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"O"man(are we in trouble)
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Jaguar Land Rover going to Tata
This should be an interesting business partnership. First 7Eleven now Jaguar Land Rover.
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jd powers and assoc. list for the MOST DISGRUNTLED CUSTOMERS! ask me how i know????
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I only see it going down hill fast from here!
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03-26-2008, 06:48 AM
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Tata makes some pretty basic diesel pick-ups and SUVs. Maybe they will come over here branded as Land Rovers?
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having to deal with old rovers and new rovers................my opinion is they should go into the YUGO FILE!
you could not give me one. the bank owned uber snooty elitest scottsdale folk like to lower them(i kid you not!) and place spinner wheels on them. of course in the color that the dezert heat loves to mega broil in the summers.......BLACK! now that shows me intelligence and how UNCOOL they are in the summers! hahahahaha ROAST MOFO'S ROAST! can you just hear the 1-800 help me w/my rover line now manned by some INDIAN named APU! hahahahahaha |
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having to deal with old rovers and new rovers................my opinion is they should go into the YUGO FILE!
you could not give me one. the bank owned uber snooty elitest scottsdale folk like to lower them(i kid you not!) and place spinner wheels on them. of course in the color that the dezert heat loves to mega broil in the summers.......BLACK! now that shows me intelligence and how UNCOOL they are in the summers! hahahahaha ROAST MOFO'S ROAST! can you just hear the 1-800 help me w/my rover line now manned by some INDIAN named APU! hahahahahaha |
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Its a shame but think of the markets that will be opened in Asia for the brands.
Another fire sale by Ford.
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Ford was not happy with Land Rover and Jag, so best that they move on. Ford at least made Jags reliable, so that was a good thing.
Hope that this works and the Tata group has a pretty good reputation overseas.
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03-26-2008, 08:47 AM
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It can really only be an improvement for LR and Jag. Those (jag in particular) are money bleeding names from the past that need lots of cash to keep the companies going, and the products developed and improving. Tata has lots and lots of cash. Ford is broke.
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03-26-2008, 01:20 PM
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i own stock in some "TATAS" LOL!
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Does this include Aston Martin? Isn't that part of Jaguar-Land Rover?
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Aston Martin has never been a part of Jaguar or Land Rover. Actually, none of those companies have really "been a part" of each other. They are all three separate makers, but were all at one time owned by Ford.
Ford sold Aston Martin around a year ago to a private investment group. So no, it's not part of the sale to Tatas. |
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Is there any business Tata don't have their fingers in?
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03-26-2008, 03:51 PM
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I went on the Tata Motors website to check out their cars. Guess which option they don't offer...
Yep. Leather seating. Don't Jags and Land Rovers have leather?
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