Goodbye, good luck and thank you. This past December 31st
Mr. Rata Tata retired from Tata as Chairman and CEO. I was very lucky over the
past 4 years to have met with Mr. Tata at our store in Paramus, and at a few
breakfast meetings I had the pleasure of attending.
Over the past 20 years I have met many people who have had a
hand in changing Jaguar, but none had the real passion and “guts” to get it
done. Not so long ago, I attended a meeting in the UK with a boatload of
engineers that gave us (the Jaguar Dealer Council) an hour and a half long lecture
explaining why we couldn’t have AWD in our XJ and XF. They also explained why
we didn’t need it.
Mr. Tata took the time to tour the States and meet with
dealers. He listened and asked questions, he didn’t lecture… We now have two of
the best AWD sedans made.
I’m going to miss our breakfasts and wish him luck with his
piano lessons. Who knows, maybe we can do a duet together sometime… I’d like
that.
