Jaguar kills off its model line, with no clear plan for the future

[Foo Fighter]

For a while now I have had the opinion that car 'brands' have had more importance than the actual products, hence the spectacle of a One series BMW being drive around (Badly) on snow chains (On the front wheels because hatchbacks are FWD, right?).

SUV are bigger than the equiuvalent hatchback saloon for similar or less space but folk WANT the SUV. I suppose if the traffic is sluggish, being able to drive rather than just navigate the thing is even less important. Does my logic nut no good at all.

I believe also that bigger brands chased sales in PRC and the folk there apparently like to be driven BY somebody else in their ?car? as it adds gravitas and prestige. Apparently driving themselves is something not done.

With a bit of luck Jaguar will continue to produce continuation and celebvration models (New niche?) with retromod versions so I can while I am still around, continue to see real cars on the roads and I do not mean the cubes that are proomoted as such.

I will confess to being the JC et al "Angry ol' git" clone. Bah humbugs! No, Everton mints thank you by the crutch.

 

[Arjen]

I am an ol' git but my anger can usually be kept at bay with tea, cookies and a decent read.
There are perfectly presentable cars being made today, even BEVs, and some of the old ones were awful. Just zip your lip if you want to diss the HK 500.

 

[Scott Kenny]

There's an English coachbuilder, David Brown - no relation to the past owner of Aston Matin - who's carved out a small niche catering to customers who want the reliability and sophistication of modern cars with the simplicity and beauty of ones from the 60s. The Speedback takes the mechanicals of a Jaguar XK and clothes it in the body of a DB5 clone and there's a 'remastered' Mini too. I have my fingers crossed for a remade Jag XJ6 or XJ12 as their next project.

Okay, yes, something like that may work out decently for Jag-you-wahr.

There are perfectly presentable cars being made today, even BEVs, and some of the old ones were awful. Just zip your lip if you want to diss the HK 500.

I mean, the classic luxury car where it's nearly silent and you don't feel the road is practically begging for a BEV. That's where I don't scream at people who BEV restomod things like a Rolls or Bentley that was designed in that paradigm.

But I enjoy driving, hearing the engine and the tires on the road. So I want an engine that sounds nice, and suspension feedback and all that...

 

[Foo Fighter]

I am an ol' git but my anger can usually be kept at bay with tea, cookies and a decent read.
There are perfectly presentable cars being made today, even BEVs, and some of the old ones were awful. Just zip your lip if you want to diss the HK 500.

Nothing wrong with a piece of automotive sculpture like that.

As for "Jag-you-wahr", no. Just no. As bad as "Jag-Wahr"

 

[Orionblamblam]

Yes, we common folk think that a car should be beautiful, practical, fun to drive, and all that. The super-rich see everything as either a toy, a statement, an investment, or all three - but none of the things that you or I think it should be.

The rich are different - F Scott Fitzgerald

Other than having money, the rich *aren't* different. Behold the feeding frenzy among many people with no actual money to burn when Nike releases a new shoe attached to some celebrity or other. Or when an otherwise nothing-special stainless steel thermos mug suddenly gains cultural cache, or a new video game becomes popular or... whatever. The rich aren't different, they're just able to regularly express the same quirks in human programming that most humans only get to express occasionally.

 

[drwells42]

Jaguar might say "Copy nothing", but I'm starting a rumor that they're being sued over the Type 00 for copyright violations.

DRW

 

[Rhinocrates]

I saw this so now you have to.

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