Last week, former banker Kenneth Leet announced the first results of his review of Ford assets: Aston Martin is for sale and Jaguar may be next. Andrew English drives the new supercharged XKR and reports back to Detroit
Dear Ken,
Hope you are settling in at Ford's HQ and have found Bill Ford's secret stash of Oreos (they're behind Henry's portrait in reception). Bill's mournful guitar can be a bit noisome at times, so get yourself a pair of earplugs from the River Rouge foundry.
We've been a bit concerned over here that Jaguar might be next on your list of sellable assets (and by the way, Ken, Jaguar is a three-syllable word). The suitors are certainly lining up, with JCB claiming it wouldn't want to take on Land Rover as well. This is strange, because 20 years ago, when Mrs Thatcher put it up for sale, JCB did want to buy Land Rover.
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