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[perkins]

Suite de cette rumeur, selon cette source il y aurait 2 plateformes en préparation pour la marque ROVER dont un modèle "medium/large" qui pourrait faire son apparition en 2012-2013. Selon une forte probabilité, ce modèle serait produit au Royaume-Uni.

 Originally Posted by boxwellm  View Post
"I had another chat with my contact. There are two vehicle platforms being developed for Rover - a small car platform and a medium/large car platform. The large car platform would spawn a seven-seat MPV and a saloon, although fastbacks and estates are also being mooted.

The idea is that the first of the larger cars would appear in 2012-13 and in all likelihood would be built in the UK".

Source : forum mg rover.org  04/12/2007

[Jojo214]

Bon, wait and see

vous allez réussir à me convaincre

[Fantomas]

Aucune continuité avec la marque qu'on connait de toutes façons. C'est un nom factice pour une nouvelle gamme de véhicules.

Merci de tes éclaircissements , même si tout ceci ne me convainc pas d'un quelconque "retour". Au mieux une nouvelle utilisation du nom.

Un peu comme quand ils étaient passés des SD1 aux Rover sur base Honda

Sinon on a déjà eut droit à la CITYROVER

[perkins]

Suite de cette rumeur sur un autre site anglais : The Unofficial AUSTIN ROVER web resources qui affirme que  le retour de la marque ROVER apparaît fort possible avec  le rachat par TATA des droits sur la marque  et le développement de toute une gamme élaborée au Royaume-Uni.


"AR believes the most likely reason for such a postponement may well be that Tata Motors intends to launch the new V3 and X2 models in the European and UK markets under the Rover brand if the company does, in the end, purchase Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford. However, a Tata Motors-owned Rover would clearly need a second, larger, platform in order to become viable and our sources reckon that Tata Motors and TMETC are developing such a platform to underpin an additional model range(s) for introduction in 2012 or 2013 – that development schedule would probably be accelerated by the acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover… Indeed, any such C and/or D segment Rover model range(s) might even be built at Halewood on Merseyside in place of the already ageing Jaguar X-TYPE.
MG and Rover enthusiasts have, in our view, good cause to look forward to 2008 with more than a little optimism. We reckon there is an, at least, reasonable chance that, by the end of next year, a SAIC Motor-owned MG and a Tata Motors-owned Rover will both be developing British-designed and engineered products and finalising their respective plans to re-launch the two famous British marques.
The irony is that SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre Limited and Tata Motors European Technology Centre plc are currently located within a few miles of each other in Warwickshire…"

2007's Elegante concept, and its Xover brother clearly shows that Tata is looking towards the West for its future.. " 

Source : The Unofficial AUSTIN ROVER web ressources, 09/12/2007

[Fantomas]

L'aventure Tata Rover va t'elle reprendre : 

[matt414]

on dirait un mix de plein de caisses récente sur base de prius, c'est hideux 

[clemar64]

de pire en pire! affligeant!!!!!

[perkins]

Cette gamme de modèles  en préparation serait vraiment faite pour la marque ROVER avec un design anglais, donc ce ne serait pas des modèles TATA rebadgés sauvagement et à la va vite. 
L'annonce de l'acquisition de JAGUAR et LAND ROVER par TATA pourrait être faite le 16 janvier 2008 au Salon de Détroit. Dans le même temps SAIC MOTOR devrait relancer l'usine de Longbridge en aidant Nanjing Automobile...



Voir ci-dessous : "MG contre ROVER : la Chine et l'Inde en course pour reconstruire les marques anglaises"   

MG vs Rover: China and India in race to rebuild British brands?

CLIVE GOLDTHORPE


Both marques to return to Europe? [Les deux marques vont-elles faire leur retour en Europe ?])

AR’s attempts to obtain official information from either SAIC Group or Yuejin Motor Group about the progress of the negotiations initiated as a consequence of the letter of intent signed by the two companies on the 27th July, 2007 have, to date, proved to be unproductive.

However, according to a recent report on www.chinanews.com.cn, the formal signing of a Framework Agreement finalising the 'amalgamation' of SAIC Group and Yuejin Motor Group/Nanjing Automobile Corporation and/or their respective SAIC Motor/Roewe and NAC MG units has been scheduled for the 26th December, 2007.

AR understands that a high-ranking SAIC Group/SAIC Motor delegation visited NAC MG UK Limited at Longbridge on the 22nd November, 2007 and has good reason to believe that SAIC Motor may, in fact, already have a post-amalgamation plan for the Longbridge plant in place. We have no doubt that the Chinese Government’s Automotive Industry analysts will have been monitoring Tata Motors Limited’s widely anticipated acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover very closely and reckon that, in the context of geo-political dynamics, the prospect of an Indian-owned, British-based, Jaguar and Land Rover should really have convinced the Chinese Government and SAIC Motor of the commercial and political need to expand the latter’s British design and engineering facility and, hopefully, establish a manufacturing base at Longbridge.

BBC News reports that, when opening of the £20m Longbridge Innovation Centre on the 10th December, 2007, Liam Byrne MP, Minister for the West Midlands, also launched the West Midlands Economic Strategy which provides for 'up to £25bn of public spending' to be 'spent on boosting jobs over the next five years.' Advantage West Midlands say that the aim 'is for 10,000 new jobs at Longbridge over the next fifteen years.' We therefore wonder whether or not any of that public funding has already been allocated to a shortly to be SAIC Motor-owned NAC MG UK Limited and, if so, how many new jobs might be created at the Longbridge plant.

