Tata Motors

The UK’s technology base was given a major boost today when Tata Motors Limited’s European Technical Centre (TMETC), a wholly-owned UK-based subsidiary of Tata Motors, announced that it will be […]

Andrew Elphick Tata Motors Limited announced this week that small scale production of the Vista EV supermini has now begun in Coventry and that full scale production should commence next […]

Clive Goldthorp Autocar’s Editor, Chas Hallett, recently reported on a conversation with the BMW Group’s Head of Sales and Marketing, Ian Robertson, about the prospects of the MINI Rocketman Concept, […]

John Cranage, Birmingham Post, 27th October, 2009 Indian car buyers have given Jaguar and Land Rover an ‘encouraging response” since the two brands went on sale recently on the sub-continent, […]

John Cranage, Birmingham Post, 12th October, 2009 Jaguar Land Rover parent group Tata Motors Limited has announced a major breakthrough in its fight to secure new funding. The Indian group […]

Birmingham Post, 20th September, 2009 Hundreds of jobs are set to be created at the Midlands-based engineering and design unit owned by Tata Motors after the Indian firm was given […]

Tom Scotney, Birmingham Post, 18th September, 2009 The Government has made a £10 million loan to Jaguar Land Rover owners Tata Motors to manufacture electric cars in the UK. The […]

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) — India’s Tata Motors Ltd. is willing to return the original site for its ultra-cheap Nano minicar if the state government compensates the company for its investment […]

Alison Dayani, Birmingham Post, 1st September, 2009 Indian car giant Tata has blamed Jaguar Land Rover for a £41.2 million quarterly loss.Tata Motors, which pumped in millions to turn around JLR’s […]

James Fontanella-Khan in Mumbai and John Reed in London, FT.com, 31st August, 2009 Tata Motors, which is reporting a quarterly loss caused by sliding sales at Jaguar and Land Rover, […]

Clive Goldthorp Italy’s two most famous, but currently troubled, Automotive Design companies, Bertone Group and Pininfarina S.p.A., have both been in the news during the last week or so: Fiat […]

Lindsay Chappell, Automotive News, 5th June, 2009 Tata Motors, the Indian automaker that owns Jaguar and Land Rover, plans to bring the car known as the world’s cheapest to the […]

Automotive News Europe, 1st June, 2009 Ravi Kant, Managing Director of Tata Motors Limited, which owns Jaguar Land Rover, will retire today. Kant will be succeeded by Prakash Telang, currently […]

Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 1st June, 2009 Tata Motors has seen its annual profits more than halve because of falling demand for cars and trucks – but said there were […]

Automotive News Europe/Reuters, 28th May, 2009 India’s Tata Motors Ltd. said on Wednesday it has completed refinancing of its $3 billion bridge loan taken to purchase luxury car brands Jaguar […]

Joe Leahy in Mumbai and John Reed in London , Financial Times, 22nd May, 2009 Tata Motors is expected on Monday to obtain the agreement of its banks to roll […]

Joe Leahy and John Reed, FT.com, 21st May, 2009 If there was a prize for leaving things to the last moment, Tata Motors would be this month’s winner. Until this week, India’s […]

Paul McVeigh, Automotive News Europe, 25th March, 2009 Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services today lowered its corporate credit rating on India-based automaker Tata Motors Ltd. to B+ from BB-. Standard […]

John Reed in London and Joseph Leahy in Mumbai, Financial Times, 20th May, 2009 The Nano, the world’s cheapest car due to launch in India on Monday, will have an […]

Joe Leahy in Mumbai and John Reed in London, Financial Times, 19th March, 2009 Next Monday, Tata will launch the Nano, the mini-car set to revolutionise the bottom end of […]

John Reed in Geneva, Financial Times, 4th March, 2009 India’s Tata Motors plans to sell its much hyped low-cost model, the Nano, in Europe from 2011, and an electric car from […]