On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:20:05 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:42:26 -0600, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

On 11/11/2012 5:32 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:41:04 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On 11 Nov 2012 20:46:24 GMT, notbob wrote:

On 2012-11-11, Vic Smith wrote:

WTF? Now you say a Jag is a Chevy. When will it end?

"In May 1977, it was announced that automatic transmission version of
the twelve-cylinder cars would be fitted with a General Motors
three-speed THM 400 transmission in place of the British built
Borg-Warner units used hitherto."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_XJ

Go **** up a rope, dolt.


Wow. Another one saying a Jaguar is really a Chevy - because he reads
in Wiki that Jag used a GM trans. Never expected to such stupid ****.
So it looks like it will never end.
But it's all good. Dopes are always part of the mix.

Rolls used the Hydramatic too - doesn't make it a Chevy. BUT that does
not negate the fact that many "platforms" are shared between
"manufacturers"


Na, now they're VW or BMW or is it the other way around? O_o

TDD
Interestingly, VW paid millions for Rolls Royce - but did not do
their due dilligence. They got everything except the NAME. They can
NOT build Rolls Royce cars. That's whay they are all Bentleys. No
Rolls Royce cars being built any more - and very possibly never will
be.
OK - looks like I got that wrong.

Looks like VW bought the Bentley and Rolls manufacturing rights etc
but not the Rolls name - as I stated - BUT, the Rolls name was
"licenced" to BMW - so BMW can build a car and call it a Rolls, but
they cannot build the old rolls - while VW can build the old Rolls,
but has to sell it as a Bentley.

What a screwed up sale that was.

Rolls was devided into Rolls PLC and Rolls Motors. back in 1973.
Renamed Bentley Motors it was sold to VW in 1998. Bentleys were using
BMW engines at that time - and BMW and VW battled for what was then
still known as Rolls Royce Motors - VW won - but did not get the
Rolls Royce name, and now operates as Bentley Motors. Rolls Royce
PLC licenced the Rolls Royce name to BMW who then formed RollsRoyce
Motor Cars as a wholly owned subsidiary