[ROVERNET - UK] Sale of Jaguar and Land Rover

[ikke nie]

that's not because the Jaguar went up in quality but because Mercedes went 
down :-)


>From: "Ali Al-Abbasi" <alialabbasi at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Sale of Jaguar and Land Rover
>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:56:04 -0400
>
>I was under the impression that since Ford's takeover of Jaguar, the build 
>quality is better the reliability of Jaguar was better then Mercedes Benz. 
>These comments came from Mercedes Benz owners!
>----- Original Message ----- From: <sspmilr at netzero.net>
>To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:23 PM
>Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Sale of Jaguar and Land Rover
>
>
>Hi Roverists:
>
>Don't know of any major car manufacturer that can afford to buy either
>company, there all in trouble.
>
>I'll bet that the Chinese are "licking their chops" over this one!  The
>company that bought the car end of Rover would be "sitting pretty" if
>they could latch onto Land Rover.
>
>As for Jaguar, I don't have any idea who will buy them?  Maybe the
>other major Chinese car manufacturer?
>
>>From a North American view, it appears that the British government and
>Labor Unions have turned British car manufacturing into a socialist
>enterprise.  With the workers being guaranteed employment regardless
>of their product quality.  Also, small low volume companies such as
>Morgan or Aston Martin seem to trudge on.
>
>
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