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Tata Defender Anyone?
CJ:
Do you know that TATA own and make Tetley Tea Btw !
Oddly enough, TATA contacted us tp purchase 20 x 8by16 Landrover rims ??
All sold and sent over to india? wonder what that was for?
Terranosaurus:
They had Pug TD engines in the Tata Safari's, I used to know one of the (ex) dealers and he towed his rally car around with one. We went up to Scotland and back in it, seemed to perform quite well even towing. But then again Pugs TD's are some of the best in the business especially back then.
As for build quality how could someone taking them over possibly make Land Rovers build quality worse.
And the comment about Jaguar Millstones, I'm sure I heard the Jag are the only profitable bit of the Ford empire.
thermidorthelobster:
No, it's the opposite. Jag are losing money hand over fist; Land Rover are currently the most profitable bit.
And re build quality, the Range Rover and Disco assembly lines have a good reputation for build quality, which is partly why they currently dominate the premium 4x4 markets. Defender maybe not quite so much, but the nature of the product is that it's built using fairly antiquated methods, and will be until it's redesigned.
GREENI:
I seem to remember an article in TOR, saying they would prefer to get mugged than own a Tata Safari..second only to walking..
Manicminer:
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And re build quality, the Range Rover and Disco assembly lines have a good reputation for build quality, which is partly why they currently dominate the premium 4x4 markets.
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The assembly lines may have a good reputation, but the RR Sport and D3 came close to bottom in a recent Which? product report.
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