[asphaltgambler]

I stand by my opinion which is based on my experience (professionally) as I have worked for several european shops over the last 20 years.

For the amount of $$ those things cost new they are/were poorly engineered and manufactured. As a Technician my daily to do list usually consisted of Jags and BMW's. Almost w/o fail the BMW's were in for maintainance and the Jag's were broken.

If I had a nickel for every dumb-a$$ problem that I encountered trying to repair a Jag I could probably retire now.

As far as the S-type it's just a high Ford Taurus and the X-type a very expensive big Mustang, MO. The cars are basically Fords. One thing I'll say..............the one place where craftsmanship does happen in those cars is the interior. Materials and fit are nice