The new Jaguar XF is undoubtedly a handsome car, albeit slightly marred by the awkward look of its headlights. It's also a crucial model for Jaguar as the carmaker's future is basically pegged on the success or failure of the new volume-seller. Because of this, developing several more variants of the car would be a smart a move as it should enable Jaguar to sell more cars.
Though nothing has been confirmed, new renderings of a possible convertible XF have turned up showing a car with a shortened wheelbase and only two doors. Jaguar already sells the XK convertible, but the significant price differential between the two should ensure only a limited number of sales being cannibalized. Also, if Jaguar were to build an XF droptop then we're quite positive a coupe version would ensue. This also leaves the door open for even more models, perhaps a wagon or off-roader. Then again, maybe not.
Thanks for the tip, Iris!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
SPG @ Sep 12th 2007 6:53PM
A wagon would be pretty cool but an off-roader?
I think not.
Preston M @ Sep 12th 2007 6:56PM
That is a beautiful looking Hyundai.
Dreizehnernuss @ Sep 12th 2007 7:15PM
Nail on the head !
500 @ Sep 12th 2007 9:17PM
Yeah, that convertible rendering really highlights how painfully awkward the front end is on the new XF. Hopefully they'll rush an emergency refresh into production within a year or two.
500 @ Sep 13th 2007 12:17AM
Oh and by the way, the 2000 Monte Carlo called. It wants its headlights back:
http://gm.wieck.com/forms/gm/previewpage?003157
British_Rover @ Sep 12th 2007 7:01PM
There will be no SUVish Jaguar and I think the X-Type wagon shows how bad an idea a Jag wagon is.
I want Jag to make a smallish coupe/convertible/roadster using the Inline six engine that was developed for Land Rover/Volvo. It was designed with FF, AWD and FR drive line lay outs in mind and I think it would be great to go back to Jags inline six heritage. The current NA 3.2 liter makes 235 hp and I am sure you could tweak that to 260 or so without sacrificing reliability. The T6 version makes 281 hp which could probably be tweaked up above 300 hp for a R version.
Nick @ Sep 12th 2007 7:02PM
Boy, that is not a pretty car at all. Jaguar better hope it works out ok, or it's curtains for them.
Alex @ Sep 12th 2007 7:07PM
a drophead and a coupe are great ideas... not so much the estate, definitely not an off-roader.
i'd rather see Jag produce a sports car like the prototype F-Type. Compete with the likes of the z4 and boxster/cayman. But that's just me...
mk @ Sep 12th 2007 7:31PM
Amen on the F-type.
They don't need an expensive version of the sebring convertible, which is what the photochop looks like.
They need an honest-to-goodness mid-priced jaguar SPORTS CAR, exactly right to go after the Z4/Boxter. Smaller, lighter, faster, less expensive and luxurious than the XK, and english-styled. If they still use Ford sourced engines (since ford won't be liquidating ALL of their shares in Jag, just the majority) They could use the 3.5, TwinForce, or the AJ-V8, or even the supercharged version of the AJ-V8, in the premium /R model. In a 3000lb coupe or convertible. Sounds great, and if styled correctly, a winner.
BTW, for all the folks who would cry about undercutting the XK, The XK is a premium luxury grand tourer, not a 2-seat real sports car. It is hard/impossible to get one with a manual transmission, it is big, heavy, and has 4 seats. It is a nice car, but it is a grand tourer.
The production XF is only really dissappointing in the fact that it went vanilla on the front end. Keeping the angry-squint black eyes of the concept headlights would have fixed almost all of it. And it is completely possible.
The production XF headlights are low-beam projectors, and have a lot of spare plastic around them that could have been designed out to fade that hard upper scallop into the hood, and simply keeping the turned-down corners and slightly up-canted flat lower line, rather than turning *up* the corners... and it would have been fine. It would seem hardly a problem to tool for, and really has no bearing on the legality of the lights and reflectors.
The XF is vanilla compared to the concept, and the convertible chop is another "cruiser" concept, and hardly something that people would drool over, on their way to a Jaguar dealership.
Long live the XK-SS, C, D, and E types, as they have yet to be succeeded by a current production mass-market Jaguar. They should have built the XK180 concept car, as well. Even the XJR-15, and the XJ-220 were barely more than a few prototypes up for sale.
British_Rover @ Sep 12th 2007 7:45PM
Yes exactly a smaller, lighter and all aluminum roadster and coupe would be great. They don't even need to use a V8 as the Land Rover/Volvo Inline six would be a great engine for a sub 3,000 lbs car.
Kumar @ Sep 12th 2007 7:45PM
You could slap a subaru outback convertible sticker on that thing.
retsel @ Sep 12th 2007 8:07PM
they need something like the BMW X6... build with help from Landrover....
and also a small miata sized roadster... and an entry level car that used the c-xf front end for real....
94 taurus owner @ Sep 12th 2007 8:10PM
well not bad. The front end needs to be lowered
,the grille needs to be in deeper ,and the rear needs to be longer.
Kristovar @ Sep 12th 2007 9:02PM
That's a really fancy Eos.
Roger @ Sep 12th 2007 9:36PM
Wow, what a plain looking car. Really disappointing. Jaguars used to be stylish.
Scott Eaton @ Sep 12th 2007 10:58PM
Jaguar is sad. They need to just flip through their back catalog of 50's and 60's cars... Just throw a dart and build one of those instead.
Bryan @ Sep 13th 2007 12:04AM
Ok must be blind day or something. This car looks great! Much better than the S-type. Looks like a Hyundai? Hyundai wishes they had a car that looked this good!
Freddy @ Sep 13th 2007 1:11AM
Yes, Kristovar, yes! It's a bloated Eos (from that angle).
Yep, this car could be the death of Jag as we know it.
Jonathan @ Sep 13th 2007 2:36AM
its sad how the Ford Mondeo wich were this Monstrousity got its roots from actually looks better like freddy said this car could be the end jag
P-B @ Sep 13th 2007 6:44AM
Good Photoshop, but that's all it is. CWW is talented guy who has a website full of his work, none of it officially sanctioned by any manufacturer.
http://www.cwwcardesign.com/