Jaguar Hopes This Car Will Rock the World

By John Rosevear – Jul 24, 2013 at 7:00PM

NYSE: TTM

Tata Motors

Jaguar moves to up its game in the global luxury-car sales race -- with a new sedan to take on BMW's 3-Series. The Motley Fool has the latest.

Jaguar's last compact sedan, the Ford-derived X-Type, left luxury buyers seriously unimpressed. Jaguar hopes its new car will do better. Photo credit: Jaguar Cars

Ever since India's Tata Motors (TTM) bought Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford (F -0.15%) in 2008, one big question has been asked: Would Tata be willing (and able) to make the big investments needed to make Jaguar a competitive global luxury brand?

One part of that is being answered now, as Jaguar says it has the go-ahead to produce a much-needed new model, a compact luxury sedan to rival BMW's (BAMXF 3.93%) 3-Series. In this video, Fool.com contributor John Rosevear explains why the new baby Jag is so important to the company's chances -- and fills you in on when we can expect to see the new car hit dealers.

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