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Kurt
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Ford Could Be Selling...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6743669.stm
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Good old Ford
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BMW will buy them.
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or another japanese company
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Nah, it'll be BMW I reckon, great investment for them, they'll have a bigger percentage of the prestige market by buying Jaguar, and Land Rover would secure most of the 4x4 market for them too.

Can't see Japanese or Chinese companies getting their hands on them TBH.
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Heard this on the radio today (cool, I know)

Someone said "good, keeps gas guzzlers off the road."

Oh, thats okay then. 10,000s of job losses to save the environment
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Radio 2 Pete?
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Radio 2 Pete?


Psychic
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I heard it too
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lol this is where i heard, damn that jeremy vine!
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The thing is, the people who were saying they use a lot of fuel were right, even if they are more efficient now, they're not going to be as good as a smaller car.

New Jag XJ does 39mpg (which was the bloke's defence)
Fiat Panda does 75mpg (ish)

There's no arguing about it really, all the people wh defend 4x4s and big barges are stupid

(I'm not saying everyone should have a Fiat Panda BTW but not EVERYONE needs to have a 4x4. 4x4s should be banned unless you have a straw hat and a tractor)

[Edited on 12-06-2007 by Robin]
ed
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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
Heard this on the radio today (cool, I know)

Someone said "good, keeps gas guzzlers off the road."

Oh, thats okay then. 10,000s of job losses to save the environment
Well it's going to happen one day, so you better be ready for it.
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Fiat Panda 4x4 = 0-60 in 23 secs.

FTW!
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
The thing is, the people who were saying they use a lot of fuel were right, even if they are more efficient now, they're not going to be as good as a smaller car.

New Jag XJ does 39mpg
Fiat Panda does 75mpg.

There's no arguing about it really, all the people wh defend 4x4s and big barges are stupid

(I'm not saying everyone should have a Fiat Panda BTW )
The MPG of a car doesn't matter. There is no such thing as an efficient car. They all weigh nearly a tonne or over, and they only carry about 90kg of cargo most the time.
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Did BMW used to own Land Rover at the same time that they owned Rover?
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A car which can do less miles to a tank of fuel uses more fuel on a journey, so it's less efficient, how can that not matter?
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Originally posted by Matty G
Did BMW used to own Land Rover at the same time that they owned Rover?


Ford bought Rover and Land Rover, then sold Rover to BMW but kept Land Rover I think.
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yeah they bought land rover in 89 and jag in 2000 i think, possibly other way round

edit: yeah they bought jaguar first

[Edited on 12-06-2007 by Kurt]

 
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