If you mean the air suspension, it’s pretty inexpensive to maintain, really.

For some reason (costs), Jaguar and Land Rover switched from aluminum on the prior V8 engines to plastic on the 5.0 engines (and the 3.0 S/C V6 you have, which is derived from the V8).

I would say it was the other way ‘round, really. Jaguar/Land Rover—in addition to the brands being re-united in the first place—got a lot of use out of the Ford corporate resources. For all that, Jaguar and Land Rover didn’t have a whole lot that Ford was able to use on its own cars. They didn’t contribute much to the…

It was. Multiple times.

When I drove a 2021 CX-9 Signature, I thought the 4-cylinder turbo was plenty powerful enough for it. It didn’t seem like any kind of detriment to me.

Yep. Mazda is the latest automaker to come into the I6 fold, following Mercedes-Benz, GM, Stellantis and Jaguar/Land Rover. And, of course, BMW.

Yep, and the F-PACE also has an I6 these days. Jaguar and Land Rover replaced their funky 3.0-liter V6 (which had the same block dimensions and outer casting as the V8 it was based on) with an in-house 3.0-liter I6 MHEV setup.

A BMW with a failing battery or charge system is a scary thing indeed. My mom had a 2010 750Li xDrive until recently, with an iffy alternator. Every so often, the car would begin erroring out and chiming as various systems shut down, eventually coming to a dead stop when it couldn’t keep itself powered up.

And no sooner than I bragged about how well my A8 L was doing, it informed me that it’s been burning oil. It’s not burning all that much, but...still. We had gone three weeks without some kind of error. Alas...

The LR3, yes. The Jaguar 4.2, 4.4 and 4.2 S/C were very robust engines. The 5.0 and 5.0 S/C that debuted around 2010 (the former of which was in the LR4)...had some major issues, especially timing chains and tensioners.

Well, it kinda seized *and* exploded in the same week. I didn’t realize it was seized. I was trying to save money, so I ended up having a bypass pulley installed when I did the repairs, instead of doing an A/C compressor. Then—because I live in the South—when summer came around, I said fuck that and bought a brand-new…

I had a car that had a seized A/C compressor, too. Then it exploded on the interstate and threw shrapnel through the front of the car, destroying the radiator, condenser, fans and a portion of the bumper cover. This was, predictably, a 1997 Jetta GLX VR6.

At $15,000, absolutely not. This is a $5,000 car all day.

It’s a great car, honestly, even with the 3.6-liter.

They also have the A6 Allroad.

A friend of mine has a mint V8 Phaeton, and just got quoted for $10,000 worth of work at the dealership. He thinks about half of that price—which includes dropping the subframe, engine and transaxle for an oil leak—is unnecessary, and I pray he’s right.

I am inexplicably drawn to large luxury barges that are fully depreciated, usually to the detriment of my wallet.

That it was. Based on the lore I’ve read, Ford wanted to install the Mod 4.6-liter 4V in the LS and Thunderbird, but it didn’t clear the suspension when installed from below, an important consideration. Since the DEW98 platform was co-developed by Ford and Jaguar and they knew the AJV8 would fit, that’s what went in.…

So, I’ve owned two X350-generation Jaguar XJs, a 2004 Vanden Plas and a 2006 Vanden Plas. Those had the 4.2-liter naturally aspirated V8, rather than the supercharged one. However, the 4.2-liter N/A, 4.4-liter N/A and 4.2-liter S/C engines were some of Jaguar’s most reliable ever, and I’d rate them as high as the…

I already own it. 2013 Audi A8 L 4.0T.