I was worried when Tata bought Jaguar/Rover. You never see good cars from India, but they did do a wonderful job with the new Jag's and Rover's. I do miss the classic British styling of the Jagaur. Still thing that the XJ has a little ways to go before can compete more with its rivals at BMW and Mercedes, but it is moving in the right direction. Glad to see they didn't end up like Hummer, Saturn, and many other brands GM owns.
@kdyfiejfj - India had nothing to do with this Jag other than spend money on it, or get funds from the British goverment to spend money on it, I should say. It was designed and built in Britain with British money. And Jaguar more than competes with BMW and Mercedes. Jaguar were ahead of the game until about the '70's, but have always been more beautiful and always a lot, lot, lot better to drive than any of its rivals. It's now far more reliable than BMW and definetly more reliable than a Merc.
Tata had to with it... they OWN(not partly but fully) the Jag. it's theirs. Like it or Not if it wasn't for TATA, Jag would have gone bankrupt. Management is everything and Indians cannot be beaten when it comes to business. Well done to TATA for giving us this beauty
@maltese85 - I don't care who owns Jaguar so long as the owners allow Jaguar to build their cars without interfereing, and TATA don't interfere, so that's ok by me. That should be the same for any car company who make great cars but lose independence. That's why Lamborghini no longer has the magic anymore because their owners think they know better than them, but with the likes of Skoda outside interference is good.
TATA didn't bring us this car but only Jaguar. This car would still have existed just as it is without TATA. TATA had no influence on its look and of course none on its engineering. Had it not been for TATA this car would still exist today just as it is but with JCB owning the Jaguar company and not TATA.
There were other big companies lining up to buy Jaguar other than TATA. So long as they don't interfere and keep giving Jaguar money; then that's fine by me.
I agree with you in the part that Tata gave independence to JAG...that's why JAG is successful under Tata but was not under Ford. The management was different. I don't agree with you that the XJ would exist if Tata was not there. Tata funds them well and gave the company back to JAG as you said, there is no guarantee others would have done the same. At first I was shocked when Tata bought Jag, but now I think Tata is the best thing that happened to Jag.
@maltese85 - JCB would have let Jaguar do their own thing and would have bankrolled this new XJ model at the very least, but, that's if JCB had won out over any other potential bidders. The other bidders who may have won I cannot be sure what they'd have done.
So long as TATA just interfere only with their money and let Jaguar get on with doing what they do best; then Jaguar are as good as independent and both Jaguar and TATA will benefit as a consequence. We should see some great Jags coming.
I don't see JCB as having enough cash to fund JAG and LR like Tata.. Tata is one of the world's biggest companies. All the companies they bought, grew... Tetly, Corus, Hispano, Daewoo etc.. But yeah I'm sure we have seen nothing from Jag yet..the best is yet to come. Hope they get the Bertone design
@maltese85 - I think we'll have to wait and see before we can judge TATA properly. This new XJ was in late development before TATA took over, so whoever was going to buy Jaguar this model was always going to come out. It was released only a matter of a few months after TATA took over, so even if Ford had still been in charge it would have been released.
What I like though is that TATA have money for Jaguar development but nothing else to offer and so they'll let Jaguar people run Jaguar.
@sigmaman93 It's a British car but you can't deny, TATA are the best thing ever to happen to Jaguar. The old models were stuck in the past under Ford, but it took the Indian company for them to have enough daring to produce these contemporary models. Be thankful for their new owners.
@MUSlC1213 the jaguar company was so close to bankrupt because nobody liked the classic vibe this cars had.... they were forced to redisign it completely and make a more modern design to increase sells.
Im not too fund of it. Looks like its trying to be a stretched Audi Ag, the tailights look like something from Buick.. moreover Licoln.. It only looks good in black to me.. but i liked the last version.. they could have kept some of the old lines or did a better job of making it look like the Xk.. like Aston Martin did with the Rapide..
oh please ... The Rapide is the most stupidly designed car in the world.. they just took a db9 stretched it in the middle and put 2 extra doors... it makes me not want to buy a DB9 anymore. garbage
@MrCartmansmom Seriously!? its called brand identity.. at least i think thats an example of it.. & your logic makes no sense.. isnt that what most cars do to expand their image? Like the E-class & the CLK... no disrespect but it seems like your just mad for no reason. Turn off your cpu & then turn it back on.. & then look at the Rapide again. It should look a little better. lol
Brand identity is when you conserve or you evolve certain features or lines in the design... not when you clone the damn thing ... I love Aston Martins ... but that is not cool
nice.
Merdecola 8 months ago
385hp base :-)
MrDede2011 1 year ago
nice good looking car.. still, I rather buy an S-class.. this is the car for those who has extra expendable income who wanna get funky on the road.
