in depth analysis on TATA acquistion of Ford’s Jaguar and Land Rover
Tata group which is responsible for India’s biggest foreign takeover, by acquiring the British steel company Corus through his Tata Steel business for £6.7bn earlier this year, is now reckoning for another big acquisition, this time for its automotive division. Tata Motors is in the early stages of evaluating a bid for the Jaguar and Land Rover reported British daily The Telegraph.. Ratan Tata is understood to have instructed advisers in the past fortnight to begin evaluating the merits of a joint offer for Jaguar and Land Rover, which have been earmarked for disposal by struggling American car giant Ford. People close to the situation last night said that Tata Motors’ evaluation of a bid was at an “exploratory” stage and may not lead to a formal bid for the two brands. One person familiar with the position said that Tata Motors had signed a confidentiality agreement with Ford in recent days. .Besides Tata, other car makers from middle east and eastern car manufacturers may be interested in bidding, while a formal auction would also be likely to attract private equity firms such as Apollo, Blackstone and Cerberus ( theUS buyout firm which acquired Chrysler earlier this year for $7.5bn).
