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Must have missed the part where Jaguar are designing, developing and manufacturing their cars in india
It's Tata, they can pull out of the UK on a whim.
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It's Tata, they can pull out of the UK on a whim.
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right...and they've had the opportunity to do that for for 16 years but haven't. Not saying they won't but regardless you'll still be supporting British industry
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Me thinks it was "leaked"...got to keep the attention going I reckon.
As far as the design...someone has been watching too much thunderbirds me thinks!
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official reveal pics here
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Looks much better in these pictures imo, although no idea what the contraption is that opens up above the wing mirror camera....
someone in the comments posted a good e type comparison too
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Looks much better in these pictures imo, although no idea what the contraption is that opens up above the wing mirror camera....
someone in the comments posted a good e type comparison too
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The renderings floating around the internet at the moment are not the new Jaguar - the most obvious giveaway to even the most shortsighted and uninformed commenter is the script which is the current Jaguar one.
From No2 son this morning:
After some...comments... in the internal channels, JLR decided to post the recording to an internal server so luddides like me can watch it - As of 8:30am today, 4,500 JLR staff have watched the internal link rather than the public one (identical video).
Seeing the "promotional assets" in 3D views confirms to me these are the studio clay models that were the original idea for the car years ago. So many details that are called out and seen will not be on the car (e.g. deployable cameras not mirrors are illegal in USA). I don't know why they chose to use such out of date visuals, when we have real cars around us (for the exterior views). The interior, well, obviously total fabrication & nothing like the real, argh!
I can only assume the marketers are using the double bluff strategy. 'Leaking' outlandish outdated images so when the real thing is finally unveiled on the 5th everyone will heave a sigh of relief and say 'Thank goodness. It looks just like:
Porsche Panamera
Tesla Model S
Maserati Quattroporto
and many other 10 year old styling excercises."
From No2 son this morning:
After some...comments... in the internal channels, JLR decided to post the recording to an internal server so luddides like me can watch it - As of 8:30am today, 4,500 JLR staff have watched the internal link rather than the public one (identical video).
Seeing the "promotional assets" in 3D views confirms to me these are the studio clay models that were the original idea for the car years ago. So many details that are called out and seen will not be on the car (e.g. deployable cameras not mirrors are illegal in USA). I don't know why they chose to use such out of date visuals, when we have real cars around us (for the exterior views). The interior, well, obviously total fabrication & nothing like the real, argh!
I can only assume the marketers are using the double bluff strategy. 'Leaking' outlandish outdated images so when the real thing is finally unveiled on the 5th everyone will heave a sigh of relief and say 'Thank goodness. It looks just like:
Porsche Panamera
Tesla Model S
Maserati Quattroporto
and many other 10 year old styling excercises."
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Those even say it's the 00 design concept from nearly 10 years ago!
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Didn't a certain Indian Co.buy a steel works somewhere and eventually started shutting it down . I sense a modus operandi here.
Nobody should be fooled into thinking that any investment in any of our industries by a foreign country is for our benefit long term any more than the world wide British Empire was for Jonny Foreigner. I believe the phrase "charity begins at home" is relevant.
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Seeing these images does bring to mind the photos of WW1 tank design.
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Didn't they say that Jag is now aiming at the Aston Martin sector so nothing under £100K and low volume. Which is why most of the showrooms will be closing. No idea what will happen to all the cheap jag tat on the road today that still needs main dealer support.
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Harry's Garage did a reasonable run down of it.
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A complete change of subject but on Metalmonkey's comment there is also a video about the sycamore felling court case. Well worth a look to give us hope that realistic journalism is not completely dead.
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Given that the Range Rover Special Vehicles division moan that with every box ticked the base >£200k RR can only get to £400k, I think the new Jaguar will aim for >£250k supercar territory.
The 'cheap tat' on the road these days doesn't see an under the arches bodger let alone a main dealer!
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Last week I had to pay an independent specialist dealer to fix my car. It nearly broke my heart to admit I was not able or willing to fix it. First time in 60 years . Seemed like the first step down an expensive path.
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On a quiet nightshift we would play with the "build my car" website to see who could spec the highest price car
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On a quiet nightshift we would play with the "build my car" website to see who could spec the highest price car
Ah, but did you try the Bespoke boys.
For c. £20k they will paint it any colour to match any swatch you present.
For another £20k or so they will guarantee no-one else can ever specify that colour.
Then comparable amounts for the leather colour...............................
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I think there was a place in Coventry that did the one off paint jobs for JLR then the body would come back and put into the build line.
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I agree what's happened to British steel is a travesty. It's embarrassing a country like Britain can barely make its own steel. This countries push on eco friendly steel making probably didn't help mind. But I don't think something as important as steel manufacturing should have fallen into foreign ownership to begin with.
Unfortunately it seems like any successful British company always falls into foreign hands, unless privately owned
But it still doesn't change the fact that they've recently invested billions into JLR. So I can't imagine they'd do that and then pull the plug anytime soon(touch dashboard wood) . Either way it could be worse (see:MG)
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Is that the reason there's so many cars styled like Ali G's tracksuit in London?
Money doesn't buy taste.
