MalcSB
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Crap, isn’t it?
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Crap, isn’t it?
eastwoodsdustman
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Not a car in sight!
CJ_covblaze
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Had a 500X. Traded that in for a Yaris Cross Hybrid. On our second one as they contacted us about 2 months in offering us another new one for 8 months after that. Decent MPG. One big issue we’ve had is the battery. Go away for a week and it doesn’t start! It’s a known fault but Listers are refusing to do anything about it. The equivalent Lexus has the same issue too.
Gynnsthetonic
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My son just started his apprenticeship at JLR, he's shown me that advert and h was like wtf and doesn't want them to move to all electric which is what they're now doing
stay_up_skyblues
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My mate is a middle level manager there and thinks it’s a load of bandwagon jumping shite.
You might argue that nobody has talked about Jaguar this much in years. Which is true. But I’d be amazed if sales increase off the back of it.
nicksar
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Great news,he will get brilliant training at JLR.
Gynnsthetonic
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Gynnsthetonic
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I have no doubt about that thanks, but what are they trying to do with that advertGreat news,he will get brilliant training at JLR.
Gynnsthetonic
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You sound like a man who's had experience with themGreat news,he will get brilliant training at JLR.
Marty
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Jaguar have been essentially dead for years, think it was the XF model, they were only making about £20 a car on.
nicksar
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Yes I worked both at Gaydon and Whitley as a development engine fitter/tester for many years.You sound like a man who's had experience with them
Gynnsthetonic
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My son is based at Gaydon, proper job you had there by the sound of it!
San Francisco
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It's a sad way to go for a company that has such strong ties with our city.
lewys33
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JAM See
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lewys33
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why? If people are in jobs and the company makes good money what does it matter?
id stick a dildo on the front of the bonnet if it meant higher profits and another 10% on my pay.
The outcry from this is pretty hilarious. It’s literally people dressed in bright colours? What could possibly set people off so badly?
The target clientele is not middle aged folk sat on Twitter or forums I can guarantee you that.
lewys33
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they don’t care for “top sales” figures. Gone are the days of chasing the Germans.
Good times to be a ford or VW employee.
JAM See
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I was there in '92. Dodgy times but I managed to hang on and ended up with a great career.
I'd have stuck a dildo up many a manager's bonnet at the time, then I ended up being one!
Great company, great brand, great people.
Really hope it gets back to past glories.
lewys33
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I hope so too! It’s make or break but it needed to be.
As I’ve been telling everyone - Jaguar is dead … long live Jaguar.
MalcSB
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It’s not a great time to be employed by any company in the car industry. People simply don’t want to buy the EVs that governments are forcing manufacturers to make and the companies face being fined £15,000 per non EV car that doesn’t meet the targets.
At least Starmer had told us that the government isn’t going to tell us how to live our lives.
MalcSB
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They are trying to completely reposition the company and will be producing EVs only. They r on they will on,y keep 15% of their current clientele.
When it all goes tits up, they will be coming for government hand outs to bail them out. Middles haed folk on Twitter and forums should tell them to fuck off.