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  • The 2009 Van Den Plas that i have i honestly think this car looks nicer than the new 2011 model

  • Tata Motors has done an amazing job with Jaguar. This car is breathtaking. Ford should apologize for ever owning Jaguar.

  • 0:34 ford focus rs!!!!

  • The Jaguar XJ is the Father of Luxury cars. Interior is super High Class. Push Button Start. Navigation with Voice Recognition. Electronic Shift-Knob. The Most Reliable Sedan out there.

  • Love everything but the back end.

  • nice notor, amazing inside

  • only if it had a rear like Halle Barry...would I buy this car. 

  • I hate the new XJ. The 2008 XJ is one of my favourite cars.

  • it's beautiful but rear sould be like xf

  • I would never have brought a jag till now... Job done for them!

  • Very pretty look

  • Britain is broke and the Jag is no longer in the hands of the brits.

    No offense intended tho.

  • @SudiArabia....WE ARE OFFENDED SO FUCK YOU ARAB PRICK.

    BRITAIN AND JAGUAR LIVE ON, WHERE IS YOUR AUTO INDUSTRY???

    HAHAHAHA

  • @zepsterboy In Saudi Arabia we're taught not to waste so much time with intellectually deficient people. So I'm going to call in my 7yr bro who can do the job and teach you a little. Something you can use in your poor life.

  • @zepsterboy

    Actually, TATA motors from India now owns Jaguar now. However the factories are still in Britain.

  • @SudiArabia and you lot are a bunch of camelf ucking terrorists, every offence intended.

  • @sjpb1982 I understand your anger and frustration. You've lost an empire and your country is on the verge of a huge mess. In fact you're losing your country on so many levels, one piece at a time.

    So yeah I understand that and your response tells it all. Your country is broke and the brit people were sold out by the politicians and YOU ARE NO LONGER UNITED KINGDOM OR GREAT BRITAIN. You'll have to find another name and you'll have to you live with it.

  • @SudiArabia What a steaming pile of bullshit. Let me counter with this:

    Saudi Arabia - Oil money = Afghanistan

  • @BigGee84 You are probably right. If we didn't have the money, we could be somewhat like afghanistan. But you know that we've got all the money we need to buy whoever we want. So your formula doesn't apply.

    Now back to our subject. The Brits should stop bragging about their historical ownership of the Jag brand and should seek professional treatment for their narcissism so they can better accept the new reality i.e. the GB isn't great anymore.

    No offence intended tho.

  • Omg, the XJ looks like it could eat all the other cars on the street.

  • The less expensive Jaguar XF is much better looking than this more expensive and exclusive XJ. The cheaper XF is the best looking saloon car on the road. Ian Callum did an incredible design with the XF, XFR and the XK, also the Aston Martin.

  • jaguar looks shit...and its bought bye tata haha germans eat them to breakfast xDD

  • @germanysbest89 We will see SON.. we are new in business.. :- ) isn't it??

  • @germanysbest89 what car do you have ?

  • @germanysbest89 We'll talk about it after some other indian conglomerate takes over mercedes & BMW...:)

  • this is my favorite car guys!!!!

  • i hate the look of the back tho...

  • @PharrellExley me too .. it looks like a citroen c6 and that is one of the ugliest cars i ever seen.

  • i really like the front. but the back is ....meh

  • I love the way jag has modernised itself first with the xk then the xf now this, I can't wait to see their replacement for the x-type!

  • My only gripe with this car is the black C pillars. It looks like a cheap cost cutting measure.

  • there is a bentley and a aston around 0:28 and 0:30 . . :P

  • there is a bentley and a aston around 0:28 and 0:30 . . :P

  • I drove one today. XJ-L supercharged. Nice car but S550 still rules this segment.

  • Jaguar needs to incorporate four wheel drive into its cars.

  • con un fascino da bentley , voglio proprio vedere quando smettono di copiare a destra e sinistra , fantasia dei designer a parte rimane sempre una bella auto ottimo compromesso per non spendere i 200 eur di una bentley

  • Si vebe che la jaguar e' sull'orlo del grande botto ,e non si puo' piu permettere di fare auto che potrebbero piacere solo ai vecchi come prima, infatti che fa, ' crea un auto che sia "accessibile" con la forma di una bentley continental con fronte di una maserati gran turismo fari anteriori audi e posteriori lancia thesis un bel mescuglio il quale risultato e' di avere un' auto da 80.000 eur con un fascino da bentley ,

  • i was going to buy the bmw x6 but after seeing this i think i'll wait for this one next year. very nice vehicle.

