VIDEO: Car rides shotgun 'round the 'Ring in the Jaguar XF
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One look at the just unveiled XF shows that Jaguar is doing anything and everything on the inside and out to steer out of its endless cash drain. The exterior is beautiful, with an aggressive stance, zero retro, and a coupe-like roof-line. The interior is even better, with innovative design features like the Jaguar Drive interface, coupled with top-notch materials and luxury amenities.
The automotive scribes from Car have been tracking Jaguar's newest cat for some time, and they've got the video to prove it. The endangered company from Coventry gave the European buff book exclusive access to its testing center, which resides at the legendary Nurburgring. Car uses moving pictures to take us into the secret facility, as well as a quick drive right through the endless twisties of the 'Ring. While the mag's video pros were on an XF-roll, they took the time to compile a nice montage of the production XF going through the paces on the track. Check out both videos after the break, you won't regret it.
[Source: Car]
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Todd 10:36AM (8/28/2007)
Monte Carlo headlights.
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Eduardo 10:51AM (8/28/2007)
Todd, even worse than these, are the wheels, they're look almost the same of the ones used in the Golf GTI, at least in EU, I forgot the name of the wheel, but is the same design, shape, you could find them in the aftermarket for a bargain and fit in your Golf, Jetta or any car with the 5x100 PCD
Dustin Wyatt 7:53PM (8/28/2007)
Dangit, I came here from my feed reader to note the same.
Ugly, ugly Monte Carlo headlights.
jamie 11:22AM (8/28/2007)
Awesome.
You just might sway me into buying a Jaguar XF instead of a Camaro. Sorry about that Rick :(
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akatsuki 10:47AM (8/28/2007)
For the sake of your own company, please, please, please withdraw this and clean it up before production. It is not too late given the need for something good that Jaguar has. Lengthen out the car a bit so it has a bit more of the XJ proportions, make the headlights more like the concept and make the grill a bit more menacing. Minor tweaks for the most part to the styling, but they would make a huge difference.
Oh and change the rear lights which kind of look like you are ripping off Aston.
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Alex 10:54AM (8/28/2007)
I'm slowly getting used to the new look. Hopefully the S and forthcoming R versions will give the car it's greater aggressive styling like the prototype.
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David 10:56AM (8/28/2007)
Like previously mentioned. Nothing original here. Even the interior looks like a gussied up MKZ, which wasn't exciting to start with. I thought from the early spy shots they'd covered up the exciting bits. But obviously I am wrong.
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FrankNic 11:01AM (8/28/2007)
Its like Jaguar showed us a delicious hamburger, and then served us a terd on 2 slices of white bread.
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markf 11:03AM (8/28/2007)
Where's the "beautiful car" mentioned in the article? And what's Jag's advertising tag line - "Wouldn't You Rather Drive A Buick". Oh wait, that would be redundant since its already a Buic-uar.
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tikirob 11:08AM (8/28/2007)
Strange...this car is growing on me, I don't why. I never thought I would say that about a Jag.
http://www.movie-cat.com
Rob
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retsel 11:14AM (8/28/2007)
i don't know what 2 say about this car... i want one... but the front lights... that all i dont like.... all the rest of it is perfect...
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Landy 11:34AM (8/28/2007)
This is a 'Cat in a Kimono'...
Jaguar - get the front end right before selling it!!!
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F451 11:42AM (8/28/2007)
This is not a Jaguar as it bears no resemblance to the Jaguar heritage.
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Seminole 12:25PM (8/28/2007)
Sorry to say, but it's that heritage based design that many people criticize for getting Jaguar into the position its in. The X-Type, S-Type, and XJ all borrowed heavily on heritage, both outside and in. Hell the XJ looked exactly the same for the last 3 gens or so. At least this is something fresh, even if it's not that beautiful.
Logik 3:49PM (8/28/2007)
I wouldn't know that that car was a Jag if someone didn't tell me beforehand. This car screams for attention, unlike the current Jags (S/X) that look classy and powerful. I'm not a Jag fan, nor know much about the design lineage, but this is a design that I wouldn't associate with Jaguar.
Andrew Tanasescu 11:44AM (8/28/2007)
Did u guys watch the videos?!
Im still not "CrazY" about the front end, but that thing looks gorgeous in motion. Ill just buy one and never stop driving. Cant wait to see the type R as well.
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esoterica 12:07PM (8/28/2007)
It's a re-skinned Volvo S80, whether Ford admits it or not. Basic shape is almost identical, rear doors are almost identical, hard points like the fuel filler door are in exactly the same place, sideview mirrors are identical. Obviously the same EUCD platform as the new S80 and V70.
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Ronald 6:15PM (8/30/2007)
I was gonna say the same thing. This car looks so much like the new S80 that its pretty scary. The rear doors are the point that really drew the attention to the detail that both of these cars have the same doors. The mirrors must have also came from the PAG parts bin, along with those doors.
Not to mention the basic shape of the front end. (back also, to some extent) Just look at the C piller on both cars. Looks really swedish like. Like a Saab or Volvo. Not english like AT ALL...
Paul 12:12PM (8/28/2007)
I really like it, especially the overall shape. Regardless of whether or not you like the headlights, this is a HUGE improvement over the S-type.
If you'll remember, people didn't like Cadillac's styling revolution at first, but now that it has expanded to the whole model range, it seems to be well-accepted. It's easy to tell that this car is related to the XK, so Jaguar should have some continuity once the new XJ is released and the X-type is killed (or replaced).
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naggs 12:56PM (8/28/2007)
the more i see it the more i like it, it seems to be a design that would work much better in person than in 2d, it certainly looks better in video than in the pictures.
i dont think that i will ever think it looks as good as the concept though
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