Jaguar engine plant for sale

[Stefan Schulz <jaguar@suaviter.demon.co.uk>]

Got the brochure from Henry Butcher, the UK selling agents, today.

It is most definitely the Jaguar straight six and V12 plant being sold,
and they are selling it lock, stock, and barrel.  "Offers will only
be considered for complete engine lines."  They took reasonable
care to anonymize the brochure, but the photos of the engines and the
odd Jaguar part number are pretty clear.

The brochure states that: "The rights to manufacture the existing engine
are excluded from this offer but may be available through separate
negotiation."

Couple of thoughts:

If this is the only plant for the manufacture of these engines, how
are they going to handle spares provision for the deployed base ?

If they are even willing to sell the rights to manufacture the engines,
which they appear to be, then that probably means that Jaguar will be
stuck with the V8 for a while.  That Nikasil plating had better be good -
if it develops problems like other Nikasil-plated engines did then Jaguar
won't have alternative capacity to fall back on.

Buying the plant would be a major investment.  Many machines can, of course,
be used to manufacture things other than engines, but it would make sense
for a buyer to buy what is essentially a ready-to-go plant.  Only thing is
that the target market is relatively small - how many companies have a
requirement for 1000 V12 engines per week (stated capacity as per
brochure) ?

Aftermarket or racing companies, again, won't be interested in the whole
thing - it's designed for too large a volume and too much of an investment
to make to just corner the market for spares.

Although the photos show the machines on a deserted shop floor, some of
them appear to not have been cleaned before taking the photos.  The
retouching also looks as if it has been done in a hurry. Someone made an
executive decision, and they're executing it fast.

If you want a straight six or V12, buy one now while stocks last.

Anoyone have an idea on how to turn a profit out of all this ? ;-)

Regards,
--
Stefan Schulz
jaguar@suaviter.demon.co.uk

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