RE: Jag XK wins Gong
Discussion
FestivAli said:
Mmm, rather early victory suggest that we're looking at a dull year for car launches or is this going to be an award that Jaguar will have to grudginly accept from the nonsensical publishers who don't know shit about cars and figure now that they have that out of the way, they can get back to writing crap about stuff they do know.
Last weekend an exciting car was launched:
www.honda.co.uk/civic/
One of the boldest designs I've seen get put into production in a while, I think it rocks!
What car is not a publication I'd want my new Jag 'sportscar' receiving a gong from.... but to reiterate others - how can this be the most exciting car of 2006? Ferrari 599 anyone? 997 Turbo? 430 Stradale? Z4M Coupe?
I've seen a couple on the road too, I only live a few miles from Boreham so presume they are testing down here too..... think the current XKR is better looking.
I've seen a couple on the road too, I only live a few miles from Boreham so presume they are testing down here too..... think the current XKR is better looking.
Fire99 said:
Well i feel its gonna be quite an important car for Ford.
From my understanding Jaguar have been losing money for quite some time now. They need a model to really capture the public's interest.
As an ardent, life-long Jag nut my view is that they made a massive mistake by not producing the F-Type. A babe magnet if ever I saw one, (and I don't even need one! Well my wife tells me I have no need for one anyway!).
What can i say......yes the car has won an award to early but thats the way awards go. And yes the car does look like a hyundi a bit,and if you look closer you will also notice on the coupe the rear window looks like its straight off of a ferrari 360,the quarter glass maserati 3200 and the rear lights new golf but thats the way car design is going just like the new ferari bit likw a nissan z car don't you think! Why can't we embrace the Jag as a English design that everybody including the motoring press likes, and not cuss it down , it's a very nice car to drive and be in which i have had the pleasure of driving,all the cars you are seeing on the roads at the mo are PP models and are used to let potential customers have for a couple of days for testing then are crushed.
The reason i have such views is that i have worked on Ferrari,maserati and jaguar and still do and find them all such beutiful cars to look at and work on especialy the new jag (which will probably change when another new model comes out.)
The reason i have such views is that i have worked on Ferrari,maserati and jaguar and still do and find them all such beutiful cars to look at and work on especialy the new jag (which will probably change when another new model comes out.)
The title of this thread is ambiguous. To win a "gong" as per the thread title : "Jag XK wins Gong" traditionally means to be rejected, usually by a panel of judges. Yet, the body of the text implies that the vehicle has not actually been rejected, but infact won an award from a couple of magazines.
Or is the award the car has won a reject award, like for example an award for crapness, similar to awarding a worst motoring publication award to say, "What Car"?
>> Edited by TimJMS on Friday 20th January 22:15
Or is the award the car has won a reject award, like for example an award for crapness, similar to awarding a worst motoring publication award to say, "What Car"?
>> Edited by TimJMS on Friday 20th January 22:15
psychogit said:
What can i say......yes the car has won an award to early but thats the way awards go. And yes the car does look like a hyundi a bit,and if you look closer you will also notice on the coupe the rear window looks like its straight off of a ferrari 360,the quarter glass maserati 3200 and the rear lights new golf but thats the way car design is going just like the new ferari bit likw a nissan z car don't you think! Why can't we embrace the Jag as a English design that everybody including the motoring press likes, and not cuss it down , it's a very nice car to drive and be in which i have had the pleasure of driving,all the cars you are seeing on the roads at the mo are PP models and are used to let potential customers have for a couple of days for testing then are crushed.
The reason i have such views is that i have worked on Ferrari,maserati and jaguar and still do and find them all such beutiful cars to look at and work on especialy the new jag (which will probably change when another new model comes out.)
I'm sorry, but Jag styling has been terrible for a while now, and this car isn't what many of us had hoped for. The styling has drawn controvery amongst the press and public alike, and not without reason. Just because its as British as a McDonalds burger doesn't mean we should cut it some slack!
Furthermore it is obvious the frontal lines have been irredeemably compromised by pandering to pedestrian safety regs. Is this the first horseman of an apocalypse in car design?
Why do people find it so easy to slate British cars like Jaguar and not support the marque. Other countries would never slate their own (Germany for instance).
I think the new XK is a brilliant car.... loads of new technology, lightest in class etc...
It is a very competitive market with customers wanting more value for money than ever before.
Seeing as there are approx 4000 orders already for the XK, I think this speaks volumes for the general public opinion.
Good luck Jag...
I think the new XK is a brilliant car.... loads of new technology, lightest in class etc...
It is a very competitive market with customers wanting more value for money than ever before.
Seeing as there are approx 4000 orders already for the XK, I think this speaks volumes for the general public opinion.
Good luck Jag...
FUGatso said:
I keep seeing these driving along the A46 near Warwick!
You will, Jag do a load of road testing round here, there's a lot of rag tops around by me at the moment. What brings you up to these parts?
>> Edited by FUGatso on Friday 20th January 12:29
I saw two on the M40 up near Warwick on Friday-a convertible and hardtop. It does look better in the flesh and in motion but is a little to easy to mistake for Hund-eye Coop from the front. However, as you see the side profile it is unmistakeably Jag XK.
I read somewhere that the designer did the headlights that way to create 'visual drama', I think he did it that way so that it looks less like an Aston...
I'm not really slating the car, I do actually like it, but is it not the Bitish thing to critisise any homegrown talent harsher than anything foreign ??
member8888 said:
This predictable bag of turd should have been given the most predictable bag of turd award. When are Jag going to do something refreshing? All they seem to do is copy their past rather than reinvent it. I'd rather have an Allegro.
Are the Allegro, the only car that has/had less drag going backwards than it did going forwards.
And You would rather have one than a New XK , please let me know what drugs you are taking as they seem to be working brilliantly...LOL
I'm sorry, but Jag styling has been terrible for a while now, and this car isn't what many of us had hoped for. The styling has drawn controvery amongst the press and public alike, and not without reason. Just because its as British as a McDonalds burger doesn't mean we should cut it some slack!
Furthermore it is obvious the frontal lines have been irredeemably compromised by pandering to pedestrian safety regs. Is this the first horseman of an apocalypse in car design?[/quote]
Sorry worded my mini speech slightly wrong (it was Late!!!)
The car as far as i'm concerened looks good from the rear and i think it's right, but like the rest of you the front does look way wrong, way to high looking for a start and on my last course got a couple of disaproving looks when i said this as if this was the first bit of bad mouthing about the car they had heard.......
Personally, i dont like its look. if this is the car that is going to save Jaguar, then...quite simply i dont think so.
the styling is half modern and half 'traditional' well thats what i think jaguar have tried and it doesnt work, maybe in the darker shades is might have half a chance. although i am going by the pictures, havent seen pne in metal yet. And the interior, well in some combinations, it looks absolutely horrible!!
the styling is half modern and half 'traditional' well thats what i think jaguar have tried and it doesnt work, maybe in the darker shades is might have half a chance. although i am going by the pictures, havent seen pne in metal yet. And the interior, well in some combinations, it looks absolutely horrible!!
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