Comments on: 2008 Jaguar XF lands in Australia

By: carlo

carlo — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:16:06 +0000

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).

By: carlo

carlo — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:15:34 +0000

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).

By: No Name

No Name — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:03:44 +0000

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

By: SJ

SJ — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:44:34 +0000

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.

By: F6 310

F6 310 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:20:11 +0000

Ford will still supply the engines to Jaguar

By: AW

AW — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:18:11 +0000

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!

By: Rogue

Rogue — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:57:49 +0000

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.

By: OSU811

OSU811 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:07:19 +0000

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..

By: peter michaels

peter michaels — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:59:42 +0000

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…

By: Antonia

Antonia — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:56:54 +0000

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.