Toyota Prius isn't British enough for Lord Jones
We can understand why Lord Jones, Britain's trade minister, would want to be driven around in his Jaguar as opposed to a Toyota Prius. First of all, while we really do like the Prius, a luxury car it is not. Secondly, and more importantly (or so he claims) is that he should be seen in a British car. An argument could surely be made that at least one British automaker should offer at least one environmentally friendly car for Jones to choose, but where is this car? At least the Jag that he's likely to use is powered by a small 2.0 liter diesel engine. Still, all MP's in Britain are supposed to be driving hybrids and an exemption for Lord Jones because the Prius isn't British enough sounds pretty lame to us. CO2 doesn't care about borders.[Source: What Car]
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Jimbo 10:07AM (3/21/2008)
He should drive a Tesla. Sure, it's an American company, but most of the chassis and body panels are fabricated by Lotus in England.
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why not the LS2/LS7? 11:23AM (3/21/2008)
A Jag is no more British than a Honda now. They're British built, but Indian owned.
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Chad 11:51AM (3/21/2008)
Perhaps he should drive a Mini Cooper Diesel.
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Wildgoosechase73 4:40PM (3/21/2008)
Why not a Tahoe hybrid, at least we speak English in America, that's close enough....
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Nick 6:16PM (3/21/2008)
What do you mean, "all MP's in Britain are supposed to be driving hybrids"?
First I've heard of it. Here in Britain we're not interested in hybrids, and consider them inefficient compared to a good diesel. Now when some manufacturer comes up with a diesel hybrid (VW), that'll be something.
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brn 7:08PM (3/21/2008)
He rides around in a car that has a 2.0L diesel that's built by a "British" company and that's not good enough for you? Apparently, there's no satisfying Jeremy. At least the Jag doesn't have all those batteries to pollute the environment with.
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GARY ILCYN 9:49PM (3/31/2008)
Tata bought Jaguar...the Jaguar is still "British" it's simply in deep financial trouble just like Ford so they sold it cheap to a Indian car company..I own a Jaguar Parts business http://www.Jagbits.com and hopefully Tata will rebuild Jaguar.
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