Jaguar XJ
07-09-2009, 09:31 PM
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I like it.
Is this the concept or final production version XJ????
Lets hope this is final version. Not like the XF where they took the prototypes and completely ruined it with a bland front end on the production version. Put these headlights on the XF and they have a winner.
Here is how they F'd up the XF (It went from HOT to BORING!):
Is this the concept or final production version XJ????
Lets hope this is final version. Not like the XF where they took the prototypes and completely ruined it with a bland front end on the production version. Put these headlights on the XF and they have a winner.
Here is how they F'd up the XF (It went from HOT to BORING!):
07-09-2009, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by JetBlack5OC' post='938148' date='Jul 9 2009, 10:31 PM
I like it.
Is this the concept or final production version XJ????
Lets hope this is final version. Not like the XF where they took the prototypes and completely ruined it with a bland front end on the production version. Put these headlights on the XF and they have a winner.
Here is how they F'd up the XF (It went from HOT to BORING!):
Is this the concept or final production version XJ????
Lets hope this is final version. Not like the XF where they took the prototypes and completely ruined it with a bland front end on the production version. Put these headlights on the XF and they have a winner.
Here is how they F'd up the XF (It went from HOT to BORING!):
07-09-2009, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by siu0410' post='938157' date='Jul 9 2009, 10:45 PM
Im sure the real car will turn out great.
07-09-2009, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by JetBlack5OC' post='938148' date='Jul 10 2009, 01:31 AM
...like the XF where they took the prototypes and completely ruined it with a bland front end on the production version...
anyway, good point, man
07-09-2009, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='938160' date='Jul 9 2009, 10:48 PM
It's the real deal - this is indeed the production car.
I like the car. A cross of the Quattroporte and Continental Flying Spur.
07-10-2009, 12:21 AM
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It's a stunning piece of design - Callum has done exactly what he promised he'd do. It looks nothing like the legacy XJ, but at the same time the styling cues are appropriately reminiscent of the legacy XJ. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - but to mine, he's hit a home run. I'd also suspect that this is another design that looks better in the flesh than in photographs. Given the lazy restyle of the last generation XJ, this one had to be a game changer - and for Jaguar, I think it is. The old XJ performed much better than it looked. This one will check all the right boxes. I like it.
Originally Posted by v_therussian' post='938166' date='Jul 10 2009, 06:53 AM
you know, guys, the more I look at that back, the more I hate it...
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next gen Buick laCrosse... 
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sorry but thats my opinion of these cars. They really need to sack the folk that sign on the line to approve the designs for production. They should be shot!. No clue what the majority like and for a car company thats in the red, this is the wrong business plan for now.
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07-10-2009, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by ImolaRedM' post='937995' date='Jul 9 2009, 11:01 PM
Ultimately, I really don't care much for Jaguar. I don't like to stereotype cars but they such middle aged woman cars that I can't see myself in one and chuckle inside every time I see a middle aged man driving one. The ride is too soft and any 'racing' heritage is history.
Would I ever have gotten a XF over the 550? No way. But I think it is a credible performer and did not ride like an old person's car like most Lexus models do.
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Originally Posted by pigapumbu' post='938234' date='Jul 10 2009, 04:21 AM
Just think,... for all the jag designs that have been coming out, are they outselling the Mercs?? BMW?? Audi??. Its typical of the local media here in UK to praise the Jag and ford models sky high. When the Stype came here, they were going on and on and on about it, but today after years of selling the car, I hardly see it on the road. That front and back are UGLY and its only a few that will support the brand. Most will laugh it off.
sorry but thats my opinion of these cars. They really need to sack the folk that sign on the line to approve the designs for production. They should be shot!. No clue what the majority like and for a car company thats in the red, this is the wrong business plan for now.
cheers
sorry but thats my opinion of these cars. They really need to sack the folk that sign on the line to approve the designs for production. They should be shot!. No clue what the majority like and for a car company thats in the red, this is the wrong business plan for now.
cheers
And the back of the 5er GT? Don't EVEN get me started on that chit