I have heard nothing much good about them in the years fro 1973 till the Ford Motor Company took them over, in about 1998 - then quality improved.

I remember taking a test drive in a new XJ6 with a salesman back in Sacramento, and then seeing an identical model broken down by the side of the road as we drove by - the expression on the salesman's face was priceless.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)