2008 Jaguar XF lands in Australia

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1. anthony C says:

   April 28, 2008 at 8:30 pm

   as ford says

   “make or break” car………….i like it actually

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2. Paul Maric says:

   April 28, 2008 at 8:34 pm

   It looks far better in person believe it or not.

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3. No Name says:

   April 28, 2008 at 9:00 pm

   Your right there Paul. It got loads of presence. Aparently 90% of the sales in the UK are diesel. cool.

   Snowing early this year ain’t it. Have to buy my ticket to ski Falls again.

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4. B///M3 says:

   April 28, 2008 at 9:14 pm

   It’s a fantastic looking car, except for the front grille, it seems like it was almost 5pm when they got to design that part.

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5. No Name says:

   April 28, 2008 at 9:38 pm

   Whats wrong with the grill. I kinda think it look classy and fits well. Folks have mentioned the headlights as being upside down Passat lights but they work for me along with the grill.

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6. Reckless1 says:

   April 28, 2008 at 9:48 pm

   Strong Maserati themes here

   Looks less like a Jaguar than ever.

   But that’s what happens when the original ownership is lost.

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7. Casey says:

   April 28, 2008 at 9:57 pm

   Love the pics, can’t wait for the review!

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8. Phillip says:

   April 28, 2008 at 9:58 pm

   I like it, although I think they could have made the exterior door handles a bit more upmarket. Also, the front headlights look a little too Toyota Avalon for my liking.

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9. Joober says:

   April 28, 2008 at 10:08 pm

   Agree with reckless, hasnt got that jag look esp like X-types / XJ’s, i dunno, looks ok.

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10. Jimbo says:

    April 28, 2008 at 11:49 pm

    For some reason it reminds me of the new Falcon.

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11. mike says:

    April 29, 2008 at 3:02 am

    Pretty bland looking to me.

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12. odog says:

    April 29, 2008 at 6:54 am

    Man we get ripped off here. In the states the prices range from 49k for the standard v8 to 62k for the supercharged, they don’t even have the v6 for sale there. When our dollars are so close to parity it is outrageous how they can charge us so much here. Looks like a nice car though.

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13. anthony C says:

    April 29, 2008 at 7:43 am

    your right odog we do get dodged something bad here with prices. look at the GTR if you really want to cry. or bmw m3.

    i think the fact that this jaguar dosnt look like a jaguar is whats gona save its hind. audi bmw and mercedes “………………….holden?”…………people might shift across to the big cat? ive always loved jagaur… their dodgyness and history of problems was something to smile at.. now.. i think its time to grow up and move up into the big school

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14. D 1 0 N says:

    April 29, 2008 at 1:17 pm

    Overall it looks fine, it has more of a coupe shape going more than a sedan, which is nice. I’m not sold on the headlights though, I just think it’d look a whole lot better without that bubble bit. The rear lights are very Aston-Martin, which can only be a good thing.

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15. Baji says:

    April 29, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    Looks great inside and outside. Has a lot of maserati in its design and dare i say it aston martin in the rear. Great photos as usual Paul. Keep it up.

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16. Baji says:

    April 29, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    haha should’ve read the other comments before i posted. Sorry for stating something that others have already mentioned – re. maserati & aston

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17. Rogue says:

    April 29, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    nice looking car …..glad it doesnt have those stupid oversized front wheel arches …its a nice smooth classy look………..much like the FG Falcon……which is no surprise really……. this was designed by Ford.

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18. Anthony says:

    April 29, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Designed by Ian Callum – Director of Design – Jaguar.

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19. Myke says:

    April 29, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    Looks great, would be even better in a different colour though.

