How about posting a few yr to yr sales figures.

What I’ve read in AutoNews and other publications is sales have been just awful till recently. The warranty costs to fix the piles have been enormous, another reason for Tata to pass on the purchase.

Why is Tata the only serious bidder for Jag and Land Rover? No one else on the planet wants them. There has to be more than one reason for this scenario.

Poor sales, huge warranty costs & zero profits would be my guess.

Interestingly, Tata is worth more on the stock market than General Motors, which speaks volumes about GM as well as the prospects of India.

Mr. Tata? You’d be honestly better off to take the slow lane and grow your company brand worldwide organically instead of through purchasing losers like Land Rover and Jaguar.

Literally, (money) losers.

I’d “love” to see how much money shareholders, British Leyland’s (British taxpayer) money, and Ford money have been p!ssed away through Jaguar and Land Rover over the past 1/2 century. I think people would be shocked.

Kill ‘em off, already.

GM should do the same for Saab (only in that case, it was “murder”).

Well said. I ask the same question. Aside from total lack of profit potential for this combo, why would Tata pay for something Ford would surely end up giving away eventually. No one else wants them and Ford can’t afford to keep them much longer.

Jag hasn’t made a cent for Ford since they bought the company for 4 BILLION DOLLARS.

One source says Ford has invested over 20 BILLION DOLLARS in Jaguar.

If Ford wants to say ta ta to these two slugs, they better make a deal NOW.

I wonder if the brain trusts at Tata are reading TTAC?

If so, maybe they have come to their senses.

Who, in their right mind, would want these two no-sells…for any price?

Christopher:

I get your point, but I think the facts of the matter speak for themselves. The press has reported the Tata agreement as "weeks away" many times. Clearly, this purchase is faltering. As I discuss with Justin in the Daily Podcast (up later), every day that goes by makes it LESS likely Tata will seal the deal. The economic downturn, the credit crunch, union intransigence, Tata's sagging stock price, etc. all are conspiring against completion.