Earlier this month Leftlane had the chance to interview Jaguar design chief Ian Callum to discuss the company’s new XF sedan, plus rumors of an XF Coupe, as well as the future design direction for all of the company’s models.
Key points we gathered from Callum include:
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04/23, 4:04 PM
posted by:
xkr
Thank God for Ian Callum.
04/23, 5:15 PM
posted by:
purdue
Very well done. Much better than I expected when I clicked on it.
04/23, 5:37 PM
posted by:
F451
Like I’ve said before this XF would have made a great Taurus replacement, however, the spy shot of the upcoming Taurus looks better than the XF! The XF is bland at best…sorry Ian.
04/23, 7:24 PM
posted by:
jayjc08
I’m not quite liking all I hear from Ian Callum…
04/23, 9:32 PM
posted by:
GIUGIK1
yeah, it is bland. And yes ,the 2010 Taurus DOES look better than this Jag… And it will go for around 25K as oppssed to 60 K for the Jag.
04/23, 9:57 PM
posted by:
RLC
I think it’s great looking. I just don’t see Jaguar in it, aside from the logo bits. It looks like a Lexus to me.
04/24, 1:15 AM
posted by:
bigp
there was an green 4.2 that was racing an gs430 an kicked its ass on the turnpike
04/24, 5:41 AM
posted by:
LDMAN
To xkr:
I got one word for Ian, X350. The New XJ looked too much like the old one and as a result is a flop that precipitated Jaguar into being sold. Granted, he is not the one that approved the final draft.
On the subject of X250 (XF), the car should have looked more like the Advanced Lightweight Coupe Concept and was softened up for production. It shows.
The loss of Aluminium (not Ian’s fault) also made the car too heavy. However, I still love Jags and the direction the brand is taking.
http://www.jaguarusa.com/Microsites/USJan06/09XF_Launch2_hi.html?route=_us_en_latest_films_films@
Let us see what Tata does with it. My hunch is that they will try to sell it ASAP to BMW.
04/24, 8:58 AM
posted by:
qhaak
LDMAN, you don’t know too much about the auto industry do you? Why the hell would BMW be interested in picking up a brand that produces cars in one of the most expensive countries on earth and positions itself as premium sport/luxury brand which is what BMW does also?
04/24, 10:39 AM
posted by:
shaver
Good luck Ian.
04/25, 6:57 AM
posted by:
G
Who the hell’s that guy in the picture for Leftlanenews on Youtube?