550i vs Jaguar XF
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The 550 is starting to look OLD !
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Swajames! Are ou saying the 530xi does not have a complete Sports Package asfound on an "i" ? The front and rear suspension is different? May I say BMW left out some items at springs or torsion arms normally found in an "i"? How much different is the feeling and response to an all true Sport Package found on an "i"? Thanks for the FYI! I did not know this. Dan in Delaware
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='873490' date='May 9 2009, 11:15 AM
It won't. The 530xi has non sport suspension and, frankly, is underpowered for the weight of the car. The XF is a better handling car than a non-Sport E60, and this particular XF has 385 hp...
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Originally Posted by DTD' post='873543' date='May 9 2009, 09:42 AM
Swajames! Are ou saying the 530xi does not have a complete Sports Package asfound on an "i" ? The front and rear suspension is different? May I say BMW left out some items at springs or torsion arms normally found in an "i"? How much different is the feeling and response to an all true Sport Package found on an "i"? Thanks for the FYI! I did not know this. Dan in Delaware
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Originally Posted by westcoast550' post='873507' date='May 9 2009, 06:46 PM
The 550 is starting to look OLD !
The XF Jag is not up to the E60 and the F10 will be here next spring.
But the F10 better be damned nice and good.
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I might be biased, but the 550 is still growing on me! ![Big Grin](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/biggrin.gif)
I used to think Jag were a very classy sexy car, now they remind me of a ford taurus...but that's just me
Also, did you see the lean on the jag? looked like a 1980 lincoln rocking back and forth through the slalom!
Bring on the F10!
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I used to think Jag were a very classy sexy car, now they remind me of a ford taurus...but that's just me
Also, did you see the lean on the jag? looked like a 1980 lincoln rocking back and forth through the slalom!
Bring on the F10!
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='873490' date='May 9 2009, 11:15 AM
It won't. The 530xi has non sport suspension and, frankly, is underpowered for the weight of the car. The XF is a better handling car than a non-Sport E60, and this particular XF has 385 hp...
I like my car a lot better. I drove both (for teh XF, I drove the supercharged model) and, to me when it came to handling, mine was much sharper.
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Originally Posted by mhs525' post='873445' date='May 9 2009, 09:47 AM
The XF can't carry the 550's jock, period. I don't car if they put a Jet engine in the thing I'm not buying a car from Tata motors...
Whats that supposed to mean? Whats wrong with Tata Motors? Too many brown Indian people running it? I think Indians can handle running Jaguar, after all they did invent/discover the concept of Zero, the decimal numbering system, differential equations, Pi, negative numbers, and the concept of the atomic particle just to name of few, all of which are required to design any car (including a Jaguar or BMW).
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Originally Posted by sdg1871' post='873964' date='May 9 2009, 09:17 PM
+1. The XF, which I've driven is a very good handler. Its reflexes are not quite as sharp as my 550i Sport but the new 385 bhp XF will eat up a 530xi. It is so much faster (much more bhp) and the suspension is more responsive. I do think that the exterior looks just OK but the interior is very nice.
I like my car a lot better. I drove both (for teh XF, I drove the supercharged model) and, to me when it came to handling, mine was much sharper.
I like my car a lot better. I drove both (for teh XF, I drove the supercharged model) and, to me when it came to handling, mine was much sharper.
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Originally Posted by amit1947' post='873979' date='May 10 2009, 12:45 AM
Whats that supposed to mean? Whats wrong with Tata Motors? Too many brown Indian people running it? I think Indians can handle running Jaguar, after all they did invent/discover the concept of Zero, the decimal numbering system, differential equations, Pi, negative numbers, and the concept of the atomic particle just to name of few, all of which are required to design any car (including a Jaguar or BMW).
I had an interest in the XF supercharged until Ford announced the sale to Tata. It has nothing to do with where the car is made or what color the skin is of the executives of the controlling company. I don't want to buy a performance car from a company who is just venturing into that market. Let's face it, Jaguar has always been known for poor reliability. With Tata's vast experience with luxury performance vehicles (not) are they going to be in a position to improve this right away? I don't think so. That's not to say that I would never buy a car manufactured by them. Once they get the training wheels off and prove that they can run Jaguar and make it a reliable luxury performance vehicle, I may consider it, but that time is not today.
Just my two cents.
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Originally Posted by ENstig8or' post='874143' date='May 10 2009, 08:49 AM
Why does this always have to turn racial?
I had an interest in the XF supercharged until Ford announced the sale to Tata. It has nothing to do with where the car is made or what color the skin is of the executives of the controlling company. I don't want to buy a performance car from a company who is just venturing into that market. Let's face it, Jaguar has always been known for poor reliability. With Tata's vast experience with luxury performance vehicles (not) are they going to be in a position to improve this right away? I don't think so. That's not to say that I would never buy a car manufactured by them. Once they get the training wheels off and prove that they can run Jaguar and make it a reliable luxury performance vehicle, I may consider it, but that time is not today.
Just my two cents.
I had an interest in the XF supercharged until Ford announced the sale to Tata. It has nothing to do with where the car is made or what color the skin is of the executives of the controlling company. I don't want to buy a performance car from a company who is just venturing into that market. Let's face it, Jaguar has always been known for poor reliability. With Tata's vast experience with luxury performance vehicles (not) are they going to be in a position to improve this right away? I don't think so. That's not to say that I would never buy a car manufactured by them. Once they get the training wheels off and prove that they can run Jaguar and make it a reliable luxury performance vehicle, I may consider it, but that time is not today.
Just my two cents.
While I agree the racial argument can go back the way it came, Jaguar was the most reliable car last year, alongside Buick. Look up the JD Power reliability results.
You still have a point, though, that Tata did just acquire Jag and is still kinda new to the whole luxury thing, and I would probably wait a while before I would get one. But the question is, was the XF made/designed when it was still owned by Ford or Tata? Tata bought Jag about 2 years ago. So maybe you'd be buying a Ford instead of a Tata. Which may not be much better.