Taken from a ham radio forum talking about cars
I rolled the dice again in 1984 with a new XJ6 Vanden Plas (whatever that means) and it wasn't as fast, but very comfortable, quiet and smooth. However, reliable wasn't in its vocabulary, either. My Jag mechanic (a Brit who was trained in Coventry at the factory) used to say, "You know why the British never made a refrigerator? Because they couldn't figure out how to make it leak oil."