Tata
- 1945: Tata Motors founded.
- 1998: Tata Indica passenger car.
- 2004: Tata acquired Korean truck maker, Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co..
- 2008, January: Tata Nano Rs 1 lakh (100,000 rupees) cost, car was unveiled at the New Delhi Auto Expo.: four seats, 2-cyl., 623cc, rear engined.
- 2008, February: The Light Specialist Vehicle (LSV) launched at the Indian Defence Expo. 2008: light 4x4, 1.2 ton payload, competing with the LandRover Defender etc..
- 2008, March 26: Ford agreed to sell Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors for us$2.3billion. The deal was finalised at Gaydon on 2 June 2008. "Long term agreements [were] entered into for supply of engines, stampings and other components to Jaguar Land Rover."
- 2009 March 23: Tata Motors announced the commercial launch, in India, of the Tata Nano, with deliveries from July 2009.
- 1998: Tata Indica passenger car.