From left, Jaguar Managing Director, Mike O' Driscoll, Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata, Jaguar Land Rover CEO David Smith, Land Rover Managing Director Phil Popham and Tata Mators Vice Chairman Ravi Kant pose during the India launch of Jaguar, left, and Land Rover, right in Mumbai, India, Sunday, June 28, 2009. India's Tata Motors said Friday that it suffered a loss of 25.05 billion rupees ($521.8 million) after taxes in the past fiscal year as the global meltdown exacted a toll on the auto industry worldwide. Tata had acquired Jaguar Land Rover in June 2008. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

From left, Jaguar Managing Director, Mike O' Driscoll, Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata, Jaguar Land Rover CEO David Smith, Land Rover Managing Director Phil Popham and Tata Mators Vice Chairman Ravi Kant pose during the India launch of Jaguar, left, and Land Rover, right in Mumbai, India, Sunday, June 28, 2009. India's Tata Motors said Friday that it suffered a loss of 25.05 billion rupees ($521.8 million) after taxes in the past fiscal year as the global meltdown exacted a toll on the auto industry worldwide. Tata had acquired Jaguar Land Rover in June 2008.

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  1. A vintage Jaguar limousine is parked at the Autofriedhof Franz Messerli auto graveyard in the village of Kaufdorf south of Bern September 11, 2009. 795 vintage cars from the auto graveyard will be offered in an auction on next September 19, afterwards the graveyard will be shut down by magisterial by-law.
  2. The steering wheel and the dash board of vintage Jaguar limousine are covered with moss at the Autofriedhof Franz Messerli auto graveyard in the village of Kaufdorf south of Bern September 11, 2009. 795 vintage cars from the auto graveyard will be offered in an auction on next September 19, afterwards the graveyard will be shut down by magisterial by-law.
  3. A vintage Jaguar limousine (R) is parked beside a Volkswagen Beetle car at the Autofriedhof Franz Messerli auto graveyard in the village of Kaufdorf south of Bern September 11, 2009. 795 vintage cars from the auto graveyard will be offered in an auction on next September 19, afterwards the graveyard will be shut down by magisterial by-law.
  4. ASCOT, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 10: Alan Munro on Morana (R) holds on to beat Hayley Turner on Prompter during the Jaguar All-new Xj Autumn Stakes at Ascot racecourse on October 10, 2009 in Ascot, England.
  5. ASCOT, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 10: Alan Munro on Morana (5) holds on to beat Hayley Turner on Prompter during the Jaguar All-new Xj Autumn Stakes at Ascot racecourse on October 10, 2009 in Ascot, England.
  6. An Indian Air Force Jaguar fighters flypast during the full dress rehearsal of Indian Air Force Day parade at the Air Force Station at Hindon in Ghaziabad on the outskirts of New Delhi on October 6, 2009. The Indian Air Force will celebrate its 77th Anniversary on October 8, with an air display by 52 aircraft as part of the Air Force Day Parade at Air Force Station Hindon.
  7. Men look at engines of Land Rover at the Frankfurt International Auto Show IAA in Frankfurt September 16, 2009. The world's biggest auto show will run until September 27.
  8. Men look at engines of Land Rover at the Frankfurt International Auto Show IAA in Frankfurt September 16, 2009. The world's biggest auto show will run until September 27.
  9. STAMFORD, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 06: Oliver Townend of Great Britain celebrates winning the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials on September 6, 2009 in Stamford, United Kingdom.
  10. Flags fly outside the Jaguar assembly plant in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, central England September 24, 2009. India's Tata Motors said on Thursday it will merge two of its three Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) auto plants in England by 2014.
  11. A Jaguar car logo is seen on a vehicle hubcap in central London September 24, 2009. India's Tata Motors said on Thursday it will merge two of its three Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) auto plants in England by 2014. A spokesman for Tata said there would be no compulsory redundancies and it would develop a new low-carbon Range Rover model, creating new jobs.
  12. A Jaguar car logo is seen on a vehicle hubcap in central London September 24, 2009. India's Tata Motors said on Thursday it will merge two of its three Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) auto plants in England by 2014. A spokesman for Tata said there would be no compulsory redundancies and it would develop a new low-carbon Range Rover model, creating new jobs.
  13. West Bengal state Industrial Minister Nirupam Sen and Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata make their way to a press meet in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media.
  14. Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata gives a press conference in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media.
  15. (L-R) Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata and West Bengal state Industrial Minister Nirupam Sen give a press conference in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media.
  16. Ratan Tata (R), Chairman of the Tata Group, leaves the venue after attending the annual general meeting of shareholders of Tata Tea Ltd as a hotel staff looks on in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata September 1, 2009. Tata Tea Ltd sees tea prices coming under pressure due to bad monsoon in the growing regions, a top official said on Tuesday.

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