Archive for the 'Jaguar' Category

Jaguar driving diesel XF across the U.S.

Monday, November 14th, 2011

The first diesel Jaguar XF has arrived in the United States. But it’s not destined for a showroom, and it’s not headed to a waiting customer. No, Jaguar has slightly more ambitious plans for this particular oil-burning sedan. The 2.2-liter diesel four will propel this XF on a cross-country journey that will take it from New York [...]

NCE Converts New Jaguar XJ into a Four-Door Convertible Oddity

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

One of the latest models to fall into the hands of California-based company Newport Convertible Engineering (NCE) is the new Jaguar XJ. NCE is known for chopping off the roofs of just about anything it can, be that a Toyota Prius hybrid or a luxury Range Rover SUV.   And while we respect the work that went into [...]

Jaguar confirms XF wagon

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Since this is a post about the development of a European wagon, we can get two things out of the way right now: we probably won’t get it here in the United States, and there’s no use crying about it and all the other awesome wagons we don’t get. (It wasn’t the manufacturers that forced [...]

Jaguar to ditch current nameplates for alphanumeric badges?

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

An automaker can’t make it in the fringe anymore. Everything’s going either upmarket or mainstream, andJaguar has opted primarily for the latter. The company that not so long ago offered essentially one sedan and one two-door is rapidly expanding to a full lineup. So what’s the next step? According to the rumormeisters over at Autocar, it’s [...]

Jaguar Italy trims out a special XKR in… plaid Alcantara?!

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

We know what you were thinking: the Jaguar XKR is pretty cool, but what it really needs is a plaid interior. Fortunately, Jaguar Italy and Alcantara Interiors have teamed up to realize exactly that. And they didn’t just put in some plaid inserts like on a Volkswagen GTI, either: we mean Prince of Wales plaid covering the [...]