At 07:21 PM 5/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Yeah, stop by and see their newest, and they are awesome, some of the best
looking
>cars you can buy new. But that's Ford's influence. From what I know
about Jag
>(born in '79) they never changed. Unless you know what you're talking
about, you
>can't even tell what decade those things came from. 76, 86 same damn car.
Their
>design staff must have been paid about $2 an hour. I know that some do,
but I
>don't have much brand-bias. If it's good, I'll buy it, I just like CC,
what they
>make and do. I'll never buy a luxury waste of money car, and I'll never buy
>Japanese. Why? There's something about "free trade" that I like. I
think it's
>the words free, and trade.
>Later,
>Robert
>I bought a Dak 'cause I liked it.
>
I'm glad you like your "Dak", but I bet when you get older, a dreaded
luxury car won't
look so bad. As far as Jaguar styling goes, one has to look at the
SS-100,XK120,E-types
etc... I think what you are talking about were the XJ-6 series that
lingered on a little
too long. As far as the Japanese cars go, There are exactly what gave
Detroit the wake up
call. Quality control on american cars in the seventies was dreadful.
>Amanda wrote:
>
>> At 06:27 PM 5/10/98 -0400, you wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >Ford has already bought Jauguar
>> >> >
>> >> >> For only 300 million dollars. To give you some perspective on
>> >> the enormity of the CC/DB deal.
>> >>
>> >> Tony
>> >
>> >Yeah but Jag was a 2 bit player in the car market with a horrible quality
>> >image, all I've heard all my life is "Yeah Jags are great cars as long as
>> >you throw away the engine as soon as you buy it and put another one in."
>> >or "When you buy a Jag you gotta adopt an English mechanic to keep it
>> >running", I mean being bought by Ford was actually a step up for them....
>> >
>> >Bruce
>> >
>> >Please don't sell Jaguar short. Granted they have had reliability problems
>> but that alone doesn't tarnish Jaguar's acomplishments. From dominating Le
>> Mans
>> in the fifties to building arguably the most beautiful car every made
>> [61-67 E-Type].
>> The Lucas electronics were mostly to blame for the problems they
sustained.
>> The idea of replacing the beautiful 4.2 litre straight six with a small
block
>> chevy is a repulsive one.Stop by a Jaguar dealer and take a look at their
>> present
>> offerings,and if you can be objective about your opinion, I think you will
>> see
>> why people enjoy this marque.
>>
>> Tony
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