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Originally Posted by ChinoOrtega
of course it's reliable, it's a Ford, not Engish, Jag lost it's prestige long ago, now it's another ford who everyone can afford
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What a load of nonsense. Firstly as pointed out repeatedly they are owned by Tata which is an Indian manufacturer of tiny, cheap sh*t boxes that only require being cheap to sell in a financially poor market so by your logic the Jag should be terrible in the reliability stakes. If Ford had any engineering input they would have destroyed the brand and not improved it's reliability.
The owner of these companies is purely a supplier of finances. They brands are still very much English. In the past that wasn't necessarily a good thing but it's changed a long time ago with foreign owners providing enough finances to continue with their products but improve on the build and quality of them.
I don't like any of the new jags from an exterior point of view. The XJ interior is stunning though IMO. The exterior is hideous on both those cars but that's just taste. There is definitely no reliability issue with modern jags and it has nothing to do with Ford or Tata other than them providing the money for the Brits to ensure they build them right.