Jaguar Land Rover see sales rise, boosting Tata profits

BBC ^ | 11/29/2009

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Jaguar Land Rover had seen its sales rise 23% in the second quarter after its new models were well-received.

Owner Tata Motors said new products such as the upgraded Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Discovery 4 had had successful launches.

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Tata bought the British marques from Ford for £1.7bn in June 2008.

Sales volumes at Jaguar Land Rover rose to 44,300 vehicles from 35,900 in the previous quarter.

Aggressive cost reduction had also paid off, Tata said.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Heheh!

I guess you could say that Tata is pointing the way to the automotive future.

[Condor51]

Owner Tata Motors ....

Tata's 'cars'....

Yes siree, that's always been my dream.

To be able to take the Bumper Cars from the from the Carnival and drive them on the Expressway. And then be CRUSHED TO DEATH by an 80,000# Semi going 80 MPH.

Sure beats dying peacefully in bed of old age.

/s

[AndyJackson]

I’m not paying $83k for a car that looks like a Buick.

Had your eyesight checked recently

[acoulterfan]

Yep, Jaguar body style died with the 86 and 87 model. The rear end in 88 started looking like a Ford.

[WellyP]

Mahindras are 4X4s are selling like crazy in Chile.

[Richard Kimball]

Gotta agree with Lady Jag:

The old Jags were great looking. The new ones look much more anonymous to me.

[mylife]

I know it! People love them. They are cheap and they work well.

A no frills 4x4. what a concept.

luxury land rovers are ridiculous

[Lady Jag]

I prefer my '89 XJL, one of the last real British Jaguars.

[manc]

LOL

You’re one hell of a woman and a mans dream.

[manc]

love them too

[mylife]

Looks like they are going on sale in America next year.

http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/2010-mahindra-scorpio1.htm

I see the main advantage over the jeep liberty as having a turbo charged diesel engine.

[Lady Jag]

No, that wasn't till around '90. The rear end of my 89 looks much like the 88. Ford owned Jag by 1990.

Ford then started making their Jag rearends look like Taurus/Sable butts and in a couple years I couldn't differentiate which car it was from the back.

Jaguar XJ40 production
Prototypes	251
1986	3958
1987	33,064
1988	39,432
1989	32,833
1990	30,862
1991	17,190
1992	15,967
1993	24,910
1994	10,239
Total	208,706

[AndyJackson]

That car hasn’t been there more than 10 minutes. No oil patch under it.

[Lady Jag]

My eyes are fine. The elegance is gone.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The proportions of the '68 are what attracted me to this year Jaguar. I've owned four Jaguars in my life but not a '68.
My Jags, in order, were:
1960 XK 150 S
1957 Mk VII sedan
1966 E type roadster
1966 E type coupe.

[Lady Jag]

Agreed. Any Jag pre-XJ is drop dead gorgeous and should never be used as a daily driver.

I especially swoon at the XKs,some MKs and almost anything they made in the '30s, and can't help wonder what sales of retro-look Jaguars would be like.

1935 Jaguar Airline Coupe

[Larry Lucido]

Whoa, did I fall into a coma? Tata owns Jag and Land Rover? Next you'll be telling that Ruth's Chris is a subsidiary of Taco Bell....

[Lady Jag]

The XKE used to be my favorite till I saw the older ones. I love all the Jag models you’ve had.

Last local Jag concours I went to a XK 150 won best of show.

Got any Jags now?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

When our son came into the world in '76, wife and I decided we needed a recreation vehicle for more than two people. We've owned various fishing and runabout boats since my Jaguar days. I have a pix of # 1 son in a blue snow suit at age about 3, sitting on the back floor with the rear door open on the E coupe. The car was white with red leather interior.
The most fun was the 150 S. It had the 4 speed box with electric overdrive. It was white when I got it. I painted it tomato red (as close to Ferrari red as I could find.) I ran it with twin straight pipes for about a year and finally the cops wised up and nailed me with an excessive noise ticket. Midas Muffler in Des Moines has a small flat glasspack and I fitted a pair of those w/ some large driving lights about a year before I sold it. Last I heard, it had been shipped to Holland.

[Lady Jag]

Something about white vehicles, they all look better than the rest.

Perhaps with a little massaging, #1 Son can be hinted on returning the favor and gift you with a jag.