Is this a Jag?
Sep 27th 2012, 2:18 pm
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Is this a Jag?
New F-Type revealed at the Paris Motor Show. Bloody good, but its the least Jag-looking Jag I've ever seen:
Sep 27th 2012, 2:22 pm
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Re: Is this a Jag?
Rear end is very e-type, front is XK. I'd have one, in fact....
Sep 27th 2012, 2:32 pm
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Re: Is this a Jag?
I would love one.
Sep 27th 2012, 2:49 pm
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Re: Is this a Jag?
ancient design - I had one in the late 90s... my first ever car
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Sep 27th 2012, 3:19 pm
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Re: Is this a Jag?
Not very impressed with this one, give me an XJ220 anyday!
Sep 27th 2012, 4:26 pm
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Re: Is this a Jag?
'Not Jag' looking is what I thought of too.
Looks like Jag took design cues from Maserati , for the front , but Jaguar's execution is no where near as attractive as the Maser.
http://www.thetorquereport.com/2012/...rio_mc_to.html
Looks like Jag took design cues from Maserati , for the front , but Jaguar's execution is no where near as attractive as the Maser.
http://www.thetorquereport.com/2012/...rio_mc_to.html
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Sep 27th 2012, 4:30 pm
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Re: Is this a Jag?
What sounds better, I drive a jaguar, or I drive a Maserati?
No contest really.
And it's penned by Ian McCallum (may not have spelled that correctly) who did the original DB7.
Sep 27th 2012, 4:34 pm
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Re: Is this a Jag?
Anyway, the wheelbase is too short. Compare it with an E Type, XJS or even XJ-C. Too short and stumpy, Like a Maserati Biturbo Spyder, in fact...
And you think it's going to be cheap? Long time since that was the Jaguar USP.
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Sep 27th 2012, 4:38 pm
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Re: Is this a Jag?
My thoughts exactly! Someone obviously liked the Maserati 4200GT front end.
Anyway, the wheelbase is too short. Compare it with an E Type, XJS or even XJ-C. Too short and stumpy, Like a Maserati Biturbo Spyder, in fact...
And you think it's going to be cheap? Long time since that was the Jaguar USP.
Anyway, the wheelbase is too short. Compare it with an E Type, XJS or even XJ-C. Too short and stumpy, Like a Maserati Biturbo Spyder, in fact...
And you think it's going to be cheap? Long time since that was the Jaguar USP.
Sep 27th 2012, 4:38 pm
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Re: Is this a Jag?
oh for heaven's sake - it looks like any other italian car. I was posting a picture of a cheap as chips Fiat (Barchetta). Lovely little car, could max 220kph on the German autobahns as although it only had a 1.8 engine, it weighed less than a tonne.
Sep 27th 2012, 4:46 pm
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Re: Is this a Jag?
Used to have a bright yellow 20v Turbo Coupe, that was fun!
