'Saving Jaguar' - book by John Egan

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I see Sir John Egan has written a book detailing his time at Jaguar Cars. It was published on 1st July. I have only just noticed it, so it could have been discussed on here before - if so, then my apologies!

It is available form Porter books as a signed copy:

http://www.porterpress.co.uk/john-egan---saving-ja...

Amazon stock it as an unsigned book at slightly less money for the economical amongst us:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Saving-Jaguar-John-Egan/dp...

ISBN: 978-1-907085-31-4

Author: Sir John Egan
Specifications: Hardback, 224 pages, 240mm x 170mm (portrait)
Publisher: Porter Press International
Illustrations: Approximately 80

I have bought a copy and will be interested to read his insights into Jaguar at that time and hear his version of events.

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Jags in the late 1970s certainly had a lot of quality problems. I remember my parent's neighbours Daimler Sovereign 4.2 seemed always to have something wrong with it.

By the mid-late 1980s quality must have improved though. My father replaced an E28 528i automatic with a 3.6 litre XJ6 in 1987. The Jaguar was a better car in pretty much every way - and actually more reliable. The Jaguar was not problem free (he once got stuck in it through door handle failure!!) but his BMW E28 was really quite troublesome and stranded him more than once.