What does the death rattle of an auto company sound like?

[Red Rex]

Ford motor company ruined jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo

Jack Nasser the woke Australian took all those brands down by changing the engineering to Taurus and passing it off as those iconic brands. And yes, he ran off all the experienced help and replaced them wit women and minorities both of which lacked experience.

His replacement had to sell off a lot to stave off bankruptcy

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

I gave up on Land Rover when they stopped making the panels on the IIA version out of folded aluminum.

Oh, the Series 3 LWB 109 wasn't bad.

When I first joined here my landlord had bought a 95 Discovery out of a tenant's yard for like $500.00 . I kept telling him there was a very good reason it had been parked there for so long. Anyway we threw parts at it and tried to get Euro shops to work on it. That was around 2013. I advertised it here for sale/trade and had a running joke that went "Wanna trade for a Land Rover?"
Seriously if you call most shops right now and tell them you have a Land Rover they won't even wait for you to tell them the issue(s). They will stop you mid sentence and say "Don't bring that damn thing here!"

 

[BHPSteel]

Even with my very modest mechanical skills, I could maintain an early 60's Land Rover myself. Assuming I could get the parts.

 

[TresMonos]

Ah. Any curmudgeons/dinosaurs on here remember the ill-fated 1958 Ford Edsel ? I have the scale model version in the light green/white color. Thanks.

My best friend's first car was a '58 Edsel Ranger....it could hold 8 or 9 drunk teenagers no problem....a dozen more in the trunk.

 

[CAMSDADDY]

When I first joined here my landlord had bought a 95 Discovery out of a tenant's yard for like $500.00 . I kept telling him there was a very good reason it had been parked there for so long. Anyway we threw parts at it and tried to get Euro shops to work on it. That was around 2013. I advertised it here for sale/trade and had a running joke that went "Wanna trade for a Land Rover?"
Seriously if you call most shops right now and tell them you have a Land Rover they won't even wait for you to tell them the issue(s). They will stop you mid sentence and say "Don't bring that damn thing here!"

We have a guy in town that has one and is trying to find someone to install some sort of common bypass on the ignition switch that is all over youtube. When he said it was a LR and started talking about bypassing wiring modules I immediately suggested he find a hobbyist.

 

[basstracker89]

They’re owned by Tata, an Indian company, just to throw that out there. I’ve never had an interest to own one. Expensive and unreliable is not my favorite combo. Many of their classic models were absolutely beautiful though.

Tata for now.........And if she had bodacious tatas, well.........

 

[StuP]

Back in England I owned and worked on a number of pre-87 jags and would snap one up if I could find a good one as a second car. The XJ coupe's were just great if you could put up with the pain of the maintenance.

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

We have a guy in town that has one and is trying to find someone to install some sort of common bypass on the ignition switch that is all over youtube. When he said it was a LR and started talking about bypassing wiring modules I immediately suggested he find a hobbyist.

When we first started dealing with the Discovery I found a conversion that used a Volkswagen TDI engine and that seemed like a cool idea... until I kept on reading and found out the conversion process was around $12K.

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

Back in England I owned and worked on a number of pre-87 jags and would snap one up if I could find a good one as a second car. The XJ coupe's were just great if you could put up with the pain of the maintenance.

I always heard and read that the old XJ sedans and coupes that had the inline six were the way to go if you wanted to actually drive it. The V12 cars were just for bragging rights and visiting at the shop.
When I lived in south Florida in 88/89 I used to see Jags and Rovers everywhere. But all those guys had plenty of coke money to pay for the upkeep. Anyway that's where I saw the one I still want to this day. It was the late 70s coupe called the XJ6 C or sometimes called the Sovereign. Looks just like the XJ6 but with two less doors. THOSE were the Jags to own with the sloping fenders and round headlights and the gas cap on both sides. When they changed the XJ6 in 87 or 88 it just ruined the whole thing for ME.

 

[BHPSteel]

I always heard and read that the old XJ sedans and coupes that had the inline six were the way to go if you wanted to actually drive it. The V12 cars were just for bragging rights and visiting at the shop.
When I lived in south Florida in 88/89 I used to see Jags and Rovers everywhere. But all those guys had plenty of coke money to pay for the upkeep. Anyway that's where I saw the one I still want to this day. It was the late 70s coupe called the XJ6 C or sometimes called the Sovereign. Looks just like the XJ6 but with two less doors. THOSE were the Jags to own with the sloping fenders and round headlights and the gas cap on both sides. When they changed the XJ6 in 87 or 88 it just ruined the whole thing for ME.

My brother owned a Jaguar 420 Compact 4.2 which you don't see around much these days. They were pretty unusual even in the 1970's just after they were discontinued.

Great car. Reliable with two exceptions.

Gas tank rust (fortunately, had 2 gas tanks), and they were easy - if not cheap - to replace.
Lucas electronics. I'll say no more.