Jaguar Factory tour castle bromwich

[JOE-DOT-COM]

Hi All

Thinking of going on the Jaguar Factory Tour at Castle Bromwich later on this year

looks quite good, lasts 3 hours and priced at £49

any body on here been, just wondered if it were any good

cheers

Joe

 

[Old Peter]

Hi Joe,

I am unsure about Castle Bromwich.  I have been round quite a few car factories  ---  Longbridge, when it was "The Austin" and Longbridge at the start of automation  ---  Toyota factory near Derby - Boring ----  Nissan, Sunderland -- taking to the workforce was interesting.  The old fashioned factories wee the most interesting to me.  

I didn't think that the robots operating were that interesting.

Regards,

Peter.

[JOE-DOT-COM]

Hi Peter,

Dunno really, I've all ways tinkered with cars and bikes, all my life really,

Its interesting sometimes especially when you get to the engines dept

its just nice to see how there put together, its for my little one really, wink wink

will let you know what it like when i go

I will be going the classic car show as well, there's some really nice cars there

cheers

Joe

[Old Peter]

Hi Joe,

I saw the Metro engine being built by a computer - interesting.  The Jaguar engine plant in Wolverhampton would be a good visit, but I don't think they have visits yet.

I enjoyed the classic car when I went a few years ago.

Peter.

[Datz]

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On 7 February 2016 at 5:19 PM, JOE-DOT-COM said:

Hi All

Thinking of going on the Jaguar Factory Tour at Castle Bromwich later on this year

looks quite good, lasts 3 hours and priced at £49

any body on here been, just wondered if it were any good

cheers

Joe

 

Hi Joe

I did the Castle Bromwich tour last summer and I would whole heartedly recommend it. My last visit to a car factory was Ford's Dagenham plant in the mid 60s so I was not prepared for the quiet, clean , air conditioned ,well lit and efficient environment. The press room was noisy i'll admit . If you've an ounce of geek about you the technology is breathtaking and as we wandered around the site we caught an occasional glimpse of heritage Jaguars such as mk2s etc. bonus.