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coala
Member Since: 06 Jul 2007
Location: Pretoria
Posts: 36
  
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Just pulled this off the news24 site. Tata to buy Land Rover, Jaguar?
19/07/2007 09:40
New Delhi - Indian carmakers Tata Motors and the Mahindra group are considering separate bids to buy luxury British car brands Jaguar and Land Rover from struggling US carmaker Ford, according to media reports on Thursday.   
Just do not know how i feel about this one
I will switch my sms function off if this goes through - the jokes bound to multiply
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 19th Jul 2007 11:12 am |
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coala
Member Since: 06 Jul 2007
Location: Pretoria
Posts: 36
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Well on second thought, maybe this is not too bad after all. Pretty sure under Tata control we can slap whatever we want onto a Disco 3, raise the ride height permenantly to make any defender blush and fiddle with the electrics. mmmmm 
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| 19th Jul 2007 11:17 am |
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TiaanS
Member Since: 25 May 2007
Location: Pretoria
Posts: 200
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Howzit my laannie , will fix your landy onetime…
Doesn’t sound that good without the accent
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| 19th Jul 2007 11:58 am |
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coala
Member Since: 06 Jul 2007
Location: Pretoria
Posts: 36
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ja tata my disco, tata its value
- hello the R 78 000 disco - which should sound familiar to anybody who at some stage of their life tried to sell a Disco 2 V8 - only this time, its new
Engine upgrades from 1.6 to 2l available as an optional extra
Such a good thing I have a sense of humour
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| 19th Jul 2007 12:07 pm |
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heine
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
Posts: 4054
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AT least you will be able to haggle over the cost of servicing . All say after me "Is that your best price "
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| 19th Jul 2007 12:59 pm |
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TiaanS
Member Since: 25 May 2007
Location: Pretoria
Posts: 200
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For you my friend, special price…
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| 19th Jul 2007 1:13 pm |
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robharvey
Member Since: 14 May 2007
Location: Durban
Posts: 138
 
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At least there'll be no shortage of dealers in Durban. But the Free State might be more of a problem; permitte om oor te slaap manne!
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| 19th Jul 2007 1:26 pm |
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Brucehun
Member Since: 09 Oct 2006
Location: Johannesburg
Posts: 106
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Ay man, buy a Tata and all and we'll give you a Disco for free...
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| 19th Jul 2007 2:11 pm |
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yawlboy
Member Since: 23 Feb 2007
Location: Dubai
Posts: 509
  
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So the Audi Q7........ 1993 Defender 110 300tdi - many mods
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| 19th Jul 2007 2:35 pm |
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AP Moller
Member Since: 23 Feb 2007
Location: Cape Town
Posts: 246
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| Whereto my lovely? Now that the family silver .... Bro? |
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See these comments at: http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3943202
"There's a smell of desperation around Ford's sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover businesses. The whiff is even more acrid when it comes to the possible sale of Volvo, the most profitable of the three European arms of Ford's Premium Automotive Group (PAG)...".
"It seems as though Ford is selling off the family silver - or chrome - to stave off immediate financial difficulties. Ford lost more than £6-billion in 2006"(or $12.6-billion).
"... A variety of potential suitors for Jaguar and Land Rover have placed 'indicative bids'. ... private equity groups. One is Cerberus Capital Management, the new owner of Chrysler, recently spun out of DaimlerChrysler (aka Mercedes-Benz), for which it paid £3.7-billion for 80 percent, including Jeep. Cerberus also owns the former General Motors finance division. The other two private-equity bidders are Ripplewood Holdings, another US-based group headed by a former Chrysler president, Thomas Stillman; and One Equity, whose partners include Jac Nasser, a former chief executive of Ford. Possible trade buyers include Tata Motors of India, possibly in partnership with compatriots Mahindra & Mahindra".
ANY news  "Tata Motors is understood to have signed a confidentiality agreement with Ford in recent days. Besides Tata, other car makers may be interested in bidding". 
I'll have mine in Vindaloo Red, next time. 
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| 22nd Jul 2007 6:20 pm |
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Tony
Member Since: 20 Apr 2006
Location: Adelaide Hills
Posts: 183
 
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God preserve us from anything to do with Chrysler, past or present. And isn't Cerebus the many-headed dog from hell? Now THAT could work with the present product line........ Ex Defender 110 200Tdi owner.
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| 23rd Jul 2007 12:14 am |
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