  • looks like a citroen from outside ...

  • Did anybody else notice that only one brake light was working???

  • Its like a sandwich of a DB9 and a Continental.....beautiful tho

  • for a review on a Jaaaaaag there sure are a lot of Mercs, i counted 53........million.

  • Why to paint the C pilar? Don´t like that

  • Jaguar was very bad, and they decided to change all of their cars, the xk, the xf and now the xj. I think they are all fabulous !!!! It has lost hit's traditional touch because they had to. Did you knew that since the new xf, the sales in Portugal have gone up 62 % ?

  • frankly i think all those losers saying jaguar has lost it touch with traditional design need to shut up and look at jags history these new jags are setting new examples just like jags of old like the e-type it was new and many people found it vulgar and a bit out outlandish. so these cars are nothing more than a huge step in the right direction I'm an avid jaguar fan and would buy one in a blink of an eye whilst before i was bored!

  • Volvo front, Citroen side & tail !!!!

    Just hope the build quality good.

  • @DINO1200 you don't know what you're talking about. This car looks amazingly good. And compared to for example a 7 series, it's much cheaper and it's better equiped. Sure Jaguar now hasn't got the traditional design, but it will atract a lot of new clients. I already ordered my new XJ.

  • WHATTHEHELL is Porsche Panamera compared to this...

    A fat bottomed deutsch girl i guess.

  • To all of you cry babies who keep saying that Jaguar has lost touch with their traditional design cues you need to shut up. This new design will attract a whole new market which is key since competition in this price range and class is stiff.

    Pull your heads our of your asses and roll with the times, I can appreciate the old ones for what they are and I can totally accept this new design its totally awesome.

  • HOLY WORDS, mate.

  • GentlemanDriverWorld. Hmmmm I may have over-reacted there but it;s kind of stupid of people to say this new Jag is uninspired and that the old one was worlds better. This car looks modern yet classy and traditional and hell it's got the power too. The previous Jag was lagging in sales and had poor resale value despite much better reliability.

    The $100,000 Portfolio edition in the preview car will be half that in less than 3 years.

  • @7477238

    Could not possibly agree with you more.

  • @7477238 I only wish that they kept the Jaguar emblam, like the steel jaguar that stands on the hood... I love that :)

  • @MadDogMeh @MadDogMeh The domestic models have NEVER used hood leapers. Only the North Americans have them, dating back to the XJ40. I was at the premiere at Saatchi in London last year when it debuted on July 9 and having visited both the Browns Lane and Castle Bromwich factories they've said so. Like most European automakers they offer a full domestic range of trim levels compared to N.A. models which come loaded with extra emblems for foreign representation.

  • @Carmaker1 Well, I live in North America... so I'm used to seeing them around.

  • @MadDogMeh So do I, my dad has owned both the '00 & '01 VDP S/C X308 sedans and an X350 model, that was back in Texas. All of them came with front leapers, but I have never seen them on any Jaguars on visits to the UK and other parts of the E.U. Even Mexican-market models which follow E.U. specifications, even have front leapers like American ones. I guess they do that like how some Mercedes models in Germany don't them and how some Lexus cars were badged as Toyotas in Japan.

  • awesome everything. i just bought one and am loving it. it turned me into a pimp and my penis grew an extra 2 inches!! i love my new 4 inch and what better way to transport it but in a JAAAAG!

  • I love this car. But why for fucks sake does everyone have to hate on Lexus so much? Jesus.

  • The front of the car is extremely stylish, very maserati. Unfortunately the rear is quite a contrast, it looks pinched and very narrow. In profile the jag is very nice indeed, not far off audi's a6. I would say the front of the car is good enough to forgive the rear, but if only that rear was a bit more stylish and better resolved, this could have been best looking saloon out there today.

