No Jags in Italy

[e668ecp]

Originally Posted by grivas

Jaguar needs to re invent itself their cars are no where near as good as they will have you believe in all the important areas, basic engineering, quality control, after sale service longevity etc etc they are expensive to buy, run, service maintain they rust, etc wouldn't have one if given to me free.

The most important thing is to get the basic engineering right then go from there, the answer is in the company's history, Jaguar should be up there with the very best, just not there!

Jaguar has hence the reason why sales are soaring. Their own engines are brilliant as too are their dealers. What would you purchase next? German?

[mcd840]

Originally Posted by HarryM1BYT

No complaints from me about build quality of mine, it is generally superb. All cars have their accidentaly designed in weak points, no car can ever be 100%.

Although I do feel that if I had purchased a pre project drive car combined with a v6 then my opinion may have been different. The diesel engine does have a little harshness to it

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by mcd840

Although I do feel that if I had purchased a pre project drive car combined with a v6 then my opinion may have been different. The diesel engine does have a little harshness to it

No worse than any other diesel I have driven and I have driven many and the harshness disappears once moving, when it then becomes ultra smooth and near silent.

[jonc3725]

Originally Posted by e668ecp

Jaguar has hence the reason why sales are soaring. Their own engines are brilliant as too are their dealers. What would you purchase next? German?

Funny enough German is exactly the route I went whilst keeping the Zed. Cant fault it

[steveharvey2001]

Originally Posted by murphyv310

Back to the original post.
An XF drove past me last week and it sounded rubbish, nothing like that beautiful XK 6 cylinder engine was. They don't float the boat for me one little bit and it's doubtful it would do the same for the Italians.

JLR spent a lot of money sponsoring Italy during their wooden spoon era in the six nations Rugby a few years ago.

[Roderick]

I live most of the year in Italy (Le Marche region, which borders Umbria) and I was surprised to read of no Jags. To the contrary there are many Jags around (including the new SUV version) plus many many Range Rovers. The current shape one is very popular.
Not only that but there are still many Rovers on the roads still going strong, especially the 25. I still see the odd old 600 and 75. An Arden green one has been spotted several times, but not long enough for me to thrust some club info at them.
Only today I was just emailed a sales invite from Jaguar (no idea why as I have never shown any interest in them)
Torna The Art of Performance Tour, l'appuntamento per provare le prestazioni e lo stile della gamma Jaguar e per scoprire l'istinto del controllo di All Wheel Drive Jaguar. Here is the link if any one wants to look.
Buying British and all things British still has lots of kudos here!

[mccano]

British car registered in Italy January-July 2017

Mini 14629 (Maybe owned by BMW but very British)

Land Rover 12224 (Evoque, Discovery, Range).. Not bad considering the price

Jaguar 3528 Just behind Porsche and nearly double than Maserati

F Pace is outselling the Macan and is streets ahead of the Cayenne.

XF is struggling as customers in that market buy Audi, BMW and Mercedes.

[Number 6]

I have no complaints either,

I have owned mine for 11 years now and done 120k plus miles in it.Apart from the normal service items and a clutch and alternator and M/C it is as good now as when I got it.The body is tight with no rattles.
When I hear the horror stories of "New" cars and their problems I will hang on to my 75 as long as I can.

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by Number 6

I have no complaints either,

I have owned mine for 11 years now and done 120k plus miles in it.Apart from the normal service items and a clutch and alternator and M/C it is as good now as when I got it.The body is tight with no rattles.
When I hear the horror stories of "New" cars and their problems I will hang on to my 75 as long as I can.

One single breakdown in 5/6 years and that not the cars fault at all - the MKII TAZU clutch master. Aside from that, not even the slightest of niggles, drives like new 'un.