I agree also. But in the case of Jaguar, look at it from Ford's point of
view. When they bought the company, they inherited a factory with a dirt
floor and 60-year old tooling. They really had no choice but to rebuild the
operation from scratch.
Regards,
Charles
'74 Midget
'68 Sprite
cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
Bloomfield, NJ
"How about we duck inside for a Hen?"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
To: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>; "MG List"
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: British Motor Heritage... to FORD
> Whilst I can understand that for commercial reasons they want to commonise
> parts across models I don't like their habit of making Jaguars at
Halewood,
> on Mondeo floor pans etc. But what takes the biscuit for me is fitting
Ford
> switchgear in the Aston Martin Vantage and Volante. There is absolutely
no
> excuse for this, the purchasers of such cars would probably *prefer* to
pay
> more and have something as exclusive as the rest of the car. Mark my
words,
> when Ford get hold of MG it will just be a badge but the marketing will
have
> you believe anything but.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charles D. Sorkin <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>
> To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: British Motor Heritage... to FORD
>
>
> > It is my impression that Ford is extremely respectful of such items of
> > histroical interest, and they have an extensive history in the LBC
arena.
> > Despite their current forray's with Jaguar, Aston Martin, etc., ...
>
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