[ROVERNET - UK] Sale of Jaguar and Land Rover

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Rovernetters

There may be someone in the UK. See link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5284092.stm

Astonishing but JCB have sporting pretensions:
http://www.jcbdieselmax.com/html/

Did not see or hear about the last on any news service
in Oz.

Peter B


--- ikke nie <rover1000 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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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