http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/ Autoblog Comments for REPORT: Ford to say "Tata" to Jaguar, Land Rover soon http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/Dec 16th 2007 10:14PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/Dec 16th 2007 11:03PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/
It's pretty remarkable how present generations in both India and the UK have moved forward and we're at a time where people in the British factories in the heart of the UK look as the Indian takeover as a source of hope!]]>Dec 17th 2007 2:22AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/Dec 16th 2007 10:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/
Right now, what JLR needs is money poured in its R&D and Tata seems to have it.]]>Dec 16th 2007 11:11PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/
Mehul: Ford has poured quite a bit of coin into Jaguar moreso than Rover, because they've owned Jag much longer. The problem was not R&D dollars, it was in the product that they brought to market.

Aside from the S-Type and the 90s XK, their line really was not worth looking at. They were stuck in the mid 1900s with the XJ, and the X-Type was a reskinned Ford. The XF, though nice for a Jaguar, has a cold, stoic almost Germanic feel to its interior. From the British I expect warmth. See: Bentley, Aston Martin and the rest of the Jag line-up.]]>Dec 17th 2007 10:21AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/Dec 16th 2007 10:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/
Anyway good for Tata. Must be some pretty happy shareholders monday morning at the Bombay stock exchange.]]>Dec 16th 2007 11:02PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/
I'd love to see an Indian company start building a Land Rover Defender with a basic bullet proof diesel and sell it in the US. ]]>Dec 16th 2007 10:34PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/Dec 17th 2007 12:58AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/
Diesels are fine as work vehicles. Most large cities don't want or need them. ]]>Dec 17th 2007 10:30AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/
Are you stuck in a 1970's time warp or something? Visit Europe and rent a few modern diesels. Notice just how many are plying the major cities. Then post something you know about...like the future of VCR's :) ]]>Dec 17th 2007 10:40AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/
http://ag.ca.gov/globalwarming/cleanairact.php

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-epa24oct24,0,2095994.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail

Now that California has sued the EPA and won, other states are going to be adopting their standards. Vermont has already done so, and Massacheuttes may soon follow.

Europe has always embraced diesels, clean or dirty. The US has stricter federal standards than most of Europe, and California has stricter standards than the Federal government.

The autombile market in the US is at least 10 fold the market in Europe. Most major cities in Europe stink to high hell of diesel fumes. Multiply that by 10 for NYC, Chicago, LA.

No, I am not stuck in the 70s. What's good for Europe, is not necessarily good for the US.

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I think Tata will eventual realize they got bamboozled by Ford and then it'll be KaKa for Tata.]]>Dec 16th 2007 10:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/
No, I didn't think so. ]]>Dec 17th 2007 10:38AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/Dec 16th 2007 10:51PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/Dec 17th 2007 12:58AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/Dec 16th 2007 10:58PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/
As for people lumping Land Rover (It is Land Rover, not "Range Rover". The Range Rover is a vehicle produced by the company Land Rover) and Jag together as both being failures, you clearly don't know what you're talking about.

Land Rover has been one of the only profitable divisions for Ford over the last few years. The only reason they are selling it is because they had to pair something profitable with Jaguar so that people would buy it. I would imagine Jaguar alone wouldn't be worth nearly half of the total cost being paid here.]]>Dec 16th 2007 11:25PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/16/report-ford-to-say-tata-to-jaguar-land-rover-soon/Dec 16th 2007 11:47PM