VIDEO: Ian Callum on the Jag C-XF Concept
We're counting down the last few days until the start of the Detroit show, and looking forward to seeing in the flesh (er, metal) what's bound to be one of the biggest stars of the show, the aggressively beautiful Jaguar C-XF concept. Jaguar claims the show car is not a direct preview of the next S-Type sedan, but rather previews the company's new styling direction, which quite apparently departs from the retro theme in favor of something far more bold, aggressive and futuristic.
As if the styling didn't speak for itself, this video features British design legend Ian Callum speaking for it, describing the themes he and his design team strove to incorporate into the C-XF. Jaguar, Callum insists, is the originator of the sports sedan, a category which the marque needs to reclaim from the competition. The C-XF is intended to do just that.
Click "play", sit back and enjoy listening to an artist describing his work. If you haven't seen our high-resolution gallery of Jaguary C-XF images yet, click here.
(Thanks for the tip, Maddan!)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
V4 12:09PM (1/05/2007)
genius... truly an amazing work of art, can't wait to see it at the show.
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retsel 3:02PM (1/05/2007)
Jag is back...
please make it all wheel drive...
and offer the concept car as a CF-R...
and please keep the quality up.... please...
this car is winner... fresh, modern... but with enough historical bits... like the square grill from the old xj... i cant wait for the new xj and the new x-type...
this car makes the new xk look a little dull... but thats just a little...
i hope they make a small roadster.... built on the euro focus platform that Volvo used so well for their small cars.... things are looking up for jaguar... i am gonna buy that cf in 2010 4 sure...
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MacroEQ 1:58PM (1/05/2007)
If this car doesn't go into production it would be a real shame but if it's a pre-cursor to more things to come from Jaguar then it couldn't come any sooner.
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Andy 2:56PM (1/05/2007)
Callum's claim that Jaguar is the originator of the modern luxury sport sedan is debatable. Sporty two- and four-door sedans have existed since before World War II, but historians widely credit BMW's 2002 for shaping the modern luxo-sport sedan.
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Chris Rock is not Funny 9:38PM (1/05/2007)
Jaguar has no future if it keeps making XKs that look like Tauruses.
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Jeff 1:21AM (1/06/2007)
^^ that's a comment that comes from somebody who doesn't know much about cars.
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mk 8:47PM (1/06/2007)
I'd say Mr. Callum acheived his design goals.
This concept is fantastic, and the atheticism that he spoke about is definitely present and accounted for.
I hope the XF-Type R is honest to this concept, and not too tamed.
If Callum can design this, I'd love to see what he could do with a Jaguar mid-engined supercar, and re-interpreting Malcolm Sayer's XJ-13 Concept.
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jagman 4:41PM (1/19/2008)
He can´t. Callum is the worst designer I have ever seen. I myself can design a Jaguar better than he can. Malcom Sayer´s XJ 13 is untouchable and Callum knows that. Perhaps he is already preparing new TATA designs in order to keep his job, even though it be at a lot lower salary.
XMNR 10:53AM (1/17/2007)
not a bad rendition of the windblown-jellybean with squinty eyes, but c'mon now.... that could very easily have a lexus L on it... and don't talk about not having fat... that car has almost entirely vertical surfaces on its sides, like an rv.... at best this is a nice way to CLS using jaguar cues.... but look at the '90s XJ.... start with THAT shape and go all 2013 on it. The current rendition is a pastiche of that '90s xj shape literally. the new s-type should have been a 4-door version of the '01 R-coupe concept with the R-d6's interior
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MG 10:24AM (1/08/2007)
Candid comments by team leader of the C-XF and head of Jaguar advanced design, Julian Thomson, about the need for the brand to break from its staid recent designs
http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=90050
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