Jaguar & Land Rover production held up by Ford

Ford sold the Jaguar and Land Rover brands to Indian's Tata Motors in 2008. The final price was US $2.5 Billion dollars. And, at the time, it seemed like Ford was getting the better end of the deal.

But, global economics are hard to predict.

Even though many country's seemed to be suffering from an economic recession. In the last quarter, Jaguar/Land Rover sales jumped 59% to 57,153 units - up from 35,947 a year earlier.

This is great news. Especially considering that Ford agreed to provide Tata with engines for Jag/LR until 2019.

However the increased demand has put both companies in a difficult spot.

It seems that Tata can't get enough 5.0 litre engines from Ford. Which is bad news considering that this engine is offered in various versions in the Jaguar XFR, XKR, XJ and XK. Along with the Land Rover Discovery, Range Rover, and Range Rover Sport.

To date, Tata has bought "considerably more engines than it had planned" from Ford. However, both companies are working to "resolve" this issue.