By Nick Aziz
Wednesday, Apr 23rd, 2008 @ 3:54 pm

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:

  • The XF has a lower drag coefficient than the XK sports car — an impressive 0.29.
  • Jaguar plans to stick with the four-headlamp design for all models.
  • Jaguar considered using the S-Type shape grille on the XF, but decided it was “too much into the past.”
  • The XK will keep its oval grille going forward. The XF and XJ will have the rounded rectangular grille.
  • An XF Coupe would look very similar to the Sedan, dashing hopes for a C-XF-lookalike.
  • One or two details from the C-XF concept will show up on future Jaguars (we’re hoping the headlights will!)

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