View Single Post
  #5  
Old 11-16-2002, 08:18 AM
pentoman pentoman is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: England
Posts: 1,841
Quote:
Originally posted by Ashman
I'm extremely excited, I can't wait to be able to drive my car again. I hate driving that crappy volvo s-80 rental. It really does not drive nicely at all compared to a benz.

Alon
Alon

Glad to see your car getting back to its former glory!

Is that a Jaguar X-type in the background (behind yours)? How is the US opinion of that? Over here, it is very cheap and being based on the low-budget Ford Mondeo really puts people off. Jaguar are damaging their image and soon may not even have much of one. They should at least make their *first* small car UNBEATABLEY good, at nearly any expense (a la 190E), get the respect for it and acknowledgement of it being a true Jaguar. Once its accepted, you can allow this sort of cost cutting (W202 C-class quality, anyone?)

Which causes problems again - in the UK, many people bought the W202 C-class when it was launched in.. 1993 (?), and then took the cars back to the dealers wanting their 190Es back.

I think Jaguars image is stronger in America than the UK though.

later!


EDIT: the S80 is a disappointment too? All the new Volvos I've driven have been. I thought quality, ride, refinement, stability etc would be real strongpoints for them, but they were never very good to me.
__________________
190E's:
2.5-16v 1990 90,000m Astral Silver
2.0E 8v 1986 107,000m Black 2nd owner
http://www.maylane.demon.co.uk/190esmall.jpghttp://www.maylane.demon.co.uk/190esmall2.jpg
Reply With Quote