28 August 2007 :: Filed under Saloon, Jaguar
Creating a ripper of a concept like the Jaguar C-XF is all very well. But you’ll wish you hadn’t bothered when you wheel out a significantly toned-down production version and the insults start flying. And so it is with the new Jag XF saloon, officially revealed for the first time today. Whatever you think of it, the XF simply isn’t as dramatic and cohesive as the C-XF concept…
Newswheel staff :: 13 June 2007 :: Filed under Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover
“Jaguar is not for sale at this time.” So said Ford’s head honcho Alan Mulally in January. Jaguar and Land Rover are “not for sale” quothe Lewis Booth, head of Ford’s Premier Automotive Group (PAG) in March. Well, either those chaps were indulging in Clintonesque semantic pedantry or there’s been a rapid change of heart at FoMoCo. Following reports this week that British politicians had been advised of plans to flog both Jaguar and Land Rover, Ford has confirmed that it is “actively investigating its options” with the two brands…
Newswheel staff :: 11 January 2007 :: Filed under Saloon, Jaguar, Europe & UK, Trade shows, US
Given the rollercoaster ride that is Ford’s day-to-day existence, we’ll forgive you for taking this with a pinch of salt. But the Blue Oval’s new head honcho Alan Mulally spake thusly to the assembled throng at the Detroit motor show: “Jaguar is not for sale at this time.” Meanwhile, the wraps have come off the company’s latest show car, the C-XF…
Newswheel staff :: 06 December 2006 :: Filed under Saloon, Jaguar, Jaguar S-Type, Europe & UK
Jaguar’s aging, Lincoln LS-derived S-Type saloon has received a buff job for its final year on sale. Apart from the usual cosmetic tweaks, the big news is a major overhaul / simplification of the engine range and some serious price cuts. The most significant changes are the deletion of all naturally-aspirated V8 models and an enormous £5k price drop on the supercharged S-Type R…
Newswheel staff :: 24 August 2006 :: Filed under Jaguar, JCB, Europe & UK, US
Well, we certainly wouldn’t have picked this one. But British construction machinery manufacturer JCB has announced an interest in acquiring Jaguar from FoMoCo. A spokesman has today confirmed a report in the FT that JCB would be happy to relieve Ford of Jaguar on one condition: it must be split and sold separately from Land Rover…
Newswheel staff :: 19 August 2006 :: Filed under Ford, Hyundai, Jaguar, Europe & UK, US
Thanks, but no thanks. So, says Korean car maker Hyundai in response to mounting rumours that it would relieve Ford Motor Company of the Jaguar brand. The Hyundai mothership released a statement yesterday categorically denying it had any interest in acquiring the near-catatonic cat.
Newswheel staff :: 04 July 2006 :: Filed under Jaguar, Europe & UK, US
You can’t polish a turd. That’s a lesson we suspect Jaguar will be learning in the wake of its so-called reality product placement scheme in the US (the basic drill involves seeding C-list celebs with freebie XK8s). It’s not that the XK is a bad car. Opinion-dividing aesthetics aside, almost everyone agrees Jag has done a great job on its latest flagship GT. But ultimately, it’s good product, not desperate marketing schemes that’s going to turn things around for the struggling luxury car marque…
Newswheel staff :: 30 June 2006 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Coupe, Jaguar, Jaguar XKR, Europe & UK, US
With three weeks to go until its first public outing at the British Motor Show, Jaguar has pulled the trigger on the all-new XKR. On paper, Jag’s new flagship GT (available from launch as both a coupe and cabriolet) doesn’t deliver many surprises. But there’s plenty of power courtesy of a mildly fettled version of the trusty AJ-V8. And with significantly less poundage to drag around thanks to that all-aluminium construction, the latest XKR should be fairly nippy…
Newswheel staff :: 12 June 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Jaguar, Europe & UK, US
Jaguar will wheel out the all-new XKR coupe at the British International Motor Show, to be held at the ExCeL Centre in London’s Docklands in July. Other than this teaser image, Jag hasn’t unsheathed official pics or performance data. However, it’s a given that the XKR’s powerplant will be very closely related to the existing supercharged V8, also fitted to Ford Premier Automotive Group stablemates the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. The supercharged 4.2-litre lump currently knocks out up to 400bhp and 420lb/ft.
Newswheel staff :: 10 April 2006 :: Filed under Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Europe & UK
Ford has begun production of its latest and greatest diesel power plant. The first examples of the new 3.6-litre turbodiesel V8 began rolling off the production line at Ford’s Dagenham facility last week. The engine kicks out 270bhp and will very likely turn up in Jaguars S and XJ as well as the full Land Rover range, including the Discovery, the Range Rover Sport and the flagship full-sized Rangie.
