Journey of TATA
1945 | Tata Engineering and Locomotive (Telco) was set up to manufacture locomotives and other engineering products
1986 | Production of first light commercial vehicle, Tata 407
1991 | Launch of indigeneous passenger car Tata Sierra
1992 | Launch of Tata Estate
1994 | Launch of multi utility vehicle Tata Sumo 1998 | Tata Safari, India’s first sports utility vehicle, launched
Indica, India’s first fully indigenous car rolled out 2002 | Introduces sedan Indigo
Telco signs a product deal with MG Rover of the UK 2003 | New identity. Tata Motors replaces Telco 2004 | Takes over Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co
Tata Motors lists on the New York Stock Exchange
2005 | Launches Tata Ace, India’s first mini truck
2006 | JV with Marcopolo of Brazil to manufacture fully built buses and coaches for India and overseas markets
2006 | Inks Industrial joint venture with Fiat at Ranjangaon, near Pune, to produce both Fiat and Tata cars and Fiat powertrains for the Indian and overseas markets
Journey of JAGUAR
1922 | Jaguar founder William Lyons forms ‘Swallow Sidecar Company’ for making sidecars for reconditioned motorcycles.
1966 | Jaguar merged with the British Motor Corporation, the Austin-Morris combine, to form British Motor Holdings
1968 | Merges with UK’s Leyland which had taken over Rover and Standard Triumph. New company British Leyland Motor
1975 | Became British Leyland Ltd after nationalisation
1984 | Jaguar floated off as a separate company on the stock market, one of the Margaret Thatcher govt’s many privatisations
1989 | Ford buys the company for $2.5 billion
Journey of ROVER
1948 | First vehicle unveiled at the Amsterdam Motors Show
1988 | British Aerospace takes over Rover Group
1994 | British Aerospace sells Rover Group to BMW
2000 | BMW splits the Rover Group into two, selling Land Rover to Ford for $2.73 billion. The car division is sold to the British Phoenix management group
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