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4.30am start. Always look forward to the drive. #OCTAgenerian

@adrianfclarke F Type should have saved the company but a 2 seater, that was more expensive than a Cayman and the same as a 4 seat 911, never made sense. Ian was never the saviour of that company. And never will be.

I don’t know Ian Callum. I was way below his pay grade and anyway at the time the Jaguar and Land Rover studios were still separate. However it’s clear on the run up to launch of the Type 00 he’s doing the media rounds bemoaning ‘what could have been’ - i.e. his next round of cars that were cancelled, and doing a bit of history rewriting. I saw all those proposals and it was all more of the same - there was nothing new (if you Google you can find images of the cancelled EV XJ). There was only one ‘new’ model proposal that was truly, truly stunning - and that never stood a chance. Say what you will about the Callum Jaguars (personally I think the X351 XJ of 2010 was incredible) but the bottom line is those cars were not selling. In their best of sales, 2018 Jaguar sold about 180k cars. That year BMW sold over 2 million.

@AAPresident Does suit you Ed

@AutoPap I drove this one today and was fabulous.

If someone said to me what’s your perfect 911, this would be it. #NotBackDatedRubbish

@2012ARA1 Nope.

@AutoPap I thought you’d sold her !

Look who’s home!

@Pricey48 Nice car but needs some colour

@AutoPap What do you think of this that I’ve got for the weekend

@ROBANDTHEMOB No? It drove perfectly all the way back from the midlands

@AutoPap Has it broken down (again !) ?

@2012ARA1 No idea but just wow

@AutoPap Is she running a little rich ?

The Daddy

Came across a place where 911’s come to die

@edmoses Amen to that

@AutoPap Officially the start of Spring!!

@lesley22061 Nope

@AutoPap Singer ?

@specutainment I’ve never seen it before

@AutoPap is that the one I think it is?

Colours make cars

More Rally Sweden than Dakar. But bloody hell wow.

This Lego kit looks tough.

@MrJamesMay @Alligator_shoes *Bollocks

@Alligator_shoes @AutoPap Bollox.

Anyone who's my age will probably look at this and wince. However we're not the demographic BMW are appealing to anymore. Do the younger people on here like it?

@stuartg917 Yeah like £96k RS3’s with extras straight out of Streetz Bruv’ Mag that only 55 year olds can afford but don’t want? You’re right mate.

@AutoPap Car companies always want younger people to buy their cars but unfortunately they make cars only older people can afford.

@MrJamesMay Agree 18” wheels is all I’d go to with that car.

@AutoPap I quite like it, but it needs higher profile tyres.