  • Absolutely beautiful car from every angle.The front aggressive with a get out of my way face while the rest of the car is sleek like a Jag should be.All those that say it doesn't look like a Jag... the XJ has looked the same for 40 years and its high time they moved forward.They styled the X-Type and the S-type like traditional Jags and the company nearly went bust.Things have only improved financially for Jaguar since they launched the modern XF and XK's and this XJ will seal Jaguar's survival

  • I love it.. It has a giant ass.. lovely sexy front face and amazing engine!

  • I think it looks fantastic. I had a 1994 VDP and was extremely dissapointed when they came out with an expensive Crown Victoria.

  • Not sold on the new design. I visited a showroom over the weekend. I do love the interior but outside, its too much like everything else on the roads. They pulled one out and parked it next to my black XJR it looked mundane. At a distance it could have been a Lexus for God sake.

    Ive always favoured Jags over BMWs and Mercs because I liked the traditional looks. This is not an ugly car, and probably the best car Jaguar has ever built but it just doesnt do it for me looks wise.

  • best design of jaguar ever

  • a very ugly looking car :(

  • OMG WTF is it ??? I can't belive what they done with this car. I am really disappointed. How it looks now ??? Like big crap !! Is it Jaguar ? Really shit work. Nobody buy this car. Don't look like Jaguar ehhhh nc ;/

  • damn can i have one, im half english. - nothing but asian people drive these luxury european automobiles... it's a disgrace.

  • Honestly love every part but the back i love the interior the exterior looks great maybe get like a bumper kit for the back to look more even wit the front but love everything else

  • i really like this car..if only i could have the money

  • It's beautiful but the rear end on it looks like a Renault's and sort've kills it all for me.

  • Makes me proud to be indian, now with Tata owning Jag and Land Rover.

  • @MrKulCars you sound like a racist to me.

  • the new xj is absolutely fanstastic. Jag is really getting things right at the moment.

  • wasn't completely sold on it when I saw the press photos, but having seen the car in the metal it is quite jaw dropping. It has an amazing presence and sticks head and shoulders above the crowd of the bland big German saloons.

  • How does that figure? The indian owners had no part in the design of that car.

  • a jaguar in the animal sense is sleek, the new xj is sleek therefor its fitting to be called a jaguar

  • Guys, when I first saw this car I almost puked but now it looks awesome to me.

  • What the hell are you on about!? I agree with the "awesome" part, but what the hell is it with the puking? It's bloody gorgeous, that is...

  • Dude, when I've seen what the've did with the undying classic I just said oh my god, I wanted just another XJ, but now I want this baby!

  • Ok, I agree about keeping classic cars classic, but hey, the old XJ will always be there, this is the future...

  • Well, I sadly find the exterior design of this car pretty common and meaningless. The back lines in particular are a lame mess, specially on the sides, 1:36.

    On the contrary, the elegant and bravado styling of the old Jaguars was incomparable to any other contemporary car. The future nothing, I love Jag but they could have come out with something more distinctive.

  • Well, that's the company's future, they've chosen it and there's nothing you or I can do about it, love it or hate it... Mind you, I'm not contradicting you, I've said it before and I say it again, I love the classic jag design, but I love the new one, too. On this matter, we can agree to disagree, yeah?

  • This is the production version, I hope not! Look at the panel gaps! You can see a huge 'crevis' at 21 secs and 38 secs into the video when the bonnet meets the nose. I have a Lexus GS300 so maybe that is why I am noticing this so much but even a Ford doesn't have panel gaps this big. This car cannot be a production model!

  • noooooo what did they do to the xj???????

    ok - maybe im too conservative, but jaguar has been JAGUAR all my lifetime - until yet.

    dont get me wrong, but the rear reminds me on citroen c6

    :-)

  • Jaguar are just adapting to suit modern tastes. Personally I think the new XJ is the best looking car I've ever seen. Try looking at it without comparing it to its predecessors but as a whole new car. Maybe even forget its a Jaguar.

  • ehhh, im not saying its a bad car, but i dont particularly like the looks myself.

  • Im not crazy about the back of the car but its still one of the best looking cars ive seen inawhile. I like it.

  • best looking car jaguar / tata has made so far.

  • i miss the 2009 already!

  • NICE ONE CAR!but only 101k$ :(

  • Nah all old cars are crap and look boring. This looks well nice! =]

  • "all old cars are crap and look boring"

    hahaha

    most stupid statement I ever heard )))

    how many newest cars do u have boy? )))

    and this one looks well BUT Jaguar XJ has lost the originality and recognizability with this model...

