| Carl-Peter Forster, chief executive Tata Motors | | | | engines. There have to be one's own engine. |
| said that the Indian engineers will be working in | | | | Rathore also commented that it is definitely a loss |
| designing the new Jaguar Land Rover engines. | | | | if seen from business point of view but the |
| This will be a long-term threat to Ford Motor Co | | | | company has always been prepared for this. |
| which is presently under contract to supply JLR | | | | Forster clarified that the Indian engineers will be |
| engines. | | | | assisting in the redesigning of the Defender jeep, |
| In 2008, Tata Motors had bought JLR from Ford | | | | which is something of a British icon. He further |
| for $2.3 billion. According to the transaction, Tata | | | | added that they are determined to come up with |
| Motors was supposed to buy vehicle components | | | | a modern-day Defender. Their team in India has |
| and technology from Ford. Forster quoted that | | | | an expertise with off-road and 4x4 vehicles for |
| those contracts will start expiring around 2015 and | | | | developing markets, said Forster. |
| that he intends to renew those contracts but | | | | According to Forster, Tata Motors' Indian |
| would now like to engineer new JLR engines | | | | expertise in engineering small engines could prove |
| in-house. There will be a combination of expertise | | | | especially helpful. Global demand for small engines |
| of the group's engineers in India and the UK. | | | | is also likely to grow as small engines become |
| Ford motors however did not comment on this | | | | more powerful and fuel efficiency becomes more |
| matter. Deepesh Rathore, chief auto analyst at | | | | important, added Forster. Tata Motors is planning |
| IHS Global Insight in New Delhi, said that image is | | | | to assemble Land Rover Freelander next year for |
| very important in this matter. He also said that | | | | domestic sales in India. |
| the cars cannot keep on running with Ford | | | | |