Tata Motors Vice Chairman Ravi Kant speaks during a news conference after announcing the company's consolidated results for the first quarter in Mumbai August 31, 2009. Tata Motors, India's largest vehicle maker, posted a consolidated loss for its fiscal first quarter, but remained confident about the prospects of its loss-making Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) unit. Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

Tata Motors Vice Chairman Ravi Kant speaks during a news conference after announcing the company's consolidated results for the first quarter in Mumbai August 31, 2009. Tata Motors, India's largest vehicle maker, posted a consolidated loss for its fiscal first quarter, but remained confident about the prospects of its loss-making Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) unit.

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  1. Tata Motors President - passenger cars - Rajiv Dube (L) and Head - Premium car division - Rohit Suri unveil a ' Freelander 2' during a launch function in Mumbai on September 22, 2009. The Freelander 2 which will be available in three trim levels in India is priced at upwards of Indian Rupees 3,379,000 (USD 70,147). India's leading vehicle maker Tata Motors, which owns the British luxury carmaker Jaguar LandRover after completing its 2.3-billion-dollar acquisition of JLR from the Ford Motor Co. in June last year earlier posted a first-quarter net loss for the three months to June, hit by weak sales of its British premium brands Jaguar and Land Rover. Indian car sales jumped by nearly a third in July -- the country's sixth monthly rise in car sales -- as new model launches and cheaper loans prompted customers to flock to automobile showrooms.
  2. Tata Motors President - passenger cars - Rajiv Dube (L) and Head - Premium car division - Rohit Suri unveil a ' Freelander 2' during a launch function in Mumbai on September 22, 2009. The Freelander 2 which will be available in three trim levels in India is priced at upwards of Indian Rupees 3,379,000 (USD 70,147). India's leading vehicle maker Tata Motors, which owns the British luxury carmaker Jaguar LandRover after completing its 2.3-billion-dollar acquisition of JLR from the Ford Motor Co. in June last year earlier posted a first-quarter net loss for the three months to June, hit by weak sales of its British premium brands Jaguar and Land Rover. Indian car sales jumped by nearly a third in July -- the country's sixth monthly rise in car sales -- as new model launches and cheaper loans prompted customers to flock to automobile showrooms.
  3. Tata Motors Passenger Cars President Rajiv Dube launches the Tata Indigo Manza in New Delhi on November 12, 2009. Built on a new car platform, the Indigo Manza succeeds the Tata Indigo which became a bestseller in its very first year.
  4. FILE - In this July 14, 2009 file photograph, people gather for a close look as the ultra-cheap Tata Nano cars are unloaded at a rail dock yard in Hyderabad, India. India's Tata Motors said Monday its quarterly profit more than doubled, thanks to reviving demand for both commercial and passenger vehicles and low commodity costs. Tata Motors has so far delivered 7,506 of its super-cheap Nano cars, which sell for as little as 100,000 rupees ($2,145) plus tax and transport fees.
  5. A worker cleans a Tata Motors logo outside its showroom in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad October 26, 2009. Tata Motors Ltd, India's largest vehicle maker, reported a sharp jump in quarterly net profit, beating forecasts, on improved margins from lower input prices, recovery in volumes and aided by lower foreign exchange losses.
  6. A worker cleans a Tata Motors logo outside its showroom in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad October 26, 2009. Tata Motors Ltd, India's largest vehicle maker, reported a sharp jump in quarterly net profit, beating forecasts, on improved margins from lower input prices, recovery in volumes and aided by lower foreign exchange losses.
  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. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. This photo provided by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory shows the Jaguar supercomputer at the Department of Energy lab in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. The Cray XT5 supercomputer known as Jaguar at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility has become the fastest in the world. It will be listed as No. 1 on the TOP500 list of supercomputers that will be formally announced Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009.

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