Jaguar XF spotted on the road today - picture inside
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Hi there,
Had a run out with the family today to Trentham Gardens near Stoke on Trent. On the way from Derby along the A50 I spotted in the rear view mirror a new Jaguar XF approaching. My son grabbed his phone and managed to get a shot of the car as it slowed down for a roundabout.
It is a superb looking car and very distinctive, not to sure about the front grille but I think it should be a sure fire hit.
I know there will soon be loads of these on the roads but I did not think they were on sale yet.
Regards
Tim
Had a run out with the family today to Trentham Gardens near Stoke on Trent. On the way from Derby along the A50 I spotted in the rear view mirror a new Jaguar XF approaching. My son grabbed his phone and managed to get a shot of the car as it slowed down for a roundabout.
It is a superb looking car and very distinctive, not to sure about the front grille but I think it should be a sure fire hit.
I know there will soon be loads of these on the roads but I did not think they were on sale yet.
Regards
Tim
I was at the Jaguar Ball in Edinburgh last night, and Stratstones had an XF in silver at the rear entrance of the Sheraton Hotel. I take back my concerns. It does not look like a Mondeo, a Lexus or some kind of Toyota. It is very distinctive, pretty muscular and highly attractive. From the side it is like nothing so much a sthe Aston Martin Rapide 4-door coupe.
Podie said:
Bit like the Mondeo, it's a cracking car. Trouble is people would rather have a propellor or four rings on the front of their cars 
Too true and its a shame, this car deserves success but then they'll always be people who'll rather buy a BMW or Audi over it just for the badge... fools.Podie said:
Bit like the Mondeo, it's a cracking car. Trouble is people would rather have a propellor or four rings on the front of their cars
I agree, but that is just brand momentum. Reputations take time to lose and even longer to recover. If Jag can keep up the present standard and rate of technological development it will come round. Audi's main asset is four wheel drive and do we really want that? To give them their due they have done well in recent years, to come from a poor third in the German saloon manufacturers to arguably the best. The Mercedes brand still holds good though the product has imho slipped. And I wouldn't have either over a nice Jag. 
IMHO it's NOT a proper Jaguar. Brand Brand Brand...
Jaguar has got a lot of recovery to do.
Audi has it, BMW has it though they are "so so common", Mercedes has a recent
reputation for falling to bits, VW is resurgent, but Jaguar has to reclaim lost ground - the X type was a big mistake...
My advice is simply to make them more expensive and to justify it, more spectacular.
Not a single new gadget or gizmo on the new XK, same engine (essentially) as the old one, very few colours available.
Jaguar needs to learn from Aston Martin. And Improve on it.
Jaguar has got a lot of recovery to do.
Audi has it, BMW has it though they are "so so common", Mercedes has a recent
reputation for falling to bits, VW is resurgent, but Jaguar has to reclaim lost ground - the X type was a big mistake...
My advice is simply to make them more expensive and to justify it, more spectacular.
Not a single new gadget or gizmo on the new XK, same engine (essentially) as the old one, very few colours available.
Jaguar needs to learn from Aston Martin. And Improve on it.
Big Giant Head said:
Brand Brand Brand...
Jaguar has got a lot of recovery to do.
Audi has it, BMW has it though they are "so so common", Mercedes has a recent
reputation for falling to bits, VW is resurgent, but Jaguar has to reclaim lost ground - the X type was a big mistake...
My advice is simply to make them more expensive and to justify it, more spectacular.
Not a single new gadget or gizmo on the new XK, same engine (essentially) as the old one, very few colours available.
Jaguar needs to learn from Aston Martin. And Improve on it.
I don't think that the X-Type has anything to do with Jaguar's problems. I think in fact its a very good car, and you see a lot of them about to justify that point of view. Maybe not as many as Jaguar hoped, but then, Ford's ambitions are sometimes bigger than it can achieve. Remember the plan to make 'Mustang' a brand and conquer Europe? Maybe its still current.Jaguar has got a lot of recovery to do.
Audi has it, BMW has it though they are "so so common", Mercedes has a recent
reputation for falling to bits, VW is resurgent, but Jaguar has to reclaim lost ground - the X type was a big mistake...
My advice is simply to make them more expensive and to justify it, more spectacular.
Not a single new gadget or gizmo on the new XK, same engine (essentially) as the old one, very few colours available.
Jaguar needs to learn from Aston Martin. And Improve on it.
Jaguar's problems came from being taken over by BMC in the late 60's, till the marque became a joke, frankly, in the late 70's and 80's, and tried initially to get out of it by building old men's cars. There seems to be this perception in some areas that British cars are soft barges with comfy seats and fake woodwork, and it has taken a while to get past that.
That is not to say that there is anything wrong with fine veneer work and quality leather. Nor was the 'retro' phase in their car design a particularly bad thing. It emphasized, I think, that however modern Jaguar designs become, they should always be identifiably Jaguar. What's the point of another Audi or indeed Lexus lookalike?
That was my concern about the XF, but all I would say is, I recommend that you reserve judgement until you see it, for yourself, in the flesh.
Audi are very very good, no doubt, but the three pointed star remains the most powerful germen brand. Like the Yankee dollar, its global. If I had to criticize Audi I would say that the styling is a bit dull.
cardigankid said:
Audi are very very good, no doubt, but the three pointed star remains the most powerful germen brand. Like the Yankee dollar, its global. If I had to criticize Audi I would say that the styling is a bit dull.
They were a bit dull till they decided to put the guppy mouth on them.Then they brought out this new sports car. I saw one going down the road on Friday, all I can say is that JC was kind about the lights. I'm suprised they didn't go the whole hog and send them out with factory fitted blue neons underneath.
That is a terrible photograph of a beautiful car. Mind you, looks like it was a poverty spec job with those wheels. The car is NOT on sale yet - in fact there are only a dozen or so in existence. Series production begins in the next few weeks, the press will get to drive it in February and it'll be delivered to initial customers in March I think.
I was treated to a thrash in an XF S-V8 yesterday. It was a black one and Ford's Richard Parry-Jones was at the wheel, on some superb roads in north Wales.
With the traction control off he wrung the car's bloody neck and I got out shaking, speechless and absolutely overwhelmed. It is truly a brilliantly executed piece of kit and all the nay-sayers will eat their words once they've seen it for real. I was impressed enough when I saw it at a press unveiling back in the summer but after experiencing the thing sideways yesterday, well words fail me.
Want one.
I was treated to a thrash in an XF S-V8 yesterday. It was a black one and Ford's Richard Parry-Jones was at the wheel, on some superb roads in north Wales.
With the traction control off he wrung the car's bloody neck and I got out shaking, speechless and absolutely overwhelmed. It is truly a brilliantly executed piece of kit and all the nay-sayers will eat their words once they've seen it for real. I was impressed enough when I saw it at a press unveiling back in the summer but after experiencing the thing sideways yesterday, well words fail me.
Want one.
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