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Jaguar news
31 January 1980
JAGUAR
Chairman Percy Plant reports that BL's views have , however , 'hardened' on the need for a diesel engine by 1984 . The BL Cars Programme Review Comittees firm view is passed on for Bob Knight's attention , i.e that the XJ40 programme volumes are not achievable without a suitable diesel version and that the volumes should therefore be reduced or a diesel project brought forward .
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