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20. Chaser says:

    April 29, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    hmm now that I see it in this colour,,, well one things’ for sure , its not the typical Jag.. more an Americanized version and those humps in the bonnet are going to age that car in a bad way..

    not quite a fan of the exterior, a darker colour perhaps ? to hide the lines.. rear reminds me of an Aston Martin..

    hopefully it does well. Doesnt Tata own Jag now? (wanna read something funny? look up tata in urban dictionary :P)

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21. aw says:

    April 29, 2008 at 7:07 pm

    Saw one of these on the road in Sydney the other day. Looked great. Wish I could buy one

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22. No Name says:

    April 29, 2008 at 7:22 pm

    Aw – do you agree it look better in the ‘flesh’

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23. Rogue says:

    April 29, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    Anthony.yes Ian Callum is director of design at Jaguar which until recently was owned by Ford, this car was designed during Ford ownership. He worked for Ford in Britain, USA, Germany, Japan and Australia. He also worked on styling at Volvo and Mazda which are still Ford owned. So really until recently he was still working for Ford therefore its a Ford design.

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24. Andrew says:

    April 29, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    Check the interior of this car, somewhat pointless but fun at the same time. Just search youtube for video LYqL01WB2Is (my comment gets moderated if I link to it).

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25. Antonia says:

    April 30, 2008 at 8:56 am

    Yes Rogue, Ford was the parent, but you must understand that Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston martin at the time were and still are, all run as entirely separate organisations, with entirely separate design teams. The fact that Ford is (the Tata deal is not finalised) the parent, has little to do with the design direction Callum wanted to take the XF. They don’t pay the kind of salary package Callum is on, and then sit down and give him a lesson in automotive design.

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26. peter michaels says:

    April 30, 2008 at 9:59 am

    anti-spam = audi lol

    i have to say that i really don’t like the front end; it looks like a Skoda crossed with a Celica – not cool. Rear is fantastic, side profile is hot, just not the front. That’s my 2 cents…

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27. OSU811 says:

    April 30, 2008 at 10:07 am

    I love it! best looking jag in a very long time..It should sell very well, much nicer than bland 5 series bmw and E class merc, Looks much better in real life than the photos..

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28. Rogue says:

    April 30, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    Antonia….no they are not run as separate organisations. That is the point of ownership, they are very much directed by the parent company. This not only includes money but shared use of designers, engineers, developement and even parts sharing, as in some models of Jags which used the Mondeo platform and other parts. This new Jag even has design similarities to the Mondeo and FG Falcon.

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29. AW says:

    April 30, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    No Name. Yes it looked so much better in the flesh than in the photos. It was great. Pity I didn’t have that sort of cash lying around!

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30. F6 310 says:

    May 1, 2008 at 8:20 am

    Ford will still supply the engines to Jaguar

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31. SJ says:

    May 1, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    Sorry, but its simply UGLY.
    Surely, it cannot be that hard to design a nice looking car.
    Its going to be a flop in Australia, mark my words.

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32. No Name says:

    May 2, 2008 at 12:03 am

    SJ – suppose you think a Ssanyong is lovely. pfft.

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33. carlo says:

    August 9, 2008 at 7:15 pm

    I,m from Rome and I had a XJ6 I series (1973)and a Daimler XJ40. Now I’ve a XJ6, III series (1982) and a XK8(first version, of course: the last design of Mr. Lyon). I always loved Jaguars, also the uglier, also the S-type: they always had an ageless trimness. This XF isn’t an ugly Jaguar, because it isn’t a Jaguar at all. At the present we can only hope the new ownership and management will give us a real Jaguar style (technically modern but stylistically fascinating).

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34. carlo says:

    August 9, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    I,m from Rome and I had a XJ6 I series (1973)and a Daimler XJ40. Now I’ve a XJ6, III series (1982) and a XK8(first version, of course: the last design of Mr. Lyon). I always loved Jaguars, also the uglier: they always had an ageless trimness. This XF isn’t an ugly Jaguar, because it isn’t a Jaguar at all. We can only hope the new ownership and management will give us a real Jaguar style (technically modern but stylistically fascinating).

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