1. Tata’s Acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover

3. Tata Motor’s Product Profile

5. It is the leader by far in commercial vehicles in each segment, and the second largest in the passenger vehicles market.

8. World’s Third Largest automaker based on world-wide vehicle sales in 2007

9. In 2007, Ford became the third-ranked automaker in US sales after General Motors and Toyota, falling from the second-ranked automaker slot for the first time in the previous 56 yearsFigures in US mn $

10. Ford Motor’s Product Profile

12. David Smith, the acting CEO of Jaguar and Land Rover will continue in his position.

13. Tata gets access to Ford's hybrid and low-emission powertrain technology

14. The purchase consideration includes the ownership by Jaguar and Land Rover or perpetual royalty-free licences of all necessary Intellectual Property Rights, manufacturing plants, two advanced design centres in the UK and worldwide network of National Sales Companies.

16. Land Rover was sold by BMW to Ford Motor Company for 2.7billion dollars in 2000

18. Land Rover sales fell 13% in the US and around 7.7% in Europe during the same period.

19. Ford has lost 15.3 billion dollars over the past two years and responded by shuttering plants and slashing its workforce in North America by more than 40,000 workers.

20. Ford is getting less than half what it paid for the two brands

21. Ford sold Jaguar and Land Rover as a package since the engineering, purchasing, and distribution of the two brands have become interdependent as Ford has tried to find efficiencies running the businesses. Jaguars and Land Rovers are even manufactured at a common plant today

25. In June 2008 Jaguar was sold 3836units in West Europe as compared to 2924units sold in June 2007. It was a 31% increase.

26. The Indian Automobile Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.5 percent amounting to Rs. 13,008 million by 2010

27. The liberalization policies followed by the Indian government had been inviting foreign investors and manufacturers to participate in the car market in India.