Comments on: Hyundai dispels Jaguar acquisition rumours

By: KingKong

KingKong — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:24:57 +0000

even if Hyundai took-over Jaguar, Jaguar car development still will be done by it's own R&D department.. just like Proton & Lotus.

but posibility Hyundai will co-develop with Jaguar on new better hi-tech platform and secondary version luxury for Hyundai line-up.

Hyundai not stupid to design for Jag.

By: topgunthang

topgunthang — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:55:30 +0000

hyundai is getting very good. toyota better watch out.

By: szw

szw — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:17:28 +0000

da hyunkia r doin their usual stupid stuff again.

By: mankrm

mankrm — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:48:44 +0000

Saw a Jag with a white LIMO plate yesterday on the way to KLIA, really shocked me..

By: Ralliace

Ralliace — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:05:06 +0000

SatriaGuy said – the Brits are bad business people.

Eeer, excuse me. Have you gone through the list of Fortune 500 companies and saw how many Brits and Asian companies there? Allow me to name just a few successful ones – British Airways, Tesco, Sainsbury (we don't have it here), ING, AXA, Barclay Bank, HSBC, Shell, Dunlop and many others. As a matter of fact, many local industries are modelled against these Brit companies.

It all about not taking over but more as merging these two. Jaguar's terms with Hyundai is simply cost reduction of the future production of Jaguar cars, which the Koreans and Japanese excel in. The Koreans and Japanese are great in mass production and keeping the cost and evantually the price low. Jaguar has been losing out on their market share due to it high cost of production. Whereas, Proton's merger with Lotus is solely on technology transfer.

By: e-nabilll

e-nabilll — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:47:49 +0000

imagin the usual aweful hyundai design in a jaguar! if thy buy it,..its purely for image purposes…jus like wen Audi build the buggati..thy know its not gona be profitable..bt the image it created was priceless…

By: DtG

DtG — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:29:22 +0000

you know what, Jeremy Clarkson did comment on Proton and Hyundai claiming that these Asian companies only care about making money and not what they put into a car. how ironic… heck, without rich automotive companies the Brits won't be selling a single car…

By: mitlanevo

mitlanevo — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:50:44 +0000

WHAT??????? Hyundai's engineering in a Jaguar? HOLY CRAP!!!! It will be like putting a Kancil's engine and accesories in a Mercedes Benz, pathetic……

By: king

king — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:04:00 +0000

kingkong, its seriously hard to understand your english. pls don't try to be bombastic and make so many errors whle typing. anyway you contradict yourself by saying this : "but Asians are pure-profit maker without ethics except Japs & Korean"

i think the japs and koreans account for at least 90% of total asian market share. So who else are you referring to ? china/india?

By: KingKong

KingKong — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:55:00 +0000

not yet but you should that they care about the quality & the customer satisfaction than profit. i'm talking about cars.

By: maibatsu_thunder

maibatsu_thunder — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:50:42 +0000

KingKong: Asians have no ethics except Japs & Koreans!? I totally do not agree with that statement. Have you ever worked in a Japanese company?

By: KingKong

KingKong — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:47:25 +0000

"unlike us Asians, who are always good at making a company profitable"

but Asians are pure-profit maker without ethics except Japs & Korean

By: KingKong

KingKong — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:45:59 +0000

DtG,

Hyundai announces no interest in buying Jaguar.

Jag cars more stogey & really not suit with Hyundai.

By: SatriaGuy

SatriaGuy — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:43:40 +0000

Have you ever seen an interesting Hyundai? Yup, thought so.

Hate to say it but it's different with Proton and Lotus. At least Proton cars have shown (at least where design and chassis engineering are concerned) that they can gel with a small company like Lotus.

True, the Brits are bad business people, unlike us Asians, who are always good at making a company profitable. But all these buying of European marques is leaving a bad taste in the mouth.

I guess if the Koreans put money into Jaguar, Land Rover or any British brands, I hope they keep it quiet coz its going to be painful to accept

By: KingKong

KingKong — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:43:23 +0000

Hyundai seems in big dilemma over it's luxury car future.

Hyundai gaves up to launching a new luxury brand & also put on hold the luxury car "Hyundai BH" (similar segment to a BMW 5-series priced like a BMW 3-series)

There will not be enough time to create a new luxury brand at this point, and establishing the exclusive dealer network will take time. Eventually, the luxury brand will be estabished, I feel, similar to Lexus, Infiniti, Acura, and we should see at least three cars, initially moved over to the new brand.

seriously Hyundai BH not suitable to own Jaguar unless they just want to make money out of it and i don't think Hyundai philosophy will be the same as Jag even though Jag seems more stylish with it's British-curve.

but if Hyundai BH would be in Hyundai line-up, pretty hard for them to sell it. Hyundai needs 4-5 more years of improving quality perception and building more near luxury. their money is better spent on R&D, improving performance, and changing consumer perception (via marketing/PR). would you spend US$35,000 for a Hyundai?

So, better just create a new luxury brand and sell their new and improved stuffs there.

By: DtG

DtG — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:26:51 +0000

for the good of Jaguar's heritage, lets hope that the rumour is false but if it's true, then lets hope that the Koreans leave the Brits alone in designing and engineering their cars. pretty much like Proton owning Lotus.