  • My dad has the new shape VW golf.

    All old jags look crap and should be crushed!

    haha

  • Look crap?

    The only thing that is crap is your dads VW.

  • lol at 1.18 there's a guy following in the old style XJ. Bet they feel pretty jealous!

  • i love the front! but the back ..mhm dont know what to make out of that !

  • i don´t like the new xj the original is the best the new is not beautifull

  • this jag would be even better if it had a V12. It should use Aston Martins V12. Now that would be HOT!

  • the old REAL XJ still looks fantastic! take a look at 1:18 video. Why the new one is still blimpong the left reaer lamp? any new system?

  • like its inspired from a commodo dragon face:)

  • Love this car, I want this car!!!

  • That Jag is absolutely gorgeous.

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  • wow jaguars are my favourite car and yes i am a girl crazy about cars

  • Jaguar XJ >>>> S-Class for millions of miles.

  • pause at 1:18 >> i like classic timeless old styling much better.

  • pause at :34 i like the s class better

  • its not that impressive from outside seriouslly its not

  • the back is from citroen uglyy

  • no citroen... just jaguar elegance :)

  • sorry i meant 0:34 sec

  • pause at 1:47. which is better jaguar or the benz? lol

  • bye bye Mercedes S-Class, time to bow to the new king

  • Fantastic front end, interior and engines. However the only reason the rear pillars are painted black is because the designers couldnt resolve the proportions, second rate designers, othewise if painted in the overall body color this car looks like a hatck back!

  • Woww !!!

  • bals lik only bmw and benz can make experiments

  • what do u know about cars u little piece of s***?.. go back to gran turismo.

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  • I love it :]

  • Fantastic car...future has been started :)

  • awesome ;)

  • dont loke the look of the rear end an i dont like the front end of the XF

    so on style wise the XF needs a bit of XJ front end and the XJ need a bit of the XF rear end

    and both XF/XJ it would look better if they darker there mesh grill

  • looks modern, but lacks the class of the outgoing model imho

  • The Rover Fastback Van den Plas of the 70-ties was the start of the End of Rover! This one, which looks like a Design Study from Bertone out of the 70-ties marks the beginning of the End of the Jaguar Brand! I promise you this!

  • ok, first you cannot compare jaguar to rover..

    And second i know a very long waiting list that would disagree with you...

  • We'll see in let's say 10 years if i was right or not!!!

  • I think the rear of the Citroen C6 is more elegant.

  • it is like an english saloon with no fake materials and smells and show off tech. royal , aristocratic. my friend has 2006 7 series and the fake wood imitation is peeling off. not to mention swetty sinthetic leather( it is NOT leather! ) the plastic paint is peeling off next to switches due to use! 52 000 miles and he was 7 times in cervice , each time more than 2 weeks.

    i ran my jag 60000 miles and now 160000 with 0 problems. and i drive the jag like would be an M5.

  • You are correct the E65 BMW 7 series is shit. The E38 was a great car and a true classic.

  • i like it couse it kept the difference and to be above BMW and merc. the front astonish and the back is Lancia Thesis. but overall very original and proportionate. on street i barely observe new BMW 7 or s class. this one and lexus L is taking the sight and jumps out of the image.

    i have an xj 6 and i love it . no other car can grow to your heart like these evergreen artsy design and real quality inside.

  • I want one!!!

  • I would be happy to sell my family for this car :)

  • the rear almost reminds me of the citroen c6

  • i love it!!! the backside is BEAUTIFUL! I'm European but i live in America and I can't wait to go see it in a showroom!

    Back looks similar to the Lancia Delta :)

  • Hmm! Looks very odd. I think back side is too massive which is produced by a vertical narrow tail lights. From rear view it reminds chines/korean design studio examples or whatever but jaguar british style. C-pillars looks cheap.

    In whole XJ seems to be a bit disharmonious.

    XF body I like much more in spite of the fact that XF is not that good car that jaguar can build.

  • the s-class, the 7 series etc. always were the better cars. the only reason to buy a XY was his beauty! but this one is ugly as hell! i don't think jaguar has a future with cars like that

  • oh yes it is nice, but i like more old jaguars(XJ40 is my favourite :D ). I think that the new ones doesn`t look like jaguar anymore... just my opinion.

