Archive for the ‘Jaguar’ Category
Friday, June 5th, 2009
The most satisfying new car to own is the British-built Jaguar XF, according to the 20,000 people who completed questionnaires in the annual Driver Power of customer satisfaction carried out by Auto Express magazine.
Jaguar’s new saloon took the top spot in its debut year, seeing off the challenge from Skoda’s Superb, and last year’s winner, [...]
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Friday, June 5th, 2009
If little things please little minds, my mind must be the size of a pea when it comes to the Jaguar XFR. The devil is in the detail, and the devil most definitely wears Prada in Jaguar’s new super saloon.
What a beautiful piece of kit from the cream of Coventry. Makes you proud to be [...]
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
In 1965, a Jaguar dealer named John Coombs got an idea for an exclusive model. He was doing well selling modified Jaguar Mk 2 sedans, and asked Italian coachbuilder Pietro Frua - yes, the man behind this Camaro - to rework a red E-Type as a test lure for cash-heavy customers. Pietro shortened the car [...]
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
If it seems as if we’ve been talking about the Jaguar XJ a lot recently, it’s because we have. The redesigned flagship model is very important car for the British-born, Indian-owned automaker. Reports say that its new design will borrow heavily from the automaker’s modern, but still traditionally classy XF. Jaguar revealed the first official [...]
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Sunday, April 19th, 2009
It’s been a while since we heard any news from Rocketsports racing. The long-time Trans Am competitors last turned up running in Champ Car. During the last several Trans Am seasons, Rocketsports ran Jaguar XKRs, and this weekend at the Long Beach ALMS round, Rocketsports boss Paul Gentilozzi announced that his team would return to [...]
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Friday, April 17th, 2009
The Mille Miglia is one of those iconic races that, even though it’s not run anymore as a contemporary competitive race, is still celebrated every year with a retrospective historic rally along the original route through the Italian countryside. Ferraris, Alfa Romeos and Maseratis typically make up a healthy portion of the field, but this [...]
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
We’re in the South of France getting ready to drive Jaguar’s new XFR and XKR sports models, and Mike O’Driscoll, Jaguar’s managing director, has just confirmed that to us that the long-awaited Jaguar XJ successor will debut this July, with sales beginning in December.
Although details about the new XJ are still scarce, expect a thoroughly [...]
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
J.D. Power and Associates has just released its 2009 Vehicle Dependability Study… and it is a bombshell. For the past 14 years, including the most recent 2008 Vehicle Dependability Study, Lexus has sat at the top of the chart. In a significant upset this year, Buick and Jaguar have tied for top ranking (with just [...]
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