Bloomberg: Jaguar Seeks to Block U.S. Imports of Porsche, Audi SUVs.

[Cujet]

Jaguars aren't even worth counterfeiting

Hey!! I have really liked mine. At 220,000 miles of relentless abuse, and regular runs to the rev limiter on every shift, its been quite a good car. Of course, the X-type is just a tarrted up Ford Contour.

I even like the newer ones. They drive and ride nicely, more plush than many of the hard-seat BMW’s, yet still retain much of the fun of a drivers car.

 

[nthach]

That is really curious. Why would VW et al poach technology from Jaguar/Land Rover, possibly the least reliable vehicles on the planet?

They all use Bosch, Conti, ZF and Valeo tech. Just like Honda and Nissan is dependent on Hitachi. Only Toyota(Denso/Aisin) and Hyundai/Kia(Hyundai Mobis/Kefico/Wia and Mando) control their suppliers’ fate.

So JLR needs to take it up with them, not VAG.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Doesn't pretty much every AWD SUV nowadays have selectable modes (snow, mud, sand, etc.)?

Did VWAG put a mole in the JLR engineering team to steal their technology?

This seems to be a moon shot by JLR that is shaky at best.

Perhaps. However years ago LR had a feature called "Hill Descent Control" and BMW was able to poach it during the brief ownership period. So who knows if this is something similar where a LR employee who's in the know brought a similar feature with him/her to VW?