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Tata's home maket has no place for JLR

The reaction to Tata Motors finally clinching Jaguar/Land Rover was euphoric. News of the acquisition made the front page of every Indian newspaper and every TV news bulletin.Corporate India and the Indian government praised the move, but the stock market reacted badly due to concerns over the financial burden that the deal will place on Tata.For the punter there’s no difference. Jaguar has no presence in India and Land Rover sells in tiny numbers through one importer. There’s simply no market for these marques in India yet, even with local ownership.

Hormazd Sorbajee, Autocar India

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Darth Balls 6 April 2008

Re: What does India think?

Let's hope Tata make a better job of running British car companies than the British did.

Jon Hardcastle 5 April 2008

Re: India's Time has come now...

Calm down boys.

I say good luck to Tata and India, every country has its time and India after being in the doldrums for too long now is getting things together, the same goes for China. Everything in life is cyclical. Once the UK was the major power in the world for most things from cotton to bridge building etc. But as costs rise then time comes to look to cheaper alternatives.

It really is as simple as that.

Good luck to them!

indianyogi 4 April 2008

Re: India's Time has come now...

Maj1c .. Did you read what the headline of the main news article said?? The heading was what does India think.. and as an Indian I expressed my views..I really dont understand whats giving you that much pain.. Just read what I have written carefully and you will realized that all of you residing in so called developed world now were just primitives when indian civilization was at its peak..

All your development has come from exploitation of ours third developed country.. FYI India was a developed nation by 18th century standard.. its british who looted us and pushed us in poverty.. well anyway it will require a hard work and some good eyes from ur side to read what I have written in first place..

Tata will run the business in good way and its evident by Corus and Tetley.. when he bought these companies then also people were saying same thing as you are saying now.. but he has proven everyone wrong.. he will prove all his detractors wrong again .. it was just about a level playing field .. and India and Indians are capitalizing on their strengths now.. take care buddy

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