Kirk
Even post Ford take-over Jags are good quality (and some would say better
quality). My understanding is that Jaguar quality seemed to echo the same
fate as most of the British motor industry in the seventies and eighties
with deteriorating quality and labour strife - the same problems we lost MG,
Triumph, Austin, etc. to - Jaguar was lucky enough to survive, but changed
their focus from sporting cars with luxury, to luxury cars with a sporting
nature.
Bob
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On Behalf Of KrkLH@cs.com
Sent: February 18, 2005 1:15 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Jag Question 1989
With all of the Jag discussion this prompts me to ask, didn't Ford take
Jaguar over in 1989 (or later)?
Has the quality improved since then?
What were the quality issues if any, that were associated with Jags before
the Ford involvement? I have heard that there were labor disputes or
something
like that, and that the workers were not as attentive to the cars during
build
up, or that the parts were just not machined as tightly as they could be -
etc?
I seem to feel that a pre Ford Jag - if maintained and taken car of can be a
decent car and deliver a lot of service?
Kirk
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