- Weather | Horoscope | Stocks
expressindia web
HomeBlogsCricketAstrologyShoppingTendersClassifieds OpinionsTravel Career
| Make this your homepage | Archive
Expressindia » Story

Tatas front-runner to buy our brands: Ford

Font Size -

Reuters

Posted online: Thursday , January 03, 2008 at 12:00:00


London, January 3: US carmaker Ford said on Thursday that India's Tata Motors was the front-runner to buy its European brands -- Jaguar and Land Rover.

"Ford is committed to focused negotiations at a more detailed level with Tata Motors concerning the potential sale of the combined Jaguar/Land Rover business," said Lewis Booth, Ford executive vice president with responsibility for Ford Europe.

"There is still considerable work to do and while no final decision has been made, we will proceed with further substantive discussions with Tata Motors over the forthcoming weeks."

A source familiar with the matter said earlier on Thursday that Ford was set to name Tata Motors as the front-runner to buy Jaguar and Land Rover.

Rate this Article
0
Rating
Bookmark this Page
Ads by Google
Post Comments
Name* Email ID*
Subject* Country*
Message*
Characters remaining
 
TERMS OF USE: The views represented here are not neccesarily endorsed by www.expressindia.com and its allied websites. All messages will be moderated and no message that has inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication by the editor will be displayed. Though it will be endeavoured that as many messages as possible be displayed, there will be time lag between the submission and publication of the messages. The website reserves the right to publish or reject any message.
I agree to the terms of use.
Go TATA Go by Datta on 04 Jan 2008

Go TATA Go...Awasome

No deal by Malay Thakershi on 03 Jan 2008

This deal will be a huge setback fom Tata. These brands are loosing out for quite a while to Japanese companies in EU and USA.

Merger issues by satyendra gupta on 03 Jan 2008

Its a good move to buy some of the old famous brand names. But it has some risk associated with it as these are losing their market share. If TATA does not overpay it can be a good move.-Satyendrahttp://ceospeaks.mrkconsultancy.com

good point by chez prakasam on 03 Jan 2008

Good point Satyendra. It is being said in some quarters that thismove by Tata will give them a brand name in Europe that they can leverage to enter the European market. However I see problem here because the band positioning of Jaguar (upscale) does not corelate to what Tata's cars (affordable car for budget customers) www.linkedin.com/in/chezprakasam

Merger issues - TATA motors with Ford parts by satyendra gupta. PMP on 03 Jan 2008

Its a good move to buy some of the old famous brand names. But it has some risk associated with it as these are losing their market share. If TATA does not overpay it can be a good move.-Satyendrahttp://ceospeaks.mrkconsultancy.com

TATAS are Indians by suresh on 03 Jan 2008

Great.TATAS Make India proud again.Well done.Jai Hind

© 2008 Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd. All rights reserved
The Indian Express Group | Advertise With Us | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Work With Us | Site Map