  • i hav to agree with you. Jaguar of old were very simply styled yet effective e.i the e-type had a huge bonnet and a sloping rear but it still was, and is, one of the most stunning cars of all time. But modern jaguars: XF, XJ etc. look too complicated and... busy. They're a bit different and im not sure i like that

  • Agreed its nice but it could be a lexus.that low traditional jag look has gone.

  • You are right John. I love Jags and the XJ40 is by far the best. I spent a grand on one. Its immaculate, its a 4 litre, so fast and comfortable and still smells of leather inside! F**k BMW and Mercs. My dad has a CLK and its rubbish!

  • haha that`s right.

  • Jaguars interiors are worlds beyond anything else, and the interior is where you spend most of your time, no?

  • Great Front end, it looks awesome.

    Im not sure about the shape of the lights on the rear end. Thr body shape is fine, its just the lights look too small and sometimes ugly at some angles.

  • I must say, as a long standing fan of Jaguars, I wasn't sure about this radical change - until I saw one in the flesh 3 days ago! WOW! It looks fabulous on the road, and the controversial back end really works! Reminds me of a Maserati believe it or not!

    I think Jaguar are onto a huge winner here - just try and see one in the flesh :-))

  • ITS A JAAAAAG :)

  • im sorry i shot your wife but I drive a Jaaaaaaag!

  • beautiful as hell!!

  • Very eye-catching. Very modern. Very distinctive. 11 out of 10.

  • Back in tha hood, the bitches be seing niggas got a new jag they beta belivin... yea i got the dope cause yall kno im cut throat i bang to the beat ridein with my homies i own the street..bitches legs open cause i got the sweet..bouncers scared of me as i be packin lizen yo me yall That car be pimpin...

  • older one was much better looking

  • It's a pity nobody else agreed with you, as they all bought BMW's and Audi's. Sales were diminshing so Jaguar had to do something completely radical. I suggest you reserve your opinions until you get to see one on the road. It looks stunning and the interior is brilliant.

  • The older XJ at 1:18 catches my eye far more than the new one. The front end of the new XJ is quite nice and an improvement over the XF, but the middle of the car to the rear is an abomination.

  • That was excactly what i was thinking of

  • THis is a disposal one way car as any Hyundai and kia..nothing common with a Jag

  • You clearly know nothing about cars to compare a jaguar to the Kia your mother drives.

  • Hehe and you have now taste--this car is not a Jag its only a rebadged China Style vakuum Cleaner...watch an XJ12 or Daimler double 6 thats a Jag--this here is ugly TATA crap

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  • i don´t think signalizing braking and changing lanes with the same lights is such a good idea...

    apart from that it looks not bad, especially the rear!

  • if my grandfather knew that the new XJ were comming soon when he bought his Xf i bet that he would have waited the extra year on buying a new jag:)

  • @ ajmangalore: Be calm. Some of the people are frustrated about the rising India. They have a valid reason to be like that. After all they are loosing their monopoly LOL. So, don't respond to such comments.

    Every one knows what Jag is!! Its unique in its class! But I too think that XJ rear is not doing justice to the front!

  • congratulations;) thats a very nice jag:)

  • cool, my dad just bought next years ferrari 458. just as believable, as this car aint for sale for another few months yet.

  • Damn it! And I could have gotten away with it if weren't for you...

  • ;) booya:P

    its like scooby doo :L

  • There not even for sell yet dude.

    .....nice try.

  • yea i agree...

    this is one great looking car...

    and im sure it will have great ride comfort, judging by the previous xj

  • definatley a head turner.. wow.. i want one.

  • WoW Nice Car........

  • and for your information, Indian technology is not a joke, as India is one of the world's leading countries in IT (information technology),

  • And I am offended not because you don't like the car, but because you referred to the company that made it as an "indian jungle car company"

    That I cannot tolerate

  • johnnytapia1981

    Stop using bad language

    and i take exception to the term by which you have referred to me

  • Oh!:-( This Jag is ugly! I think is the most beautiful jag is the greatest x308 XJR in white. This is an unbelivable all time shape look like a porsche 911. Many Jag fan`s turn to blue in this year. R.I.P. ORIGINAL JAG.:-(((