Tal como outras grandes marcas do ramo automóvel, também a Jaguar e Land Rover pediram ao governo britânico cerca de mil milhões de Libras em empréstimo, cerca de um mês depois de terem sido adquiridas pela Tata. Vamos ver no que dá. O artigo é de um jornal australiano e os valores encontram-se em dólares australianos.

http://news.theage.com.au/business/jaguar-land-rover-asks-for-cash-boost-20081124-6f07.html

Pois...

Já está por todo o lado, Reuters, Bloomberg, etc...

Jaguar in UK govt talks for 1 bln stg loan -- paper

Sunday, November 23, 2008 13:24:54
LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - British-based carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is in secret talks with the UK government over a 1 billion pound ($1.48 billion) loan, just nine months after the Indian conglomerate Tata Group bought the luxury carmaker, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

The request reflects the sharp downturn in the global car market which has already pushed a handful of big carmakers to the edge of bankruptcy, and one UK government source said Prime Minister Gordon Brown is studying the request, the paper added.

In a Jaguar Land Rover statement, the group said on Sunday it supported UK and European carmaker's industry bodies seeking help from governments but would not comment specifically.

"We are not going to comment on speculation on confidential discussions with government," the statement said.

One of Tata's listed enterprises Tata Motors paid $2.3 billion for Jaguar and Land Rover earlier this year and financed the acquisition with a $3 billion bridging loan, but since then sales of new cars have plunged.

Tata is looking to the UK government for a bridging loan for the next 24 months as it is difficult to access funding markets and the market for its vehicle has fallen causing big problems finding the cash to make debt payments, the paper said.

The group employs 15,000 workers in the UK. Last year Land Rover produced 230,000 vehicles at its Solihull plant in the English West Midlands while Jaguar made 54,000 cars at its nearby Castle Bromwich plant and at Halewood on Merseyside in north-west England. It has already cut shifts at the plants.

(Reporting by David Jones; Editing by David Cowell) ($1=.6738 Pound) Keywords: JAGUAR/BRITAIN (david.jones@thomsonreuters.com; +44 20 7542 7972; Reuters Messaging: david.jones.reuters.com@reuters.net)

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E a Tata, também já teve melhores dias...

DJ HEARD ON THE STREET: Tata's Troubles Abroad Hit Home


 
   By Andrew Peaple
   A DOW JONES COLUMN  
India's first major multinational, Tata Group, is seeing its global ambitions backfire just as its problems at home grow.

With interests ranging from tea to hotels to steel, the pioneering conglomerate may seem adequately diversified.

But issues with one of the largest acquisitions made by the group's companies show how even Tata's resources are being stretched by the global downturn.

Tata Motors' $2.3 billion buy of the U.K.'s Land Rover and Jaguar car companies last March was touted as evidence of India Inc.'s growing clout - with added spice, since the acquisitions were on India's former colonial ruler's home turf.

But car sales are slumping, and it's now clear Tata Motors overpaid for its British trophy.

Last month it had to launch a $828 million rights issue to help fund the bridging loan it needed for the deal. Now, there is a good chance that Jaguar Land Rover will seek a further line of credit from the U.K. government, either by itself or as part of an industry bailout.

Lower demand for cars in India, meanwhile, is causing inventory pileups - the company's having to cut production at its Jamshedphur base this week. The firm's also faced a damaging reputational row after protests forced it to abandon the site of the new manufacturing plant for its low-cost Nano car.

Most worrying are the signs Tata Group's struggling to put out all the fires at troubled group members like Tata Motors. The group plugged a shortfall in Tata Motors' rights issue last month by selling a stake in outsourcing arm Tata Consultancy Services. The value of Tata Consultancy's shares have more than halved this year, making that tactic less effective going forward.

Group chairman Ratan Tata knows the hole is getting deeper - last month in an email to group chief executives he warned of "irretrievable positions" for some Tata companies as the global financial crisis continues.

Extricating Tata from this position will take all of Mr. Tata's experience and expertise. Investors in his group's companies face a long wait for him to succeed.

 
(Andrew Peaple, a Columnist on Dow Jones' Heard on the Street team, has been a financial journalist since 2003. Currently based in Beijing he has also covered the U.K. economy and financial services, and is a U.K.-qualified chartered accountant. He can be reached on +86-10-6588-5848, or by email on andrew.peaple@dowjones.com)

 
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Mau..... Não me está a cheirar nada bem....


Um abraço,

Bem, a Jaguar já foi nacionalizada uma vez, quando passou para a British Leyland... foi na altura em que os XJ S2 vinham todos com os parafusos mal apertados e em geral mal montados, consta que os operários estavam sempre em greve e os padões de produção e controle decairam muito nessa altura...

De qualquer modo, se a Jaguar falir (o que espero que não aconteça), não sei qual será o efeito nos nossos carros, podemos sempre fazer a comparação com a ''fine art'' em que os quadros se valorizam quando o pintor morre...

Aas greves de meados dos anos 70 na industria automóvel britânica levou à sua propria falência cujo ultimo capitulo foi escrito com a falência da Rover em 2005, cerca de 30 anos depois. É caso para se questionarmos acerca de 2 case studies. Por um lado estas mesmas greves, por outro, e como caso exemplar a nivel mundial as conversações que permitiram que a AutoEuropa se tenha salvo. Tudo depende do bom senso dos activistas sindicais!

Agora resta saber se o ultimo capitulo foi mesmo em 2005!

Link para o artigo original do Times:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article5213217.ece

Esta é a parte da notícia que mais me preocupa  :


Parte final:


Isto é precisamente o que eles nao podem fazer.

Mas infelizmente é o que é mais natural que façam....

Mais outra:

http://www.4wheelsnews.com/tata-motors-asks-for-loan-to-keep-jaguar-and-land-rover-operational/

Neste caso, o punch line da notícia é:

Realmente este é um caso muito bicudo. Se, por um lado, o governo não os ajudar, eles podem fechar portas. Se ajudarem, há que garantir que o investimento é devolvido ao estado e que, no futuro, eles não transfiram a produção para a Índia.

Com as vendas de 4x4 a diminuírem nos moldes actuais, a coisa está preta para a Land Rover...

Não deixa de ser curioso que, de momento, todas os construtores britânicos ainda no activo se encontrem em mãos estrangeiras...