Speaking of navigators: I am very pee'd off with Jaguar Land Rover at the moment. First I discovered that the optional €840 navigator does not have any option for speed cameras, despite there being a speed camera folder on the SD card. It must have been an intentional decision to block this feature to differentiate it from their premium navigator which comes with the larger screen at much more money.

Ok I thought, I really want speed cameras so I will run Sygic on the system from my phone. Mistake!! I should have ordered something called In Control Apps at a cost of €530 (I had thought that this was specific Jaguar apps, not simply so you could connect apps on your phone). Alright I said turn the feature on for me. No, that is not possible. It can only be installed at the factory when the car is in construction!!

I then discovered that the Navigator, In Control Apps, and a few other things come standard in all the UK models but have been made optional extras on the European models which already cost more in the first place. In fact to spec my car to be the same as delivered standard in the UK I would be up for at least 15% more in the cost of the car. One prospective owner in Malta, having discovered this, is seriously thinking of buying in the UK and privately importing the car.

This really is a stupid management and marketing decision on the part of JLR. These days little tin boxes come fully equiped from the connected point of view, let alone premium brands. The model of BMW that I was considering comes with all this as standard for about the same price as the Jaguar.

To me this sort of behaviour on the part of a company is morally objectionable and bordering on dishonest.

Peter

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