Anyone notice the parts content on the F-Type sticker? 55% German, only 39% British.

 

Makes no difference to me, I love my f type R and way more than any German badged car.
Lawrence.

 

Yeah...I never thought I'd be lusting after an Indian car.

 

British design + German parts is a win-win!!

 

It was not that many years ago that car with the highest 'Made in the USA' content was assembled in Canada.

Right now the #2 position is held by the Toyota Camry.

7 out of the top 10 positions are Japanese makes.

 

While I can't say I've seen the origin of parts, we - the members of MASCDCS - were told in no uncertain terms, by the Marketing Director of Jaguar Sports Cars [read = F-Type], that U.S. F-Types are 100% British made (which doesn't necessarily mean all the parts are British-made does it?).

 

Quite fortunate for us that the Prince of Darkness lost his grip on Jaguar.

 

Harley-Davidson is "100% American" (but with 70% Taiwanese parts). One must assume that the official definition of vehicular origin is based merely on where the parts are assembled.

 

Yep. If I hadn't sold the Range Rover I'd have had a nice pair of Tatas

 

Nice!!!

 

National identity of makes has become increasingly muddled and meaningless. My wife's 2015 MB C-300 was built in Alabama and has 40% US content, vs. only 35% German. Their Alabama cars are exported to more than 50 countries.

I've spent my career in the aviation business, and Airbus has touted the fact that their aircraft have more US content than any other nationality, and more US content than Boeing on various types. They've also opened a manufacturing plant in Alabama to build Airbus airliners.

To me, the "national identity" of a car, airplane, or any other machine has more to do with the home country of the designers and engineers who conceived it.

 

I have two Tata's at home.

 

Imagine if Customer Services was moved to New York. Then you'd get the best of all worlds.

 

Who makes the R coupe's motor?

 

It's made in a Ford factory in Wales.

 

All Jaguar variants of both the V6 and V8 engines are assembled in a dedicated Jaguar/Land Rover room of a Ford engine assembly plant in the UK. The V6 is basically the same block as the V8 with 2 cylinders chopped off.

 

so is it a variant of the mustang 5.0 v8 motor just with a super charger?

 

No it's a Jaguar design. Ford just makes it. Think of them as a contract manufacturer.

It's like Samsung making the processors for the iPhone but they don't use it in their own phones.

 

What really surprised me was the US/Canada content...don't have my maronie in front of me but what's it like,2%?

 

I don't think that's true. The V6 is 3.0 and the V8 is 5.0 so the cylinder size is bigger on the V8. This implies it's a different block even if it shares some design commonality.

With Audi they use a 2.0 I4, 3.0 V6 and a 4.0 V8 so in their case what you say is correct. BMW has the same commonality between its 2.0 4 cylinder and. 3.0 6 cylinder.