JoeCaliforniah 1 year ago
@JoeCaliforniah
Not really. From what i know, this Jag cost way less than Merc S-class. Doesn't matter base model or top of the line model.
tatummutat 1 year ago
I was worried when Tata bought Jaguar/Rover. You never see good cars from India, but they did do a wonderful job with the new Jag's and Rover's. I do miss the classic British styling of the Jagaur. Still thing that the XJ has a little ways to go before can compete more with its rivals at BMW and Mercedes, but it is moving in the right direction. Glad to see they didn't end up like Hummer, Saturn, and many other brands GM owns.
kdyfiejfj 1 year ago
@kdyfiejfj - India had nothing to do with this Jag other than spend money on it, or get funds from the British goverment to spend money on it, I should say. It was designed and built in Britain with British money. And Jaguar more than competes with BMW and Mercedes. Jaguar were ahead of the game until about the '70's, but have always been more beautiful and always a lot, lot, lot better to drive than any of its rivals. It's now far more reliable than BMW and definetly more reliable than a Merc.
sigmaman93 6 months ago
@sigmaman93
Tata had to with it... they OWN(not partly but fully) the Jag. it's theirs. Like it or Not if it wasn't for TATA, Jag would have gone bankrupt. Management is everything and Indians cannot be beaten when it comes to business. Well done to TATA for giving us this beauty
maltese85 4 months ago
@maltese85 - I don't care who owns Jaguar so long as the owners allow Jaguar to build their cars without interfereing, and TATA don't interfere, so that's ok by me. That should be the same for any car company who make great cars but lose independence. That's why Lamborghini no longer has the magic anymore because their owners think they know better than them, but with the likes of Skoda outside interference is good.
cont..............
sigmaman93 4 months ago
@maltese85 cont..............
TATA didn't bring us this car but only Jaguar. This car would still have existed just as it is without TATA. TATA had no influence on its look and of course none on its engineering. Had it not been for TATA this car would still exist today just as it is but with JCB owning the Jaguar company and not TATA.
There were other big companies lining up to buy Jaguar other than TATA. So long as they don't interfere and keep giving Jaguar money; then that's fine by me.
sigmaman93 4 months ago
@sigmaman93
I agree with you in the part that Tata gave independence to JAG...that's why JAG is successful under Tata but was not under Ford. The management was different. I don't agree with you that the XJ would exist if Tata was not there. Tata funds them well and gave the company back to JAG as you said, there is no guarantee others would have done the same. At first I was shocked when Tata bought Jag, but now I think Tata is the best thing that happened to Jag.
maltese85 4 months ago
@maltese85 - JCB would have let Jaguar do their own thing and would have bankrolled this new XJ model at the very least, but, that's if JCB had won out over any other potential bidders. The other bidders who may have won I cannot be sure what they'd have done.
So long as TATA just interfere only with their money and let Jaguar get on with doing what they do best; then Jaguar are as good as independent and both Jaguar and TATA will benefit as a consequence. We should see some great Jags coming.
sigmaman93 4 months ago
@sigmaman93
I don't see JCB as having enough cash to fund JAG and LR like Tata.. Tata is one of the world's biggest companies. All the companies they bought, grew... Tetly, Corus, Hispano, Daewoo etc.. But yeah I'm sure we have seen nothing from Jag yet..the best is yet to come. Hope they get the Bertone design
maltese85 4 months ago
@maltese85 - I think we'll have to wait and see before we can judge TATA properly. This new XJ was in late development before TATA took over, so whoever was going to buy Jaguar this model was always going to come out. It was released only a matter of a few months after TATA took over, so even if Ford had still been in charge it would have been released.
What I like though is that TATA have money for Jaguar development but nothing else to offer and so they'll let Jaguar people run Jaguar.
sigmaman93 4 months ago
@sigmaman93 It's a British car but you can't deny, TATA are the best thing ever to happen to Jaguar. The old models were stuck in the past under Ford, but it took the Indian company for them to have enough daring to produce these contemporary models. Be thankful for their new owners.
Atrollin2 3 months ago
TATA !! the only automobile company to sell cars ranging from 2250$(NANO) to 225000$(Jaguar)
Jai Hind!!!
CaptainGeek5 1 year ago 11
@VTolDL1000 It's still got some old Jag influences but with a modern touch, great car.
G1NZOU 1 year ago
I don't like how Jaguar got rid of its signature design completely
MUSlC1213 1 year ago
@MUSlC1213 the jaguar company was so close to bankrupt because nobody liked the classic vibe this cars had.... they were forced to redisign it completely and make a more modern design to increase sells.
nlsnestevez 1 year ago
Im not too fund of it. Looks like its trying to be a stretched Audi Ag, the tailights look like something from Buick.. moreover Licoln.. It only looks good in black to me.. but i liked the last version.. they could have kept some of the old lines or did a better job of making it look like the Xk.. like Aston Martin did with the Rapide..
Gameboytri77a 1 year ago
@Gameboytri77a
oh please ... The Rapide is the most stupidly designed car in the world.. they just took a db9 stretched it in the middle and put 2 extra doors... it makes me not want to buy a DB9 anymore. garbage
MrCartmansmom 1 year ago
@MrCartmansmom Seriously!? its called brand identity.. at least i think thats an example of it.. & your logic makes no sense.. isnt that what most cars do to expand their image? Like the E-class & the CLK... no disrespect but it seems like your just mad for no reason. Turn off your cpu & then turn it back on.. & then look at the Rapide again. It should look a little better. lol
Gameboytri77a 1 year ago
@Gameboytri77a
are you blind ?
Have you not seen the Rapide?
Brand identity is when you conserve or you evolve certain features or lines in the design... not when you clone the damn thing ... I love Aston Martins ... but that is not cool
MrCartmansmom 1 year ago
now thats a car, what a diva
ArtyomZakharenko 1 year ago
why are all of the shots from a lowered, sitting on the ground angle?
...hmm I suspect this is the ONLY angle that hides that stupid c-pillar...oh..and the car is BLACK as well...
DINO1200 1 year ago
it looks like a jaguar waking up the headlights lol
digitalrbn 2 years ago 2
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
okavipra 2 years ago
hot !!!!
MrGTR1988 2 years ago
looks like a sleek maybach.
juukyuu7666 2 years ago