There is no denying to the fact that India has gained a lot of importance on the global charts as far as the manufacturing capabilities in the Indian automobile sector is concerned. In fact, Tata Motors has recently said that the Indian engineering will play a role in the design of new Jaguar Land Rover engines.

Tata Motors chief executive Carl-Peter Forster recently said that with the time passing by, Indian engineering will play a major role as far as the production of JLR engines are concerned.

It is believed that with Tata motors opting to develop the JLR engines on an in-house basis, it will pose a long-term threat to Ford Motor Co which is now under contract to supply JLR engines. It is to be mentioned here that Tata Motors bought Jaguar Land Rover from Ford in 2008 for $2.3 billion.

In fact, under the part of that transaction, the home-grown auto major even entered into a series of contracts to buy vehicle components and technology from Ford.

While the contract is expected to expire in 2015, Forster said that the company plans to renew it but would like to develop engines on an in-house basis.