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Jaguar & Mercury top JD Power Customer Satisfaction List
J.D. Power has released its 2009 Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) Study, which rates Jaguar as the highest-ranked luxury vehicle and Mercury as the top mass-market make. The index focuses on the new-vehicle purchase experience, as defined by dealership facility, salesperson, paperwork and financing process, delivery process, and vehicle price. The survey highlights dealer salespeople's improved quality, no doubt spurred by the need to be extra attentive to car buyers in a down car market.
"In this difficult economy, dealerships are working particularly hard to close sales, but need to be attentive to customers without exerting unwanted sales pressure ...
SCOOP: Jaguar XE to battle Porsche Boxster/Cayman
British magazine Car has uncovered future Jaguar product plans that shed light on a brand new coupe and roadster pair aimed directly at the Porsche Cayman and Boxster. Planned for 2013, the new car will be called the XE and will fall below the XK coupe and convertible in the company's model hierarchy.
The XE cars will be built on a new, lightweight aluminum alloy chassis that will also serve as the underpinnings for future XK, XF and XJ models. The architecture will be front engine/rear wheel drive, which should serve as an assurance for driving enthusiasts.
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Specialist builder Eagle rethinks the classic Jaguar E-Type
It seems like rebuilding classic cars with modern engineering standards is all the rage these days. We loved this Germany-built AC Cobra, and now this: UK-based Jaguar specialists Eagle have rebuilt a 1966 Jaguar E-Type with an aluminum bodyshell and powered it with a Jaguar-based, 4.7L inline six. The beefy-looking Eagle E-Type sits lower than the original classic and features a chopped windscreen.
Performance? 175 mph top speed, 0-60 mph in under five seconds thanks to 300 hpm 340 lb-ft of torque a curb weight of just over a ton.
[Source: TopGear]
VIDEO: New Jaguar XJ in motion
My previous post on the all-new Jaguar XJ sparked spirited debate between me and my friends on whether the new car was good-looking or not. Opinion seems to be divided around the world, which Jaguar probably likes as much as BMW did the conversations when it released the first Bangle-butt car, the 2002 7-Series. You see, the XJ is now a design talking point, free publicity that Jaguar does not have to subsidize.
To follow up on the last post, here is a better video edited by the guys over at worldcarfans.com, with great shots of the interior as ...
VIDEO: Cadillac CTS-V takes on Jaguar XFR and BMW M5
Those of you who would like to experience what it is like when Detroit makes a genuine world-class car should take a look at the Cadillac CTS-V. The 556-hp CTS-V is taking the fight to rivals like the 500-hp BMW M5 and Jaguar's superb new 510-hp XFR.
Do not forget that this Cadillac has already passed the hardest of all tests: the CTS-V can boast about being the fastest V8 production sedan in the world, holding the category lap record around the Nürburgring.
In these videos, you will see how the CTS-V stacks up against its competition from ...
VIDEO: Jaguar unveils the all new XJ
A few weeks ago, we showed you renderings of the hotly-anticipated Jaguar XJ. Today, Jaguar launched the car in London amidst much fanfare and we can now say that the renderings were pretty dead on.
As is immediately visible, the new XJ resembles a combination of its siblings the XF and the XK up front, but it is at the rear that things get, well, strange. I personally cannot stop thinking about the Lancia Thesis when I see the rear lights and find the overall design to be a little incongruous, but I will reserve final judgement until I have ...
SCOOP: 2010 Jaguar XJ renderings
While we anxiously await the unveiling of the new version of Jaguar's bread-and-butter model, the XJ, on 9 July 2009, we are bringing you an artist's rendering of what the car will look like, courtesy of UK's Car. Apparently, these pictures are very, very close to the final product (the top-view is actually an official Jaguar teaser picture).
In keeping with Jaguar's recent engineering practices, the new XJ's construction will be aluminum-intensive for the lightest possible result. The new Jag will reportedly weigh less than 3800 lb. According to Car, the diesel version of the ...
VIDEO: Jaguar XFR is seriously fast
I have not yet had a chance to drive the Jaguar XFR, but from what I have read, it is supposed to be the 'bee's knees', as they say in its home country. For now, we have to defer to the British magazine Autocar, who recently tested the car on the famed Milbrook test track in the UK to see what this cat is really made of.
I think the results are pretty clear. If Jaguar keeps up this sort of form, its future is much brighter than one would have predicted only two or three years ago.
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Jaguar restorer hot-rods the classic XK 120
The Jaguar XK-120 is one of the most 'classic' classic cars of all time, and always included on the list of the world's most beautiful cars. The last thing you would expect is for someone to convert one into a hot-rod. But that is exactly what Jason Len of XK's Unlimited has done to a 1951 XK. Taking 3.8L engine from another classic, the Jaguar E-Type, Len has injected 300 hp into his XK's custom-made and lightened body.
Yes, yes, Jay Leno again....he gets all the cool cars to play with. Here he is again ...
Jaguar announces an electric 2011 XJ
Fresh from a new injection of cash from the EU earmarked for green vehicle development, Jaguar has announced a commitment to build a mild-hybrid electric version of its upcoming flagship car, the XJ, starting in 2011. The car’s electric drivetrain will be similar to that of the Chevy Volt. In other words, the car will have a range of roughly 30 miles on pure electric power, while a small combustion engine will charge the battery as it runs low.
[Source: Autocar]
WOW! Jaguar is the most dependable nameplate
Jaguar used to be synonymous with ‘spends its life at the mechanic’s’. So shock of shocks, in the 2009 JD Power & Associates Vehicle Dependability Study, Jaguar (along with Buick) dethrones Lexus as the most dependable nameplate. Toyota and Mercury round out the Top 5.
Jaguar being noted for reliability is as strange as Lindsay Lohan becoming a nun, which means that the magical but oft-troubled English brand should be grateful to its former parent Ford for the billions of dollars of investment during the years it owned Jaguar. Let us see how Jaguar does under its new Indian owners ...
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