Jaguar
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acquisition by Tata Motors
- In Ratan Tata
…the elite British car brands Jaguar and Land Rover from the Ford Motor Company. The \$2.3 billion deal marked the largest-ever acquisition by an Indian automotive firm. The following year the company launched the Tata Nano, a tiny rear-engined, pod-shaped vehicle with a starting price of approximately 100,000 Indian rupees,…
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association with Ford
British Leyland development
- In British Leyland Motor Corporation, Ltd.
The first Jaguar car was produced in 1936 by S.S. Cars Ltd. (founded 1932 in Coventry), which was renamed Jaguar Cars Ltd. in 1945 both to avoid the accidental reminder of the German SS and to highlight the name of the make that had proved to be…
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use of aluminum
- In materials science: Aluminum
…in 1992 with a limited-edition Jaguar sports car that was virtually all aluminum, including the engine, adhesively bonded chassis, and skin. Somewhat less expensive and in full production were Honda’s Acura NSX, containing more than 400 kilograms (900 pounds) of aluminum compared with about 70 kilograms for the average automobile,…
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