Indian automaker Tata has announced its collaboration with Jaguar Land Rover stating that the two groups will work together on a number of future models and technologies.

Sharing of technologies and platforms

The first collaboration is said to be of the Tata Nexon crossover which might share its platform with the next-gen Range Rover Evoque and is slated to be launched around 2017.

In an interview with Australian motoring publication Drive, the managing director of Tata’s Australian distributor Fusion Automotive revealed that the companies are collaborating with a number of models, but there won’t be any badge engineering between vehicles from Jaguar, Land Rover and Tata.

He further added that, “You’re going to see in the future a lot of sharing of technologies and platforms over time, but you won’t see a JLR with a Tata badge on it or a Tata with a Jaguar badge on it or a Land Rover badge on it.”

Bowler gave the example of the Tata Nexon compact crossover concept unveiled back at the 2014 Delhi Auto Expo.

“Nexon was the development of a new platform that has been developed to be shared amongst the group to be utilised for different products and different brands,” explained Bowler explained.

Although he didn’t reveal much, Bowler said “the platform could be used as an Evoque, it could be used as a Tata, or it could be used as a Jaguar.”

A production version of the Nexon is due around 2017. A second-generation Evoque based on the platform could be launched before the end of the decade.