Land Rover

…\$4 billion before selling the Land Rover brand to Ford in 2000. BMW saw great success with the relaunch of the British MINI in 2001, however, and another British brand, Rolls-Royce, became part of BMW in 2003. Members of the Quandt family continued to hold a significant stake in the…

…elite British brands Jaguar and Land Rover from the Ford Motor Company in 2008. Four years later Ratan Tata retired and was succeeded by Cyrus Mistry. Mistry was abruptly dismissed as chair in October 2016—reportedly over disagreements with members of the Tata family regarding business strategy—and Ratan returned to the…

…British car brands Jaguar and Land Rover from the Ford Motor Company. The \$2.3 billion deal marked the largest-ever acquisition by an Indian automotive firm.

…their place alongside the British Land Rover, which was built with all-aluminum body panels beginning in 1948—a choice dictated by a shortage of steel during World War II and continued by the manufacturer ever since.