Britain’s Foreign Secretary, David Miliband MP, met the new Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, in London last week and the transcript of their Press Conference here, in our view, clearly demonstrates the importance which the new British and Chinese Governments place on bilateral relations. British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown MP, visits China next month and the Foreign Secretary confirmed that 'high on his agenda will be the very practical bilateral exchange that he is looking forward to on issues like education, scientific cooperation, scientific and technological cooperation, trade and economic development issues…'

AR currently expects the announcement of Tata Motors Limited’s successful bid for Jaguar and Land Rover to be made at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on the 16th January, 2008. The Prime Minister’s visit to China would, in that context, certainly provide both the British and Chinese Governments with an excellent opportunity to make a joint announcement about the future of the Longbridge plant under a SAIC Motor-owned NAC MG UK Limited…

Interestingly, an informed, UK-based, source with more than a little knowledge of developments in China concedes that the timetable suggested above might not be too dissimilar to that adopted by the relevant players there.

Time alone will tell but there must, at least, be a distinct possibility that January, 2008 will witness the start of an Indo-Sino race to rebuild MG and Rover as global brands with British designed, engineered and manufactured products.
Source : The Unofficial Austin Rover web site  11/12/2007

[clemar64]

Les colonisés d'hier deviennent les colons d'aujourd'hui!

[serpentin]

oui c'est assez cocace comme situation 

[perkins]

Plusieurs sources confirment  que FORD aurait déjà pris sa décision : TATA aurait été choisi pour reprendre LAND ROVER et JAGUAR. L'offre de 1 milliard de Livres Sterling a été acceptée par Ford. Des officiels de TATA sont en route pour le royaume-Uni afin de faire l'annonce officielle. Les détails ultimes de l'affaire sont encore à mettre au point d'ici à 6 semaines (la vente sera alors effective).

Aucune info encore sur la marque ROVER,  FORD l'avait achetée à BMW  en septembre 2006 pour 6 millions de Livres sterling afin de sécuriser la marque LAND ROVER, TATA devrait donc récupérer ROVER.  L'année 2008 devrait voir le retour de la marque, peut-être en fin d'année. Sous quelle forme ? On verra...

 

Ford chooses Tata for Jaguar and Land Rover

By John Duckers and John Revill,
Birmingham Post, Dec 19 2007
Indian industrial giant Tata will be named as the preferred bidder for Jaguar and Land Rover on Friday. The group has had its £1bn bid accepted by Ford, which is selling the luxury carmakers which together employ 13,000 people across the Midlands.
The firm has beaten off competition from rival Indian firm Mahindra and Mahindra and private equity group One Equity Partners. Final details are expected to be tied up in the next six weeks before the sale is completed. Sources at Land Rover said: 'It is definitely Tata. There is one final meeting and so long as there is no last minute hitches, which are not expected, then an announcement will be made on Friday.'
Officials are coming to the UK from India for the announcement. Staff and the government are all supportive of the deal, the source added, while it will ensure the companies and the jobs stay in the West Midlands. The deal was welcomed by union leaders. Des Quinn, industry officer for the Transport and General Workers' Union section of Unite, said: 'We cautiously welcome this development, although the devil will be in the detail. We think the Tata bid is in the best interests of our members. They come from a manufacturing background, and the experience of other people they have taken over has been good.
'They allow the management to manage and are investing in it. They are cash rich and they can afford the price, as well as invest in the future. Generally we think they are the better buyer for Jaguar and Land Rover.' Tata bought steelmaker Corus for £4.3bn last year, while the firm also owns Tetley Tea in the UK. Mr Quinn added that the Mahindra bid fell down becasue of its links to private equity – with the Indian firm working with Apollo.
'When a private equity firm buys a company, the cost of buying it often goes onto the company's books. If anything then goes wrong how, do you refinance the business?'

[Rover820i]

Ils n'ont pas fini de nous embrouiller

Merci de l'info Source numérique du texte ?

[Guiio]

Rover repris par TATA,ça fais encore plus peur que roewe je crois

[perkins]

Ils n'ont pas fini de nous embrouiller

Merci de l'info Source numérique du texte ?

Les sources proviennent du site de Birmingham Post (ces infos ont été données par  des  membres de  LAND ROVER), repris par différents sites anglais. Normalement une annonce devrait être faite demain vendredi. L'éventualité d'une relance de la marque  ROVER ne sera dévoilée que bien plus tard, si c'est bien le cas, mais on sait que TATA entretient un lien historique  privilégié avec ROVER, la préparation de certaines modèles semble  plus que probable. Cela va en agacer plus d'un, ceux qui avait enterré la marque  en avril 2005 

[perkins]

L'annonce officielle ne sera pas faite aujourd''hui, mais devant les employés de JAGUAR et LAND ROVER, c'est-à-dire vraisemblablement le 2 janvier selon le Birmingham Post

Ford to tell Jag and Land Rover workers first

Dec 21 2007

 

The Christmas break has delayed the formal announcement of Tata Motor's £1 billion takeover of Jaguar and Land Rover.

Ford, which is selling the two Midland carmakers, wants to tell its workers itself before the news becomes public. Although the deal has been sealed, the plants across the Midlands are currently entering their Christmas shutdown. Workers will return to the Castle Bromwich and Lode Lane plants on January 2, when they could be told the outcome.

A source said Ford has given Tata preferred bidder status over Mahindra and Mahindra and One Equity Partners, but because the American carmaker wants to speak to the workforce first, the deal won't be formally announced until the new year. The purchase is still going through and there have been no hitches, said the source. Executives at both Ford and Tata, who have arrived in the UK, are thought to be celebrating sealing the deal. A Ford spokesman said there would be no announcement today.

The impending Tata takeover has been welcomed by industry figures. Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, head of Warwick Manufacturing Group, said: "Assuming all the reports are accurate and Tata has indeed clinched the deal, then it would be the best thing that has happened for the Midlands car industry in years

Source : Birmingham Post    (21/12/2007)