Mega Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/239379/ Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sillybear2 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 That's numberwang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappycocco Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I'm all in favour of securing jobs but who is going to buy these fricking cars when every motorist is taxed to the hilt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Melchett Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 How many new cars could you buy with that? About 20,000 knob-substitutes/4xhandbags @35K-ish each. Or about the number of cars they shifted in 2008, in other words. Something stinks....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copydude Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 That's numberwang! Once we all get that £2000 from the Guv for our nine year old cars, we'll all be buying Jags. Problem solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sillybear2 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) How many new cars could you buy with that? About 20,000 knob-substitutes/4xhandbags @35K-ish each. Or about the number of cars they shifted in 2008, in other words. Something stinks....... Yes, the cost of developing new cars, the new LXR model will cost upwards of £400m to develop. Edited April 3, 2009 by sillybear2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blankster Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) I read one report that Ford is still waiting for the money Tata owes them for the purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover. If that is the case (perhaps someone can confirm this), then the government would effectively be using taxpayers' money to help and Indian company buy JLR from and American company. Re tha LXR concept in the photo - it's absurd. Taking Land Rover into the same sports/SUV crossover that BMW is planning to do with the proposed Mini Crossman, an SUV that looks like a bloated New Mini! Edited April 3, 2009 by blankster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sillybear2 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Once we all get that £2000 from the Guv for our nine year old cars, we'll all be buying Jags. Problem solved. That's Prezzawang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurker07 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Yes, the cost of developing new cars, the new LXR model will cost upwards of £400m to develop. what the hell is that thing meant to be? havfe we learned nothing??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthe~ Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) I read one report that Ford is still waiting for the money Tata owes them for the purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover.If that is the case (perhaps someone can confirm this), then the government would effectively be using taxpayers' money to help and Indian company buy JLR from and American company. And as I have mentioned umpteen times before, Tata is one of the big players in offshoring IT jobs... Edit to add: But not in Labour or Marginal constituencies, obvously. Edited April 3, 2009 by bobthe~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Melchett Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 what the hell is that thing meant to be? havfe we learned nothing??????? It looks like Mutley...... And no, 'we' have learnt nothing..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sillybear2 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 what the hell is that thing meant to be? havfe we learned nothing??????? It's a baby Land Rover, the Mandy-Mobile as he's already put in £27m of govt money to support its development. http://www.topspeed.com/cars/landrover/200...6/pictures.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DissipatedYouthIsValuable Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Good Lord. It's almost as if everything we've ever thought about money, profitable businesses and economies is just an elaborate hoax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sillybear2 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Good Lord. It's almost as if everything we've ever thought about money, profitable businesses and economies is just an elaborate hoax. Is is, but try reversing the con when it comes to paying your taxes, see how far that gets you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game_Over Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Last year the Government decided to slap £400 road tax on vehicles like this allegedly to discourage people from buying them. Now people have stopped buying them, the Government is going to give the company millions of pounds to build cars hardly anyone wants or can afford????? Obviously the £400 road tax was nothing to do with environmental concerns, it was just an excuse to tax people. And bailing the company out is nothing to do with saving jobs - it's just a cynical attempt to buy votes in a marginal area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjørn Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 They're asking the wrong government. They should've asked the parent company's government. That dude with the turban and the tightly coiffed beardybits was here only yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DissipatedYouthIsValuable Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Is is, but try reversing the con when it comes to paying your taxes, see how far that gets you Good Lord. It's almost as if a group of people are trying to corruptly assume some sort of diabolical control over another group for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blankster Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 People still live in earthquake zones, they just rebuild and hope for the best. Many seem to think of the current situation as a financial earthquake, and that the task is to rebuild the economy/banking system/property market back to exactly what it was before the earthquake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sillybear2 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Last year the Government decided to slap £400 road tax on vehicles like this allegedly to discourage people from buying them.Now people have stopped buying them, the Government is going to give the company millions of pounds to build cars hardly anyone wants or can afford????? Of course the government doesn't really want people to stop buying them, they want people to drive these vehicles and pay the £400 tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DissipatedYouthIsValuable Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Of course the government doesn't really want people to stop buying them, they want people to drive these vehicles and pay the £400 tax. Good Lord. It's like everything I've ever thought about green taxation is a lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 what the hell is that thing meant to be? havfe we learned nothing??????? its a maxi mini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sillybear2 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 People still live in earthquake zones, they just rebuild and hope for the best. Many seem to think of the current situation as a financial earthquake, and that the task is to rebuild the economy/banking system/property market back to exactly what it was before the earthquake. Brown et al have simply gone down the Cargo Cult route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sillybear2 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Good Lord. It's like everything I've ever thought about green taxation is a lie. Indeed, I suggest you buy 10 bottles of whiskey and a few dozen packs of cigarettes in order to settle your nerves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DissipatedYouthIsValuable Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) Indeed, I suggest you buy 10 bottles of whiskey and a few dozen packs of cigarettes in order to settle your nerves. Good Lord. It's like they're just deliberately trying to keep us busy doing pointless things for some sort of paper based atavistic numerical construct. I think this calls for gin and a pipe so that I may investigate further. Edited April 3, 2009 by DissipatedYouthIsValuable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munro Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Good Lord. It's like they're just deliberately trying to keep us busy doing pointless things for some sort of paper based atavistic numerical construct. Bingo! Or should that be KingBingo...or maybe even 'kinbingo.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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