2016 Jaguar XE (priced from $35,895)
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not a great looking car imo. back end in particular is weird.
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I think this will all be fixed with the proper tires and rims. These mule car rims look tiny and the offsets are completely off....and it throws off the long front-end and the bland rear, IMO.
I think this has the potential to be a nice-looking car.
I think this has the potential to be a nice-looking car.
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ah thanks. glad that's not what it will look like then!
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Does that mean 2015 for the 2016 my coupe with the convertible following a year or two later? I could care less about the sedan, but an ecoboost convertible would definitely peak my interest.
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No mistakes this time!
Jaguar design boss admits X-Type was a mistake
History has a way of repeating itself, especially in the auto industry. When Jaguar was owned by Ford, the British brand attempted to field a competitor for the BMW 3 Series, called the X-Type. Based on the bones of a Ford Mondeo, it aped the styling of Jaguar's flagship model, the XJ, while borrowing liberally from the Ford parts bin. That was 2001.
Now, in 2013, Jaguar is planning a new 3 Series challenger based on the platform previewed by the C-X17 Concept, while Ford is attempting to take the latest Mondeo upmarket. The moves have both brands recognizing where, why, and how the X-Type failed. "It didn't look mature or powerful or anything. It was just a car," Jaguar's current head of advanced design, Julian Thomson, told PistonHeads. Basing the X-Type on a front-drive car while giving it styling that was meant for a rear-driver lead to proportions that "were plainly wrong," Thomson told PH. Ford's European head of quality, Gunnar Herrmann, added that the X-Type was "a fake Jaguar, because every piece I touch is Ford."
For what it's worth, the X-Type's successor in the segment will sport rear-drive, with plenty of input from Ian Callum. Thomson described the new model, which would challenge the 3 Series as having, "Big wheels right to the ends of the car, low bonnet, short overhangs, very low cabins." Sounds good to us.
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/19/j...was-a-mistake/