Ford produces its first cars with Ford-made automatic transmissions; the Merc-O-Matic is offered in the Mercury Monterey. The division manufactures a total of 310,387 cars for the year, but material limitations due to the Korean ... UAW calls first company-wide strike against Ford (ends Oct. 20 with a three-year contract).
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Rumors of Ford selling Jaguar or Land Rover, or even Volvo, are probably fantasies. ... Jaguar has been a failure, of course. The operation was selling 50,000 vehicles per year when Ford bought it, and the goal was to get it up to 250,000 annual sales. Ford never came close.
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Cash-hungry Ford, which lost $12.6 billion last year but earned $88 million in the first nine months of 2007, has been looking to sell Jaguar and Land Rover. ... Ford bought Jaguar for $2.5 billion in 1989 and Land Rover for $2.7 billion in 2000, joining them with Aston Martin and Volvo to form its Premier Automotive...
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Nasser, a 33-year Ford veteran, was forced out in October 2001, after a series of hot-potato issues, culminating in $3 billion spent for two recalls ... Gerald Meyers, a consultant who was once chairman of American Motors, says he thought Ford never should have bought Jaguar. But he's equally puzzled by Tata's move.
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How to put Jaguar back on the road from Spectator, The provided by Find Articles at BNET ... Last year Jaguar sold just 89,904 cars, compared with a target when Ford bought the company of 200,000 a year (and compared with sales of 119,000 in 2004). Nor is there much prospect of an immediate upturn.
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The manufacturers overproduce each year by millions of cars. And since cars are far more durable than they were even 30 years ago, the turnover has slowed down. As a result, independent companies are forced to put themselves up for sale, or go out of business. ... In 2000, Ford bought Jaguar, Aston-Martin, and Land Rover...
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Ford bought Jaguar for $2.5bn in 1989 and Land Rover for $2.7bn in 2000, joining them with Aston Martin and Volvo to form its Premier Automotive Group. Ford has not said how much it wants for the ... Earlier this year Ford completed the sale of its controlling stake in Aston Martin for $931m in cash and preferred stock.
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We were wrong to say in the article below that Tata would pay about $600m into the Jaguar and Land Rover pension funds as part of its deal to buy the two brands from Ford. ... It will continue to supply technical support, including research and development, as well as financing for Jaguar and Land Rover dealers for up to a year.
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When Ford bought Jaguar, the X-Type was the smaller, entry-level car we hoped it would build -- and feared it would build. Though a pleasant everyday companion with all-wheel drive and all-weather ability, ... Now in its sixth year, the 2007 Jaguar X-Type has to face down newer designs like the current BMW 3 Series,
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It sold 120,570 cars last year. ... Tags: Audi AG, BMW AG, Ford Motor Co., Mercedes-Benz, Premier Automotive Group Research articles 2004-10-04 ... Further plans for Saab and Jaguar Ford bought Jaguar and GM bought Saab-Scania... Tags: Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Jaguar, Saab, strategy Research articles 1993-07-17...
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