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If anybody has any experience with Jaguar, they would most likely to agree your lucky if the engine starts. Jaguar compared to a Cadillac CTS? Umm, nothing to compare at this crossroad. I beat up some GM cars on certain aspects, but the CTS is clearly a world beater in it's class. Even the previous CTS was a good deal for performance and styling. I'm not sure of the reliability of this new Jag, but these cars have proven to be unworthy subjects in a modern world of competing cars that will actually start in below freezing temperatures. I won't even start to talk about the lousy Ford drivetrains they are based on.

 

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Jaguars of old, maybe. The new Jaguar fleet has quality numbers at the top of the market segment -- right there with BMW.
And we all know the Jaguar engine is heavily modified but based on the Duretec. Whoopie. It's no secret.

We know CTS is good. But it's far from perfect. And it still need further refinement and maturing before it really starts taking on the cars in this class. And that's supposedly going to happen at teh MCE.

I guess you never spent ant any time with Jaguars, even the "new" ones. If they were even close to a BMW, they wouldn't be near extinction. BMW will not lease a 3 series for under $300 a month, so most people driving a Jaguar on a cheap lease are not even in the same category as the people surveying a car considered in the same class. It's hard for most people to believe a Jag a glorified Mercury or Lincoln. I don't expect you to believe me at all.
I don't put much faith in quality surveys, there are ways to manipulate the customers answers and the survey is made way too early in the life cycle of the product.
Customer satifaction for the Volkswagen Touareg is very high despite it is one the most problematic SUV's on the market. It just shows the owners love their vehicle so much, they overlook it's lousy reliability.

 

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Well, if you consider me actually owning a Jaguar, "not spending any time with Jaguars," then ok.

Do you own or lease it? If you own it, you lost a bundle driving it off the lot. You could have put your money on a Lexus or a BMW and do a better job of protecting your resale. If you lease it, read my previous opinion again.