The folks in Detroit aren’t the only ones in trouble, as Europe’s car industry is also feeling the global economic pinch in a big way. PSA Peugeot Citroen recently accepted a €3 billion loan from the French government, and now Jaguar Land Rover is about to receive its first cash injection.

The European Investment Bank is [...]

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The folks in the Indian and British automotive industry will no doubt be cheering right now, with news that Tata Group has inked a deal with China for the supply of some 10,000 Land Rovers and 3000 Jaguars over the next three years.

The deal is worth a much needed AUD$1.3 billion dollars and was secured [...]

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Geoff Polites, chief executive officer of Jaguar Land Rover, has died peacefully in Australia at the age of 60. A former car dealer, Mr Polites spent much of his 40 year career in the automotive industry working his way up through the ranks at Ford and its subsidiaries, including a stint as the head of [...]

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Ford Motor Company made the long awaited announcement last Wednesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Jaguar Land Rover operations to Tata Motors.

The transaction is the culmination of Ford’s decision last August to explore strategic options for the Jaguar Land Rover business, as the company accelerates its focus on its [...]

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Recently it has been reported that Ford have accepted Indian manufacturer Tata Motors bid for Jaguar Land Rover over those of rival bidders Mahindra & Mahinda and the private equity firm One Equity Partners. I’ve avoided reporting that news until now as it didn’t come with an official Ford announcement but that has all changed [...]

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Of the remaining three bidders for the Jaguar Land Rover conglomerate, Tata is emerging as the clear favourite not only from the workers union perspective but also for those who want to see both brands move on and prosper. Ford have tipped a bucket load of cash into the Jaguar Land Rover chasm but it [...]

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