Until recently, Jaguar and reliability couldn’t be used in the same sentence. Meh.
You must do you own mechanical work. ;)
Of course - but my 95 is one of the cars that beat out Lexus for the top spot in short, medium and long term quality back when JD Powers was actually doing scientific studies that could be peer reviewed.
My 87 was also pretty high up in the ratings of the day, as Jaguar had fixed almost all of the problems with the car by 84 (only to screw up royally with the all new 88 model...). Road And Track tried to kill several of them in a row and failed miserably - something that many other cars couldn’t claim.
Anyway, back on topic here - the Germans produce elegant engineering solutions but they’re rarely reliable in the long term and rarely are all that creative.
What’s more interesting is Brit engineering and design (separate from their construction); they have some brilliant and unorthodox engineering over there - they’re just hamstrung by unions, hidebound management and idiotic cheeseparing beancounters.
This is important, because Jobs’ chief designer is a Brit who was completely unappreciated in his own country - Jonathan Ives.