Definitely not a British diesel engine - and it's interesting to see that (as far as I know), none of the other press reports have actually picked up on the fact that it's a Chinese Joint Venture engine with SAIC (MG's parent company).

Interesting point at the start of this thread about Perkins engines. As most of us know, that was developed into the Rover L-Series, which powered the last MG Zed cars... well, a commonrail version was developed, codenamed G-Series or Gallileo, and that was tested before the company went pop. And according to the engineers, it was better than the BMW unit they used in the 75 and Freelander.

Just think if they'd continued with that.

Instead, the design and tooling was sold to an Indian compay called Mahindra, which uses the engine to power a comical-looking off-roader...

Considering the MG6 was always targeted at fleet sales, why did it take MG in their infinite wisdom two years to discover a diesel engine?

The day Jaguar put a diesel engine in one of their cars was the day the civilised world ceased to exist.

But if you want an aggressive looking diesel saloon in resale grey with a batcave black interior then there's already plenty of choice among the German carmakers with their 'minimalism.'

The X-Type was an average car I admit, Ford/Jaguar seemed to put more money into the revised S-Type which is still a fantastic car no matter what you say about it. The engine is quiet, silky smooth, the interior is full of buttons, leather and heavy British sideboard wood. You can drive it in a force 9 gale and still feels relaxed and shut off from the outside world.

Why would I want to PX my car for a diesel? Jaguar diesel in a nice looking car it may be but a diesel by all accounts.

"Why would I want to PX my car for a diesel?"

I know you don't - but you could pretend you're interested and get a test drive of an XF diesel. It might not be the travesty you think it is.

I thought they did a 5.0l V8 in n/a and supercharged version, but it won't count for many UK sales. It'll provide the bulk of export sales though.

the 3.0l V6 has probably been dropped. It's not big enough for the American market and too thirsty for the European. I'm not upset by the diesel-but a 4 cylinder? In a Jag?? That is common.

Without diesel Jaguar would go the same way as Saab, Rover etc.

The monkeys haven't totally taken over the zoo then.

Man(n) made global warming is the biggest wealth-redistribution scam the human race has ever seen.

As all the green stuff is basically indirect taxation with a badge on it, it's rather unusual for a wealth-redistribution scam. Most government attempts to move the money around take it from the wealthy and give it to the poor. This one does the reverse, taxing those who cannot afford new cars, new boilers, solar panels, etc significantly more highly than those who can.

I believe that the last government that ran a taxation scheme based on squeezing the poor 'til the pips squeaked to satisfy foreign treaty obligations was that of King John.