https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/cov...n-16250395


Might make future Landrovers as reliable as the Freelander 2 Jules

There’s not much in the way of hard evidence there and this kind of media speculation can’t be helpful.

It’s been spoken about for a few weeks, but TATA ain’t selling and PSA ain’t making an offer

In a statement to Autocar India, Tata Motors said that Jaguar Land Rover was not for sale. A spokesperson said: “There is no truth to the rumours that Tata Motors is looking to divest its stake in JLR.” [i[/i] 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

The sale will probably be confirmed tomorrow then! Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

j77 wrote:

It’s been spoken about for a few weeks, but TATA ain’t selling and PSA ain’t making an offer

In a statement to Autocar India, Tata Motors said that Jaguar Land Rover was not for sale. A spokesperson said: “There is no truth to the rumours that Tata Motors is looking to divest its stake in JLR.” [i[/i]

Although, clear and unambiguous denials only tend to fuel the conspiracists

Another rumour for the people that like this sort of gossip

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.forbes....price/amp/

Well, the 2.2 diesel is a Peugeot design so it must be true...... Incidentally just returned from a long weekend in France and was surprised how many Evoques were on the road. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

It would not be a bad thing if PSA group did get there hands on JLR as TATA have let the quality hit rock bottom with the Discovery sport

I’ve owned plenty of Peugeot’s, several Citroen’s and lots of Land Rovers and for quality, reliability and back up, I’d take something from JLR every time. In the event that this were anything more than mischief making to sell a local rag, I’d say that Peugeot Citroen could learn a lot from JLR

Last time I changed my FL2, the sales guy was a young guy who admitted that he didn't know much about the car as he had just transferred from a Peugeot dealership within the same group. This was OK and we just went for a drive as I clearly knew more about the car than he did. He said that the LR dealership was totally different culture and he had been warned not to push the sale along like he had been told to at the Peugeot dealership. He had been told that if the customer wants a 4x4 then LR is the market leader and that's it and let the product sell itself, when you are selling Pug 208s or small city cars then there really is a lot of choice and you have to push hard to win the sale. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

J D Power most reliable 2019 ( 24 brands )

No1 Peugeot

No17 Citroen

No 20 Land Rover

No 21 Jaguar

not to say for a second that I would buy a French car

I don’t suppose this carries much weight to counter the gossip, but let’s give it a go:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.indepen...html%3famp

“Tata denied the report, stating: “As a matter of policy we do not comment on media speculation, but we can confirm there is no truth to these rumours.” ”

dorsetfreelander wrote:

He said that the LR dealership was totally different culture and he had been warned not to push the sale along like he had been told to at the Peugeot dealership. He had been told that if the customer wants a 4x4 then LR is the market leader and that's it and let the product sell itself.

Clever sales line, straight out of “Car Sales 101”  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

OK perhaps I was a pushover but when we got back to the showroom an older guy took over to discuss money. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

He’s got a bit of a point though. Take something like the previous model Disco, or the FL2. If you wanted one, you wanted one and everything else was just irrelevant.

Take a Peugeot 208 and there are any number of generic cars that will do the job just as well, many for less. Although, with the current range that differentiation has, to a large extent, gone. For instance, a colleague has just parted with his DS for a Q5; it should feel like getting into an upscaled Golf after getting out of a LR product, but he prefers it and I can see why. The Q5 probably makes a better job of being a tall road car than the, relatively ordinary, DS does.