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Tata Motors acquires Jaguar Land Rover from Ford (2008)

Tata Motors completed its purchase of Jaguar Land Rover from Ford on 2 June 2008 for a net US$2.3 billion in cash, with Ford contributing about US$600 million to the pension plans; Tata Motors said the two brands would keep their distinctive identities (Tata Motors). Ford had paid $2.5 billion for Jaguar in 1989 and $2.7 billion for Land Rover in 2000 (AP). In FY2024/25 JLR reported revenue of £29.0 billion and profit before tax and exceptional items of £2.5 billion (JLR annual report).

Industry
Automotive (India, UK)
Frameworks applied
Post-acquisition integration stylesTypes of M&A by relatedness
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Frameworks applied

This case is read through the frameworks below.

  • Post-acquisition integration stylesHaving just bought a company, should the acquirer's leadership absorb, preserve, combine symbiotically or merely hold it, weighing strategic interdependence against target autonomy?
  • Types of M&A by relatednessWhen a leadership team is weighing an acquisition or merger, is the target's business related enough to its own to create real synergy?

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References

Listed A–Z by author surname, Harvard style. A source with a DOI links to https://doi.org/…; one without links to its page or says plainly that it has no DOI.

  1. Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc (2025) Annual Report FY24/25. Whitley, Coventry: Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc (JLR Media Newsroom).No DOImedia.jlr.comSource page
  2. Karoub, J. (2008) Ford completes sale of Jaguar, Land Rover to Tata. NBC News.No DOInbcnews.comSource page
  3. Tata Motors (2008) Tata Motors Completes Acquisition Of Jaguar Land Rover. JLR Media Newsroom.No DOImedia.jlr.comSource page