ford never even turned a profit on them and the X type was made yea thanks Ford
04/24, 5:42 PM
posted by:
ClarksonForPresident
just saw the XF supercharged on the street and god it’s gorgeous. fairly good value as well–the germans want at least $10k more for similar equipment and performance.
too bad i’m a dozen years too young to be its target clientele.
if domestic industries cannot compete with the rising economies they deserve to be obsolete. last thing i want those head-in-the-sand government official screwing the market by imposing tariffs and quotas. i need no one to tell me what purchase is best for my bottom line. thank god for globalization. i never asked detroit for help, neither should they expect any handout from me. for those who failed to ride the wave of globalization… tough luck.
04/24, 5:56 PM
posted by:
ClarksonForPresident
HRR,
who are you trying to impress?
i’ve got ME’s from MIT and CS’s from Caltech working for me and they don’t sound half as self-absorbed as you are.
so unless you have better credentials….
04/24, 6:20 PM
posted by:
xkr
Well said ClarksonForPresident
04/24, 10:44 PM
posted by:
sharpie
Good for Jag to “try to promote itself to homo’s only a few years back.” They know where the money is, that’s why they’re not trying to promote itself to HRR.
04/24, 11:51 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
#19, yeah, sure you do. What are you the manager at taco bell. I don’t get on here to impress anyone, I just impress your mom when your dads not home. I know what I have and that I’m a REAL engineer not someone pretending to be, I don’t have to act like a ****ing geek either. If you get a big boner out of sucking each others ****, then that’s your buisiness. Now go analyze this comment and tell me more about your imaginary importance.
04/25, 12:29 AM
posted by:
Veda
“I’M A MECHANICAL ENGINEER! So keep on with your physics degree there chief, I’ll keep making good paychecks”
Engineers don’t make that much and aren’t exactly known for being smart in making money either… is it more than US$200k after tax?
04/25, 7:30 AM
posted by:
JohnnyBlazE
HRR, my uncle is Indian… and he’s an AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER, for a company whose planes have never crashed.
PLEASE COME AGAIN.
04/25, 7:31 AM
posted by:
JohnnyBlazE
Okay, well, they’ve had accidents, but never lost a jet - and no mech failures since my uncle worked there
Oh, and a slippery runway doesn’t count.
04/25, 8:48 AM
posted by:
whinelikeaturbine
damn those kebab cooking-curry muching-brownies!
i like curry
04/25, 9:24 AM
posted by:
xyunya
HemiRoadRunner, you are the joy and pride of your clan: only second generation to walk upright and already finished county college. So, genius you know how to move mouse and function as an attachment to CAD/CAM workstation software developed by yellow little boys in India and Japan. You are probably are exceptionally good among your tribe in playing those play station games. Maybe your offspring can complete full 4 year college and get engineering certification, that is if your sister can conceive from you.
04/25, 10:24 AM
posted by:
xkr
^ HAHA…HAHA
04/25, 11:43 PM
posted by:
cwa107
Is this board always this juvenile? I thought we were all auto enthusiasts here - can’t we all just get along and discuss our shared interest in cars?
Back to the topic at hand….
I’m sure Ford is glad to say “ta ta” to Jaguar and Land Rover as they struggled in vein to make them profitable for so many years (pun completely intended). Should be interesting to see how a relative newcomer to the auto industry does with them.
04/26, 1:51 PM
posted by:
AMGoff
^^ The quality of comments on this site would go a long way towards improving if people wouldn’t make such definitive statements despite not knowing what the hell they’re talking about. Not once was it said that Ford never struggled with Jaguar sales… only that they made huge improvements in build-quality compared to the BL Jags…
The juvenile part comes when people will continue to argue for the sake of arguing…
Don’t you know the LLN motto? If you can’t win an argument… change the subject until you think you can.