Gerry McGovern sacked

[p38arover]

JLR axes design boss Gerry McGovern | Autocar (https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/jlr-axes-design-boss-gerry-mcgovern)

[DiscoDB]

Please let’s hope this is the start of JLR moving away from being a high end fashion accessory company to getting back to its true spiritual [emoji640]x[emoji640] roots.

[RANDLOVER]

I doubt it, much more profitable to sell fashion accessories than gumboots.

[V8Ian]

I like a pair of good wellies. [bigsmile1]

[DieselLSE]

I like a pair of good wellies. [bigsmile1]
Yep. And when did you buy your last pair? Betcha it's decades ago.

[V8Ian]

Yep. And when did you buy your last pair? Betcha it's decades ago.
Betcha they're all plastic now, too.

[one_iota]

I doubt it, much more profitable to sell fashion accessories than gumboots.

Let us not forget the impending demise of the J part of JLR..the LR part is doing quite well.

[DiscoDB]

Jaguar is a distraction and should have been sold off long time ago.

[Tins]

Get BMW to buy it. They'd probably get it for loose change, and they haven't done a bad job with Rolls Royce, although my late uncle would be spinning in his grave if he heard me say that.

[V8Ian]

Get BMW to buy it. They'd probably get it for loose change, and they haven't done a bad job with Rolls Royce, although my late uncle would be spinning in his grave if he heard me say that.
I know him, they call him spinning unc. [wink11]

[V8Ian]

At least Gerry will be able to sign straight onto the dole, with no qualifying period. [tonguewink]

[RANDLOVER]

[

Get BMW to buy it. They'd probably get it for loose change, and they haven't done a bad job with Rolls Royce, although my late uncle would be spinning in his grave if he heard me say that.QUOTE=V8Ian;3258598]I know him, they call him spinning unc. [wink11][/QUOTE]

A.K.A. turning unc.[bigrolf]

[one_iota]

Jaguar is a distraction and should have been sold off long time ago.

The Jaguar enthusiasts consider Land Rover a distraction. [tonguewink]

[DiscoDB]

The Jaguar enthusiasts consider Land Rover a distraction. [tonguewink]

Sounds like a win-win outcome to separate.

[Tins]

Are there any enthusiasts for modern Jaguar? I thought that was the problem; no sales. The rebrand was trying to attract new ones.... That went well. Seems to me that the Jaguar debacle is the reason for him going. Even Tata had to see that.

[one_iota]

Chris Harris and co speculate:


https://youtu.be/vLQ7i4axhvE?si=jC7S2AjM4nABlCJ7

[p38arover]

Are there any enthusiasts for modern Jaguar?

I like older ones:

Mk IV
XK120
XK150
D-Type
E-Type
F-Type
Mark 2
Mark VII (I owned one in the late Sixties)
XJ6

[Tins]

I like older ones:

Mk IV
XK120
XK150
D-Type
E-Type
F-Type
Mark 2
Mark VII (I owned one in the late Sixties)
XJ6
So do I. I was thinking this morning that they need another XJ6 moment. The motoring world was stunned. Not shocked. Gorgeous car.

[one_iota]

I like older ones:

Mk IV
XK120
XK150
D-Type
E-Type
F-Type
Mark 2
Mark VII (I owned one in the late Sixties)
XJ6

My brother-in-law has Mark 2...The Mark 2 was favoured transport for English bank robbers.

[V8Ian]

My brother-in-law has Mark 2...The Mark 2 was favoured transport for English bank robbers.
And Inspector Morse, so he could keep up.

[RANDLOVER]

Morse or rather John Thaw as Jack Regan in The Sweeney had even more to do with bank robbers.

The Sweeney - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sweeney)

The series is infamous for featuring Jaguars as the criminals' cars of choice.[9] Jaguar S-types in particular were regularly deployed throughout the series as getaway cars, most notably in episode 1.10 "Stoppo Driver". A blue/grey S-type DWD 606C is used in the series 1-3 opening titles, pursued and chased down by the squad in NHK 295M.

