Jaguar Preparing New XJ Sedan
Posted by admin on Jan 10, 2009
Jaguar has all but confirmed speculation that a new XJ is due to go into market as early as June 2009 according to statements by Jaguar executives. The XJ was spied in testing several times during 2008. Jaguar MD Mike O’Driscoll said of the car that it ‘takes, we believe, the luxury saloon to new heights in terms of its technical enhancements’. That was during an event previewing the brand’s upcoming new engines.
The vehicle will be a radical design departure for the XJ label, promising to look more like a four-door coupe than a big sedan
. Currently Jaguar’s superstar car is the XF and Chief Designer Ian Callum had intended for it to take on coupe-like looks even as a four-door sedan. This was achieved partly by getting the rear roofline to slope towards the back more like an XK than a saloon. Similar-looking cars include the Porsche Panamera, Aston Martin Rapide and the Mercedes-Benz CLS. With the XJ that philosophy will be taken to the next level.
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First official Aston Martin Rapide image comes online
Posted by admin on Nov 27, 2008
It’s only one image, but it’s supposedly the real deal. Or so says CAR Magazine in the UK, which published this rendering of the upcoming Aston Martin Rapide today. The publication claims the computer-generated rendering comes straight from Aston and previews the final form of this über four-door coupe. They apparently have another image in hand but are saving that for the January 2009 print issue of CAR. From what we can see, it appears that the Rapide will remain very true to the concept version. CAR notes the front end has changed a bit with the concept’s quad air intakes being replaced by an upper and lower grille, and there’s now a more creased character line running down the length of the vehicle. The rear has supposedly changed a little as well, but is not viewable from the angle we get in this rendering. The mag is also claiming the Rapide will be powered by a big 6.0L V12 producing 500bhp and 420 lb-ft of torque, which should be enough to keep the large sedan, err… coupe, moving briskly.
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