13. In 1994 Rover Group was taken over by BMW & sold to FORD MOTORS for $2.75 billion in 2000.5
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15. Most of the loss was the result of bad performance of Jaguar, Land Rover however was performing steadily, Land Rover was driven by a record sale of 2.26 lakh vehicles in the year 2007.
16. Ford announced for a combined sale of both Jaguar and Land Rover.6
21. Corus being the major supplier of automotive steel to JLR and other automobile industries in USA and Europe, acquiring JLR would result in a cost synergy for TATA motors.8
22. THE DEAL PROCESS 12/06/2007- Announcement from Ford that it plans to sell Land Rover and Jaguar. August 2007 - Major bidders are identified Likely buyers: Tata Motors, M&M, Ceribrus capital Management, TPG Capital, Apollo Management India’s Tata Motors and M&M arrive as top bidders ($ 2.05b & $ 1.9b) 03/01/2008 – Ford announces Tatas as the preferred bidders 26/03/2008 - Ford agreed to sell their Jaguar Land Rover operations to Tata Motors. 02/06/2008 – The acquisition is complete
59. CURRENT STATUS Jaguar land rover sales continued their upward trend since launch in June 2009. During the quarter ended June 2010 JLR generated a profit of Rs 1613 crore. Tata motors had never ventured into luxury car segment before acquiring JLR, hence the inefficiency in handling such segment hampered Tata motors’ operational efficiency for quite some time. 19-09-2011 24
60. Jaguar Land Rover is now a strong, profitable and innovative competitor in the premium car industry. 26% Delivery Growth. JAGUAR LANDROVER global sales in July 2010 were 19,386 vehicles, higher by 30%. Jaguar sales for the month were 5,676, higher by 26%, while Land Rover sales were 13,710, higher by 31%. 25
4. To finance the deal Tata motors raised a bridge loan of 3 billion through consortium of banks by the end of 2009.Tata motors had yet to pay 2 billion towards the bridge loan5. The profits for the first quarter for the year 2008-09 were at 3.26 billionQ3 the sales of passenger vehicles went down to 41,287 units a drop of 14.14% Tata Motors cut production across different categories.
No other brands with so good research and development facilities was available for tata motors to get hold of at such a reasonable price