One reason cited for the regular appearance of Jaguars is that they were favoured by the stunt drivers as being the "safest" cars to use (stuntman Peter Brayham devised the chases[10]). The same few cars would be used and re-used, crashed, fixed up, and resprayed numerous times. According to Kevin Whately, John Thaw claimed that he had witnessed the regency red 1960 Jaguar Mark 2 (registration 248 RPA) used in Inspector Morse being written off several times while filming The Sweeney. Apparently, the car was in real-life a "polished up wreck" and would often break down during filming.[11]

[Tins]

I remember an old cop show here. Cops were in a Holden, chasing a 3.8. Passenger cop sys something like " come on, you're losing him". Driver replied "That's not a tractor he's driving, you know!" I remember it because it wasn't often that my Dad laughed.

Cops won in the end because the Jag ran out of petrol. You just can't get decent getaway drivers.

[Tins]

Those Granadas were no slouch in their time either.

[Hoges]

Morse or rather John Thaw as Jack Regan in The Sweeney had even more to do with bank robbers.

The Sweeney - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sweeney)

The series is infamous for featuring Jaguars as the criminals' cars of choice.[9] Jaguar S-types in particular were regularly deployed throughout the series as getaway cars, most notably in episode 1.10 "Stoppo Driver". A blue/grey S-type DWD 606C is used in the series 1-3 opening titles, pursued and chased down by the squad in NHK 295M.

One reason cited for the regular appearance of Jaguars is that they were favoured by the stunt drivers as being the "safest" cars to use (stuntman Peter Brayham devised the chases[10]). The same few cars would be used and re-used, crashed, fixed up, and resprayed numerous times. According to Kevin Whately, John Thaw claimed that he had witnessed the regency red 1960 Jaguar Mark 2 (registration 248 RPA) used in Inspector Morse being written off several times while filming The Sweeney. Apparently, the car was in real-life a "polished up wreck" and would often break down during filming.[11]

because I'm old and invisible.... I seem to recall that the late Bob Jane raced a Mk2 3.8 Jag with some success in the mid-late 1960s. Always thought as a kid, that model with wire wheels was "the duck's guts"....to coin a phrase

[one_iota]

because I'm old and invisible.... I seem to recall that the late Bob Jane raced a Mk2 3.8 Jag with some success in the mid-late 1960s. Always thought as a kid, that model with wire wheels was "the duck's guts"....to coin a phrase

Jaguar Mk 2: Bob Jane’s 4.1 litre 151 mph Super Cat! - Shannons Club (https://club.shannons.com.au/club/news/racing-garage/jaguar-mk-2-bob-janes-41-litre-151-mph-super-cat/)

[scarry]

Beth in Yellowstone had a Jag or two as well,and certainly got them moving.

So did the matriarch Smurf in "Animal Kingdom",which was another top series.

[RANDLOVER]

Double post.

[RANDLOVER]

https://youtu.be/W8puSg9wOok?si=Yow7nilUA83THb2J
https://youtu.be/W8puSg9wOok?si=Yow7nilUA83THb2J

Robert Pepper has an interesting take on where JLR should head, instead competing as "modern luxury" like the other big brands mostly German they should be for "adventure luxury".

[RANDLOVER]

Now they are saying that they didn't sack him....Jaguar Land Rover breaks silence on design boss Gerry McGovern exit rumours (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/rss-news-feeds/302984-jaguar-land-rover-breaks-silence-design-boss-gerry-mcgovern-exit-rumours.html)

I was starting to think maybe he plugged a random USB stick be found into his computer and caused the hack that shut JLR down for weeks.

[Tins]

AI narration, I think, but...


https://youtu.be/Kzvscc5wqUs?si=hkVKfjZ2t-4w_kFR