Comments on: Jaguar prices new XKR coupe, convertible

By: Luxurylaunches.com

Luxurylaunches.com — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:25:36 +0000

Jaguar reveals the price-tag of 2007 XKR coupe, convertible

Jaguar 2007 XKR models are described as, sensational cars to drive that define the road providing the combination of exhilaration and refinement to those who have an affinity for power and luxury. Swanky zone of Pebble Beach was chosen by the Jaguar N…

By: who knows

who knows — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:10:50 +0000

It is simple if you like it buy it if not dont. I would not call it a poor mans Aston but an Aston mans daily driver I got a 9′ and I am looking foward to owning this XKR to me it is very beautiful.

By: Guttersludge

Guttersludge — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:09:09 +0000

36chambers

Now, not that your stub was exactly placable or informative even, I get the distinct impression you’re a halfwit tosser who, in the words of Andrew Lang, “uses statistics the same way as a drunkard uses lampposts – for support, not illumination.”

Clearly you were cranio-rectally inverted at birth and simultaneously have chronic diarrhoea to boot, since the bull**** you wrote makes no sense on Earth.

Who, pray tell, are all these people that suddenly love BMW styling? Nazi skinheads? Fascist skinheads? Your hundreds of cousins? Who?

So NO, you tit, leave British_Rover alone and realise the truth – it is not the 70’s anymore.

Gather ’round everyone! You ready?

ONE…
TWO…
THREE…

“SHUT YO’ FACE!”

PS – Jump off a bridge. ‘n Take your own ****eyed pseudo-opinions with you. Asschasm.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:16:02 +0000

@ $92,500 for the Jag why wouldn’t you just spend a bit more and get the Aston Martin V8 Vantage ($110,000)? Sure one is a convertible and the other is a coupe, but it’s an Aston Martin, who cares?

Jon.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:13:18 +0000

36chambers,

The reason BMW is selling so well is because of their former glory (the days before all this electronic nonsense), the cars are balanced, and most people are tools and will buy a BMW just because it has a blue roundel up front that says BMW, regardless how ugly the car or how anti-driver the UI may be (think iDrive). Only 1 of the 3 things is actually a positive attribute in regards to the actual driving of the car, and the other 2 are merely the public’s perception.

The public perceives Mercedes as a high-class car as well, but their reliability is ****, especially when compared to Audi or BMW. And people keep on buying Mercedes; does that mean that people buy Mercedes for their reliability? No, of course not. The same can be said about BMW: their cars a re ugly, but do people buy BMW’s for their looks? No.

Out of curiosity, where did you get this statistic showing that most people love the looks of the new BMW’s? From my personal thoughts, I nthink that BMW toned down bangles ‘flame surfacing’ design in the redesigned 7-series, as can be seen from the ‘softening’ of the E65 into the E66.

Jon.

By: Dr*Manhattan

Dr*Manhattan — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:24:57 +0000

BMW’s glory days of design was every single year until Chris Bangle came along. I have a theory that we actually works for some other car company and was infiltrated into BMW as a mole to screw up their design!

By: British_rover

British_rover — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:12:34 +0000

Lots of people do not like the look of the six series. Mr. Clarkson does not care for it one bit…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8xxzKRVVv0

No one that I work with likes it either and that includes a former BMW/Mercedes salesman.

By: 36chambers

36chambers — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:56:30 +0000

british rover, seeing as how most people love the look of the new bmws, 6 series in particular, there’s only one conclusion: your opinions are wrong… so shut up.

By: Renton

Renton — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:40:20 +0000

While the Jag is a better looking car than the 6 series, the Bimmer is a better machine and will hold its value better.

The closest competitor to the Jag is the Maserati Coupe/Spyder, which I would take over the Jag.

It has a Ferrari motor, and suffers the same poor resale value. You can get a 3 year old Maserati for under $60K. They make an unreal sound.

By: British_rover

British_rover — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:23:16 +0000

Have you had your vision checked lately??

I mean some of the current BMWs are ok but the 6 series in particular is very, very ugly. When you make it a convertiable it just gets worse.

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:07:24 +0000

Ugly is a very subjective statement. I happen to like the current BMW’s.

By: British_rover

British_rover — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:12:56 +0000

True the BMWs are chepaer but they are ugly as sin and a lot of people do not like the SMG trannies either.

By: fromes

fromes — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:30:17 +0000

Good point Macapp,for this price I would much rather have a M5 then the Jag. But on the other hand this price undercuts other convertables such as the XLR-V and the SL550.

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:23:29 +0000

And I wouldn’t buy a M5 or 6 series for that price instead?

By: Renton

Renton — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:03:52 +0000

2 year old Jags are great buys with their horrific resale. Looking forward to picking one these bargains up in 2009.