http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/ Autoblog Comments for Rendered speculation: Jaguar XF convertible http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/I think not.]]>Sep 12th 2007 6:53PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/Sep 12th 2007 6:56PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/Sep 12th 2007 7:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/Sep 12th 2007 9:17PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/
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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. ]]>Sep 12th 2007 7:01PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/Sep 12th 2007 7:02PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/
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...]]>Sep 12th 2007 7:07PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/
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.]]>Sep 12th 2007 7:31PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/Sep 12th 2007 7:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/Sep 12th 2007 7:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/
and also a small miata sized roadster... and an entry level car that used the c-xf front end for real....]]>Sep 12th 2007 8:07PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/,the grille needs to be in deeper ,and the rear needs to be longer. ]]>Sep 12th 2007 8:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/Sep 12th 2007 9:02PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/Sep 12th 2007 9:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/Sep 12th 2007 10:58PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/Sep 13th 2007 12:04AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/
Yep, this car could be the death of Jag as we know it.]]>Sep 13th 2007 1:11AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/Sep 13th 2007 2:36AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/rendered-speculation-jaguar-xf-convertible/
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