Comments on: Better?

By: DrBiggly

DrBiggly — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:06:58 +0000

Wait, this is a Jaguar? I wondered why a Buick was shown with the tail out. Makes more sense now. But seriously, for those of us who don’t frequent the news or this site as often as they’d like…how about a hint of the make? It’s not in the JPG rollovers, nor is the marque distinguishable from the photographs. With squinting, it looked like the Cadillac emblem almost. I was lost without reading the comments for folks to tell me what it is.

By: akatsuki

akatsuki — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:34:27 +0000

It is stubby and looks like a Pontiac G6 to me… Not terrible, but not low slung enough and sleek.

I’d consider getting one, maybe if they ever fix the headlights.

By: ronetna

ronetna — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:21:11 +0000

This car is beautiful and I can’t understand the comparisons with Buick. You could compare this car’s design DNA with the 2006 XK and, to some extent, to the Aston Martin DB9. But it’s a sedan, in a lower price range. It was designed by the same head designer (Ian Callum), and, while worse then their original concept (particularly the headlights), it’s still very attractive. I’ve seen at least 5 on the road (including one _white_ XF, which is surprisingly striking), and they do not look like any other sedans rolling around here in NorCal.

By: willbodine

willbodine — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:20:26 +0000

The XF has true gravitas in the metal. Pics don’t do it justice.

By: JEC

JEC — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:41:01 +0000

I like it, have liked it since launch, but the myriad of fiddly electronics terrify me. When mainstream luxury brands struggle to make an electronics laden car last more than 5 years, the thought of a high-tech Jag is simply a horrifying prospect. I hope the Indians can inject some much needed reliability, ala Ford takeover in the 80s.

By: UnclePete

UnclePete — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:15:07 +0000

I thought it was the new LaCrosse too. Oops.

Doesn’t look anything like my old XJ-S V12, which might not be a bad thing. Shame about the nose on this new rig though – just doesn’t seem Jag enough to me.

By: Viceroy_Fizzlebottom

Viceroy_Fizzlebottom — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:27:39 +0000

I see a black and a silver XF in the Loop on a regular basis, and they are just absolutely gorgeous in person. They look incredibly sleek going down the road. Pictures do not do the XF justice.

By: fincar1

fincar1 — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:27:22 +0000

“Nice Buick, Jag.”

Funny how things change. First Jag I ever had anything to do with was a Mark VII sedan that my friend’s father had. Great styling, lovely-smelling leather seats, wood instrument panel. (This was the car that they forgot to design in a gas tank, so it had a little one in each rear wheel arch with all the associated plumbing and switches for two tanks.) Anyway to get to the point, he traded it for a new (57, I know I’m dating myself here) 220S sedan, complaining that it drove too much like a Buick.

By: shaker

shaker — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:24:00 +0000

I thought it was a Buick, too.

Nice Buick, Jag.

By: frizzlefry

frizzlefry — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:33:50 +0000

The designers must have been at an all-nighter after a party when they did this. They meant to rip off the front of a Subaru Legacy 3.0R but designed it up-side down and they ripped off the Lincoln MKS rear but watched “The Transporter 3″ before hand and had to pull the tailights apart to make it more Audi-ish.

But yes, its fast. And it looks good. But its still as much a Ford as saturn is an Opel, no matter where its made.

By: MikeInCanada

MikeInCanada — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:42:26 +0000

Someday I hope to be this good when using Adobe Photoshop.

The car is actually parked in all the pictures (if not an actual layer from a different picture) and the Gaussian blur is added in. Note how there is no body roll – especially in the sideways pictures.

Still, pretty good pictures.

By: Rix

Rix — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:09:15 +0000

My first thought: “Boy Buick has gotten their act together. But that hood- a total ripoff from Jaguar!”

Not good for Jaguar when your styling cues are ripped from a Buick Insignia.

By: 63CorvairSpyder

63CorvairSpyder — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:35:35 +0000

I wonder if it would get as much love if it was a Buick Wildcat.

By: Areitu

Areitu — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:11:53 +0000

SherbornSean :
January 9th, 2009 at 6:29 pm

Wow, I’ve never seen the words “Jaguar” and “profit” in the same sentence without some mention of a snowball’s odds of survival in Hades.

I lol’d at that one!

RX :
January 9th, 2009 at 5:57 pm

Something about this car looks cheapo and the dildonic gearshift doesn’t help.

Have you looked at a BMW shifter lately? The best description I saw for it was “Martian Phallus”

By: Packard

Packard — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:01:36 +0000

You’re toying with us, right?

That is the new LaCrosse.

Right?

Oh, no. It can’t be the LaX.

The grill on the LaX doesn’t look like the car was sucking a prune.

Kinda makes you nostalgic for tail fins. At least, there was a day when sedan weren’t all the same, the identical, no difference, exactly the same.

By: Prado

Prado — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:54:39 +0000

I thought I was looking at a Chinese Buick until I read the comments. It’s an attractive car but not very distinctive, especially for a Jag.

By: qfrog

qfrog — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:05:25 +0000

Is there a follow up shot to that first pic? The one in which the Jag appears to be in oversteer on the wrong side of the dotted just a few feet from a guard rail. I mean c’mon… you know no production Jag has been driven with that sort of gusto since the MKII was raced in BTCC.

By: picard234

picard234 — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:49:08 +0000

KatiePuckrik, you must have been lucky. My friend had an X type and the thing spent 50% of its leased life in the shop. It was an unbelievable piece of crap, and this is coming from a guy who drives a Chrysler!

By: guyincognito

guyincognito — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:33:09 +0000

I think it would be an awesome design if they just fixed the headlights, the grill, and lowered the beltline.

By: SupaMan

SupaMan — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:04:27 +0000

I love it!

The XF has got to be the most gorgeous car in that segment. The XF-R just amplifies the car’s aggressive look.

By: RedStapler

RedStapler — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:54:20 +0000

KnightRT :

Hot, hot, hot, hot. I hope Jaguar’s more-moneyed clientele think the same, though it’s a pity all the profits will go to India.

Ha Ha Ha ! What Profits?

By: Durishin

Durishin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:29:41 +0000

Yeah! Better!

Still feels a bit to Lexus GS-like (though THAT car came from the Kensington concept built on an XJ’s chassis). And I don’t like the chrome surrounds on the air dam. What good is an air dam that is so porous anyway?

The iPod gear selector thing can’t be great in an emergency as we’re all pretty much neurologically wired for something moving generally fore and aft on a console – I’d suspect.

By: SherbornSean

SherbornSean — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:29:10 +0000

KnightRT: “though it’s a pity all the profits will go to India.”

Wow, I’ve never seen the words “Jaguar” and “profit” in the same sentence without some mention of a snowball’s odds of survival in Hades.

Anyhow, it’s a beautiful car.

By: Cammy Corrigan

Cammy Corrigan — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:27:42 +0000

You can keep your Cadillacs, BMW’s, Mercedes-Benzes, Audis and Lexuses.

I’m sticking with Jaguar. That is a gorgeous car and a possible replacement for my X-Type.

KnightRT,

I have no problem with India picking up the profits, as long as UK people are building these cars, I’m happy. I support UK companies. I buy Shell and BP petrol, buy GSK and PZ Cussons products and have a UK mobile phone provider.

RX,

Jaguars have far superior interiors to any other luxury car. It’s what Jaguars are famous for (that and their ride quality). My X-Type is beautiful!

By: Alexdi

Alexdi — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:20:41 +0000

Hot, hot, hot, hot. I hope Jaguar’s more-moneyed clientele think the same, though it’s a pity all the profits will go to India.