Tata may add higher priced Nano models to counter slow sales

April 11, 2013 06:19 CET
Tata may launch higher priced models based on the Nano, the $2,000 compact it introduced with great fanfare in 2008. The reason: Few buyers wanted a vehicle that was primarily pitched as a cheap alternative to a motor scooter.... Read More »

 

Big test looms for Jaguar Land Rover

Jan. 19, 2013 06:01 CET
Jaguar Land Rover has roared to health in the four years since it was bought by India's Tata Motors, but now comes the hard part for the luxury British automaker: proving it can build new models without former owner Ford.... Read More »

 

Big test looms for Jaguar Land Rover

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 19, 2013
Jaguar Land Rover has roared to health in the four years since it was bought by India's Tata Motors, but now comes the hard part for the luxury British automaker: proving it can build new models without former owner Ford.... Read More »

 

The smartest guy in the room

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 10, 2012
You think of global auto industry leaders, and there are arguably three giants: Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne, Volkswagen's Ferdinand Piech and Nissan-Renault chief Carlos Ghosn. But these days you must add Ratan Tata, 74, to that list -- four of the smartest guys in the automotive room, if you will. Dare we call Tata the Piech of India? Perhaps it's better said that Piech is the Tata of Germany.... Read More »

 

TALK FROM THE TOP: RATAN TATA, CHAIRMAN, TATA MOTORS

Jaguar, Land Rover to add models, stay true to heritage

Oct. 22, 2012 06:01 CET
A few months after Tata Motors acquired Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford, the global economy imploded. Chairman Ratan Tata admits to some anxious moments, but says he is confident about the future of Jaguar and Land Rover.... Read More »

 

TALK FROM THE TOP: RATAN TATA, CHAIRMAN, TATA MOTORS

Jaguar, Land Rover to add models, stay true to heritage

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 22, 2012
A few months after India's Tata Motors acquired Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor Co. in 2008, the global economy imploded. Chairman Ratan Tata remembers some critics at the time saying: "You stupid people ... you will bankrupt your entire group." He admits to some anxious moments, but these days Tata, 74, says he is confident about the future of Jaguar and Land Rover.... Read More »

 

Tata will redo Nano for the U.S.

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 15, 2012
A redesigned version of India's no-frills Nano minicar will come to the United States in three years, said Ratan Tata, the billionaire boss of that country's giant Tata Group.... Read More »

 

Chairman Tata seeks to revive flagging Nano sales following fire problems

Aug. 22, 2012 06:01 CET
Ratan Tata, the chairman of Indian carmaker Tata Motors, says he intends to have another go at promoting the budget Nano minicar, after sales plunged following fires with at least three cars.... Read More »