[pjs]

At the risk of being slightly off topic, check this out from one of my favourite websites www.thedailymash.co.uk


JAGUAR TO KEEP MAKING CARS NO-ONE CAN AFFORD



THE government is lining up a multi-billion pound bail-out for Jaguar so it can keep making absurdly expensive cars that do 12 yards to the gallon.

Business secretary Peter Mandelson said it was vital Britain retained the skills and technology to produce pointless vehicles that cost more than the average salary to insure.

The Indian-owned company makes the pathetic Jaguar range of luxury cars, as well as the ludicrous Range Rover Sport, favoured by drug barons, footballers and the women that feed off them.

But Mr Mandelson stressed the government could not simply write a blank cheque for businesses that did not employ large numbers of Labour voters in key marginal seats.

He said: "There is also a huge chain of companies that rely on Jaguar's success. When one of these cars is actually sold, it then has to repaired at least six times a year. And of course you do have to replace all the bits that keep falling off.

"And then there's the billions that will be spent on road repairs, flood defences and treating the millions of British children who will develop chronic asthma thanks to the gigantic amounts of filth spewed out per kilometre by the Range Rover's magnificent V8."

He added: "Experts say the cars of the future will be bigger, uglier, thirstier and more expensive than anything you can possibly imagine. It is therefore right that we keep paying the working class people of Halewood and Solihull to churn out these things even if we end up throwing them into the sea."

Meanwhile the Indian government said last night that it was unable to bail out the car company because it had just spent its last £10 billion on another mission to the moon.

[Dave_3]

The thing I find incredulous is this (from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7789055.stm ) :

"News of the talks with the UK government came after Tata said it was to sponsor Ferrari's Grand Prix team."

I wouldn't give them a brass farthing if they can afford to do that. Sounds a bit odd though. It isn't April is it ?

D.

[BC4J]

Nice one!

The family that owns Tata is only worth 25 billion, so I think we need to help them out with UK taxpayer money!!!

[MOB]

Originally Posted by pjs

At the risk of being slightly off topic, check this out from one of my favourite websites www.thedailymash.co.uk

Great website by the way

[the_oracle]

Originally Posted by Dave_3

The thing I find incredulous is this (from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7789055.stm ) :

"News of the talks with the UK government came after Tata said it was to sponsor Ferrari's Grand Prix team."

I wouldn't give them a brass farthing if they can afford to do that. Sounds a bit odd though. It isn't April is it ?

D.

Tata is a huge company, and TATA consultancy is sponsoring Ferrari not TATA motors, TCS which is an IT arm of TATA, they do lots of consulatancy work for Ferrari and FIAT so its a technical sponsorship, its not being sponsered my TATA motors which own Jaguar/Landrover.

http://www.tcs.com

Its a bit like the Mitsubishi Group, they make everything from commercial air conditioners to ship parts, to cars, which the car side of the business makes a huge loss.

[Dave_3]

I've worked a little with divisions of Mitsubishi and Hitachi. The whole hotel room I stayed in was built and equipped by Hitachi - even arrived on the Hitachi Express.

Either way it is insulting if TATA, in whatever guise, is coming "cap-in-hand" to the UK Govt .... while another division is funding and entertaining at Ferrari.

D.

Originally Posted by the_oracle

Tata is a huge company, and TATA consultancy is sponsoring Ferrari not TATA motors, TCS which is an IT arm of TATA, they do lots of consulatancy work for Ferrari and FIAT so its a technical sponsorship, its not being sponsered my TATA motors which own Jaguar/Landrover.

http://www.tcs.com

Its a bit like the Mitsubishi Group, they make everything from commercial air conditioners to ship parts, to cars, which the car side of the business makes a huge loss.

[Carrera RSR]

My mate is trying to reject his 3 month old XF currently after continual visits back to dealer for repairs. eg. unable to refuel the car due to locking flap not unlocking, unusable £1000 sunroof option (same as a £500 Mondeo unit) plus others.

Jaguar have stated in a letter to him that many of their cars are delivered with faults and they will support him with ongoing faults and issues !! Nothing like admitting your product is shite