Tata , JLR cars to adorn same engines
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As recently speculated Tata Motors cars could run on same engines that its British arm could be using for its future cars. An investment of Rs.7,300 crore at the research and development programme (R&D) was made this year. The major aim of this programme is the manufacturing of engines for both the companies in Britain and India.
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This would be the first deal ever made of this kind by the company. In this programme the manufacturing of engines will take place for the high end models of Tata Motors and the entry level models of JLR. The engines which are to be manufactured in this programme are likely to have the capacity less than 2L and will be equipped with 4 cylinders. These engines would be more fuel efficient than the ones that companies are using at present date in their cars.
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At present JLR is using 8 and 6 cylinder engines in its cars, but now due to the pressure from the environmentalist to reduce the carbon content, the company is shifting to the 4 cylinder engine.At present the company gets the bigger engines from Ford Motor company and will continue to do so. With this programme the company aims to become a mass constructor of smaller range of engines.By the R&D programme the company's dependence on Ford will be reduce to a great extent extent. The location of the plant for the manufacturing of engines is not yet decided. India and UK are the two countries under discussion for this plant.
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At present the two brands Jaguar and Land Rover sell various cars under their portfolio . Land Rover has now finalized the assembly plans for its Range Rover Evoque, whereas Jaguar aims to take on cars like Mercedes-Benz C-class, BMW 3 Series and Audi A4. These two companies may also develop a joint platform for the expansion in the international market.
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