Jaguar Mule?

[Trevatanus]

Saw this parked up at Reading services last night.
Apparently registered early last year, don't know a lot about Jag's but looks like an XF?
Not sure why they would bother with the camo scheme for a car that was already on sale, or am I missing something?
Been suggested it might be a mule for something?


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Edited by Trevatanus on Thursday 26th November 09:27

Edited by Trevatanus on Thursday 26th November 09:27

[Hammerhead]

askMID has it registered as 'Jaguar XF Replacement', so not a lot of detail. Maybe it's a prototype R?

[fatboy b]

It was registered last year - when they were in camo. They don't remove the camo from existing cars once they're released. It may also bean R variant with some body-mods so far unseen.

[a8hex]

Or someone who like having crowds of people around their car taking photos every time he/she parks anywhere, so they've just had it wrapped

[Trevatanus]

a8hex said:

Or someone who like having crowds of people around their car taking photos every time he/she parks anywhere, so they've just had it wrapped

I saw a similiarly wrapped Jaguar F-Pace? in Blackwater earlier in the year, and posted it, it would appear they do this for "marketing" purposes now.

[a8hex]

Trevatanus said:

it would appear they do this for "marketing" purposes now.

Now that I can believe

[ajhmini]

Nothing to do with 'marketing trying to create headlines'.

It's a prototype of a car that was registered 12 months before it was unveiled to the press. The camo is there to protect the details of the design so the press and competitors don't get hold of the design/details of the car early. As said above, just because the car has no been unveiled to the press, they won't bother removing the camouflage because more than likely it is a complete shed underneath - it will have rapid prototype panels/pplastics/lights etc, all of which will look cack and will give a negative impression of a new model.

[Domf]

As this prototype has been running a year already and the production version now released, keep the prototype racking up the road miles. Then any potential wear and tear issues will be spotted sooner and mods can be fitted and tested on the mule. These can then be built into the revised production model. No manufacturer gets it 100% right at launch, constant tweeking in production. Both the new XF and XE are new ground up cars (rare these days), most manufacturers either upgrade engines and mechanical's mid life and then put new bodies with/without chassis changes on the next generation (remember XF started with 2.7d and revised to 3.0d mid life, chassis was carried over from S type with new body), but not at the same time as Jaguar have done a big risk