Fiat Auto CEO Sergio Marchionne has admitted that Fiat Auto attempted to buy Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford early in 2007. There were lots of reason why Fiat was interested in buying the British manufacturers, including Land Rover’s US dealer network and Jaguar’s platforms and powertrains,” which it could then have used to make “top Alfa Romeo models with front-mounted, longitudinal engines and rear-wheel drive”.
But even if Fiat didn’t end up buying Jaguar, they will remain "open to talks with the future owner of Jaguar and Land Rover about possible co-operation." And the first model to benefit from this co-operation might be Alfa’s new 169 flagship, which is now due to be launched in 2010.
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It wouldn’t be so interesting to buy Jag just for a car .
For a RWD Alfa, it easy, they got the maserati quattroporte ... Put some V6, and the big V8 and do a nice styling ! It the same idea as the 8C Competizione, a overnice car !