Re: BMW & MB has a new competitor

[John G.Burns <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Check out this link to see the new Jaguar S-Type.  It is supposed to compete
> with the BMW 5-series and the Mercedes E-Class.  If the build quality is up
> to snuff, they just might have to expand their small dealer showrooms
> because people are going to be making a stampede to get a closer look at
> this car.  I still think it needs a leaper hood ornament to make it
> complete

Alas you will probably never see a Jag with a pouncing
member of the cat family springing from the bonnet again :-(

Our european friends have come up with a new set of
standards for pedestrian safety. Anything that could injure
someone, like a pouncing jaguar, is verbotten. Any corners
on the car must have a radius of at least 4mm(?), hence the
new rounded Rolls Royce radiator. The MB and RR hood emblems
are spring loded I think, harder to do with something that is
leaping forwards. These laws are playing merry hill with the
kit car manufacturers.

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