Friday, January 25, 2013

Goodbye Mr. Rata Tata... Good Luck & Thank You


Goodbye, good luck and thank you. This past December 31st Mr. Rata Tata retired from Tata as Chairman and CEO. I was very lucky over the past 4 years to have met with Mr. Tata at our store in Paramus, and at a few breakfast meetings I had the pleasure of attending.

Over the past 20 years I have met many people who have had a hand in changing Jaguar, but none had the real passion and “guts” to get it done. Not so long ago, I attended a meeting in the UK with a boatload of engineers that gave us (the Jaguar Dealer Council) an hour and a half long lecture explaining why we couldn’t have AWD in our XJ and XF. They also explained why we didn’t need it.
Mr. Tata took the time to tour the States and meet with dealers. He listened and asked questions, he didn’t lecture… We now have two of the best AWD sedans made.
I’m going to miss our breakfasts and wish him luck with his piano lessons. Who knows, maybe we can do a duet together sometime… I’d like that.

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