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In March 2008 Jaguar and Land Rover were both sold by Ford, to Tata the Indian motor manufacturer for $2.3 billion. Ford over the years, invested an estimated $10 billion into the two British marques. It is understood that Ford have agreed to make up the shortfall in the employee’s pension funds, which cost the company a further $600 million. A considerable loss indeed until you compare it with Daimler Chrysler selling just over 80% of Chrysler for 7.4 billion having paid $36 billion for the company 9 years earlier. Tata have recently been on an acquisition trail and timed the purchase of the two companies well, considering the weakness of the Dollar at the time of the deal. The takeover seems to make very good financial sense from Tata’s point of view and probably not as some have suggested motivated by a company that is part of what was once a British colony, flexing it’s muscles and buying two prestigious British brands. Nevertheless it must have been a very proud moment for Tata.

If you are passionate about fast and luxurious cars, you need to consider importing cars from Japan. All over the world, Japan is known to produce excellent and highly functional car models. As much as you can still buy Japan-manufactured cars from your home country, there are a few perks that you can get out of buying vehicles straight from Japan.

With gas prices the way they are there’s no better choice these days than the Mini Cooper.  There are many options with you Mini Cooper, and these small but roomy cars have quite a following.  Maybe the Mini is not ready for the Indy500 or Nascar, but they can be a blast to drive!!  Learn [...]