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I know BMW made a big stink about how Ford took alot of BMW's technology when Ford bought Land Rover from BMW way back when. Some say that is where Ford's modular engines came from.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/
The Ford Modular Engine family was developed well before Ford bought Land Rover in 2000.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Modular_engine

If you could point out some articles where BMW made a big deal about Ford stealing technology I would appreciate that. I don't remember reading anything about it at the time and no one I know at Land Rover has ever mentioned it to me. ]]>Jan 3rd 2008 11:46AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/
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At the moment, Range Rover is still relevant as it is the only one of the two companies that actually makes a profit thanks to footballers, celebrities and idiots like Jordan driving one.

As for the XF, Jaguar already has 3000 pre-orders for the car. How many of these become firm orders (i.e. through to delivery) is anyone's guess. IMHO, I can see the XF doing well, at least for the first couple of years.

In an ideal world, Tata would use Fiat's example (with the 500) and share the platform so they can make money on it. The Fiat 500 is one of the first cars in the world to be profitable even before it has been released.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/Jan 3rd 2008 12:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/Jan 3rd 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/Jan 4th 2008 4:07AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/Jan 3rd 2008 12:50PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/Jan 3rd 2008 1:27PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/
lol ]]>Jan 3rd 2008 1:40PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/Jan 3rd 2008 3:54PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/Jan 8th 2008 5:09PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/officially-official-ford-picks-tata-as-preferred-bidder-for-jag/
What a shame.]]>Jan 12th 2008 11:21PM