Newswheel staff :: 21 March 2006 :: Filed under Estate/Wagon, Saloon, Jaguar, Jaguar X-Type, Europe & UK, US
Flagging sales. A chintzy product line up. A near-destitute sugar daddy in the form of Ford Motor Company. And the indefinite postponement of the platform technology that might just have turned things around. Things are not looking too clever for the rather pitiful pussy that is Jaguar Cars. So, you’ll forgive us for not getting overly juiced up by news that Jag is considering replacing the X-Type with an alternative-concept, shooting brake-style model. At a fundamental level, we’re not convinced the brand is a goer under Ford ownership…
Newswheel staff :: 07 March 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Saloon, Jaguar, Jaguar S-Type, Jaguar X-Type, Jaguar XK8, Europe & UK, US
Yup, you really have to get all the ingredients just right to succeed with a premium Euro car brand. The failure of the current S-Type and XJ models, both good cars with fatal weaknesses – think dodgy styling and platform heritage for the former, mismatched cutting edge technology and antediliuvian aesthetics for the latter – is a case in point. Nothing less than full commitment will do. So, what to make of Ford’s decision to shelve plans for a unified aluminium platform? Well, folks, it ain’t good.
Newswheel staff :: 02 February 2006 :: Filed under Saloon, Jaguar, Jaguar X-Type, Europe & UK, US
Chintzy exterior styling, a naff interior and a hand-me-down Mondeo platform with front-wheel drive chassis dynamics. Quite a lot for the Jaguar X-Type to be getting on with. And hardly a recipe for domination in the painfully competitive exec saloon market. A replacement for the current X-Type was originally pencilled in for 2007. But it’s looking increasing likely that Jaguar will pull out of the sector altogether. And now there’s news that Jaguar will cease selling the X-Type in North America at the end of the year.
Newswheel staff :: 23 January 2006 :: Filed under Ford, Jaguar, Renault
As we reported previously, rumours in the French press suggest Renault has been poking around the hospital bed of Ford’s ailing English patient. But it’s the UK’s Sunday Times that has apparently put paid to the story. Renault’s efforts to relieve Ford of Jaguar have failed. Meanwhile, Ford prepares an announcement regarding its “Way Forward” rescue plan…
Newswheel staff :: 18 January 2006 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Coupe, Jaguar, Jaguar XK8, Europe & UK, US
A supercharged 400bhp “R” version of the XK coupe and cabriolet will appear before the end of 2006. That much we already know. But the latest innuendo on the interweb indicates that Jag is working on an even pokier derivative designed to take on the Porsche 911. Er…good luck with that one, Jaguar.
Newswheel staff :: 10 January 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Jaguar, Jaguar XK8, Europe & UK
That aluminium chassis tech doesn’t come cheap. Jaguar has released official UK prices for the all-new XK8 coupe and cabriolet models. The all-aluminium XK8 coupe will lighten your wallet to the tune of £58,955, while the cab kicks off at £64,955. For the record, the outgoing XK8 was yours for a positively parsimonious £51,195.
Newswheel staff :: 14 December 2005 :: Filed under Ford, Jaguar, Europe & UK, US
So says Lewis Booth, head of Ford’s European business. Following widespread speculation that Ford was about to offload Jaguar on Renault via Carlos Ghosn, Booth told news agency Reuters, “there are no truths in those persistent rumors." So, that’s it. Case closed. Perhaps…
Newswheel staff :: 05 December 2005 :: Filed under Ford, Jaguar, Renault, Europe & UK, US
Ford hasn’t a clue how to sort out its struggling British luxury brand Jaguar. Bill Ford himself recently conceded just that. So, could the suggestion by French mag L’Expansion that Ford is considering flogging Jaguar to Renault be true?
Newswheel staff :: 30 November 2005 :: Filed under Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, Europe & UK, US
Ford’s Premier Automotive Group (PAG), which includes Jaguar, Aston Martin, Volvo and Land Rover, is a money pit. It lost a hilarious $740 million in 2004, and has dumped another $146 million so far in 2005. But the company’s CEO, good old Bill Ford, has sworn that PAG will make money in 2006.
Newswheel staff :: 17 November 2005 :: Filed under Jaguar, US
The results from the latest J.D. Power survey in the US prove once again that there’s only one thing standing between Jaguar and genuine success: chintzy, retro styling. Because for the second straight year, Jaguar has topped J.D. Powers Sales Satisfaction Index.
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