Tata Motors said consolidated net profit for the October-December quarter was 48.05 billion rupees ($770.53 million), compared to 16.3 billion rupees a year ago.
Analysts had expected an average profit of 33.89 billion rupees, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
British luxury carmaker JLR
(Reporting by Aradhana Aravindan; Editing by Miral Fahmy)