RE: Jaguar XE - full details
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It amuses me how people think that a 3 series competitor is going to look nothing like a typical 4 door saloon car.
What more did you want looks wise from Jaguar?
I personally think it looks really good and is better looking than most of the generic german cars that sit in lane 2 all day long.
What more did you want looks wise from Jaguar?
I personally think it looks really good and is better looking than most of the generic german cars that sit in lane 2 all day long.
It would be nice if Pistonheads would attribute their photos, especially when you've specifically asked them to; that is one of mine.
Better shot of helicopter shenanigans:
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I think it looks rather smart.
Better shot of helicopter shenanigans:
Others here: https://plus.google.com/photos/+AlastairMaw/albums...
I think it looks rather smart.
The windscreen reminds me of this...
And the wheels remind me of this...
In fact - don't know if you ever been to Brum Symphony hall(which is just down the road from Jag, but I got a feeling they pinched the whole design from there.. just look at how the exhaust pipes are the same colour as the organ pipes. Can't be a coincidence there's a lot of red paint too.
And the wheels remind me of this...
In fact - don't know if you ever been to Brum Symphony hall(which is just down the road from Jag, but I got a feeling they pinched the whole design from there.. just look at how the exhaust pipes are the same colour as the organ pipes. Can't be a coincidence there's a lot of red paint too.
It looks good to me, nice clean lines, clear Jaguar styling from the new language adopted by Ian Callum. It has been widely stated that all the variants people are saying are needed will be produced and lets face it, BMW and Merc had very limited ranges for the 3-series and C class when they introduced the latest versions despite having many years experience of cars of this size to build from so Jag aren't unusual in the limited initial range.
Driving impressions are what will matter next but only a small percentage of buyers will really be concerned - provided basic reviews are favourable looks and image will be most important in the majority of cases and there doesn't seem to be much to criticise there, along with great emissions stats for the fleet buyers.
Well done Jaguar.
Driving impressions are what will matter next but only a small percentage of buyers will really be concerned - provided basic reviews are favourable looks and image will be most important in the majority of cases and there doesn't seem to be much to criticise there, along with great emissions stats for the fleet buyers.
Well done Jaguar.
Lets face it, Jaguar were never going to produce anything extreme for the most conservative market segment of them all. Yes it looks a bit Audi, yes it looks a bit BMW, and yes it looks a bit Mondeo. It would, these are it's peers. Jaguar can get a bit braver in design when the public is more familiar with it. Personally, I have to say that I think it looks better than the photocopied Audi and post-Bangle BMWs (which I quite like). Designed and built in the UK, with British engines. RWD (and forthcoming 4WD) with genuinely interesting powerplants (not that most of the market will take those) and hopefully lighter than it's competitors. C'mon guys. RWD with the super charged V6 from the F-Type for crying out loud!
It is always going to get Disgusted of Chelmsford whining about how its this, or isn't that. Ten, twenty or thirty years ago, who would have bet that Jaguar would be still around, let alone making cars like this? Good enough to have people complaining that its too much like the Germans.
It is always going to get Disgusted of Chelmsford whining about how its this, or isn't that. Ten, twenty or thirty years ago, who would have bet that Jaguar would be still around, let alone making cars like this? Good enough to have people complaining that its too much like the Germans.
The detail styling is really pretty tasteless IMO. Stupid fake air scoops up front (how many square feet of function less plastic mesh is that?), some strange pseudo-aero holes on the side, and the light clusters front and aft just look a bit too much like Audi's idea of "aggro-cool".
Pity, this turns a very nicely proportioned car into an angry faced generic rep-mobile, German style.
Hope it drives well. Because this genre needs some alternatives.
Pity, this turns a very nicely proportioned car into an angry faced generic rep-mobile, German style.
Hope it drives well. Because this genre needs some alternatives.
Jeezus some people are blind. I think it loooks good. OF COURSE it looks like other cars. It has the same number of wheels, it's roughly the same size etc. Most modern cars look very similar.
Think the XE looks very pretty, just different enough to be interesting without being different for difference sake, or looking like something it made back in the 1960s.
Think the XE looks very pretty, just different enough to be interesting without being different for difference sake, or looking like something it made back in the 1960s.
Janesy B said:
Max_Torque said:
Look at the window aperture, the black highline, the way the rear wheels sit in the arches, the short high tail, the 1.5deg nose down rake, all classic M3 signatures that JLR have sensibly copied for their car!
It's even got wheels too, the sly b
ds!I can only imagine that it will look better in the flesh.
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