It's a fact. Land Rover doesn't belong to Ford anylonger.

But what TATA stands it for ?

In French, FORD could mean "Fabrication Oridinaire, Réparation Difficile" (Fabrication: ordinary - Repair: difficult)

In my language (Flemish), tata means "bye-bye".
According to Wikipedia, not only in Flemish:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ta_ta

any other ideas ?

I'll give it a try:

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Tara
Aditi
Theism
Aryans






Tara: the Goddess in her role as savior
Aditi: Hindu sky Goddess Her name means "free from bonds"
Theism: belief in a personal god, goddess, gods or goddesses
Aryans: the migrant invaders of India from approximately 1500 b.c Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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Tara: the Goddess in her role as savior
Aditi: Hindu sky Goddess Her name means "free from bonds"
Theism: belief in a personal god, goddess, gods or goddesses
Aryans: the migrant invaders of India from approximately 1500 b.c

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Paul wrote:

In my language (Flemish), tata means "bye-bye".
According to Wikipedia, not only in Flemish:

I am sure he would too Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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found on internet (where else ?):

What is the meaning of Tata?

The group's Web site tata.com educates thus: As a noun, it means trustworthiness, reliability, ethical business practices, and as verb, to fulfil a promise, to carve a better future, but there is also an alternative meaning, `an uncommon surname in India'. For the origin of the word, I looked at www.jamshedpurlive.com which states that one of the ancestors of the Tata Family, Behram, took the name of `Tata', probably a nickname meaning `hot-tempered'. It seems his descendants admit that Tatas are somewhat peppery.

hot tempered ?

hm, not bad...

Paul, good thing your keeping an 'eye' on those Tata's! - they also have royal connections, hence King Edward Tata's  Freelander 2 - SE
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In Romanian TATA means father. So when my almost 2 year old son calls after me and says TATA I allways think it's the new LR owners comming to offer me a free upgrade
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