Jaguar parent company Tata Motors has given the green light to plans for a two-door XF coupe and a ragtop XF convertible, according to a British media report. The new models will make Jag increasingly competitive with the wide range of cars offered by BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
The two-door XFs will do battle with the forthcoming Mercedes E-Class Coupe and Convertible, and the next-generation 6-Series from BMW. The cars will be priced aggressively against those models, in part to offer consumers a more cost effective alternative, and also to keep enough space between the XF and XK lineups.
An XF coupe has long been expected, but a convertible model seemed unlikely until recently. All said both vehicles will probably arrive in 2010 as 2011 models, reports AutoExpress.
The high-performance XFR designation will eventually find its way onto the coupe and convertible, but it’s not known how soon that will happen. The XFR sedan is expected to debut before even the entry-level two-door models arrive.
11/20, 5:53 PM
posted by:
idrinorbarsaku
convertible/coupe??? i thought the sedan had poor sales??
11/20, 6:30 PM
posted by:
thertrain
Its amazing what can be tried and funded when a brand is pulled out from under a giant pile of debt. I hope Jaguar flourishes now that it has been saved from Ford.
11/20, 6:36 PM
posted by:
aesir
Everyone has poor sales right now, but this car is gorgeous. An XFR coupe would have me second guessing getting an M3. I see too many M3s.
11/20, 6:55 PM
posted by:
A4
wow this is ballsy… especially these days. they better just hope they can keep cost far enough back from the XK.
11/20, 8:04 PM
posted by:
carbonsigma
And what was wrong with the XK? How about replacing the X-Type?
11/20, 8:50 PM
posted by:
NismoSentraKen
=====>>I wonder what would they name these cars…i hope they name them something different besides “XF Coupe” or “XF Convertible”…
11/20, 10:08 PM
posted by:
CJ-XKR
I lease a ‘07 XKR thats been dogged with electrical problems left and right…and i honestly think the current XF-Supercharged even has better handling from what I could tell on a test drive. If the XF-R Convertible is available when my lease is up…I’m goin to be taking a serious look at that!
11/21, 12:54 AM
posted by:
VWgrouP
NO NO NO..NO! Way to ruin your lineup alltogether Jaguar! I mean, the car is ugly inside and out already, why make it worse?
Its all because you let dinky litte TATA buy you out. The only nice car in your lineup is the XJ, and only because it reminds me of an Arnage!
11/21, 2:02 AM
posted by:
Got Handling?
dinky? TATA? think again
11/21, 8:23 AM
posted by:
BMW M1
Seriously dude, TATA gonna kick yo ass
11/21, 10:47 AM
posted by:
Need more oil for GM
Across the globe, two people are jumping for joy over this. The rest of us are looking forward to Jaguar going out of businees for good. Americans know they can buy a much more reliable, better quality Buick or Cadillac for the same price as this pile of garbage.
11/21, 11:17 AM
posted by:
Stinky007
In my opinion, the XF is less of a Jaguar as design goes than even the much criticized X-type…
The interior is the most boring piece of design I’ve seen in years, even Volvo does better nowadays.
And NMOG, you probably are kidding right!? Buick or Caddilac are “more reliable and better quality” than Jaguar? Have you noticed who came on top in the JD Power study!?
http://www.leftlanenews.com/surprise-jaguar-tops-jd-power-satisfaction-study.html
Seriously dude, you should change your name to “Need more money FROM GM”, they need to pay you better to learn more subtle a55-kissing techniques…
11/21, 12:48 PM
posted by:
mentir
@Need more oil for GM:
Are you down in the dumps because Jaguar’s future is much brighter than the General’s? By the way, Buick is your argument? Buick? Really!?!
11/30, 10:02 PM
posted by:
calexand
Stinky007, you should read your survey descriptions more carefully. This study is the sales satisfaction survey — of satisfaction with the purchase experience. It has nothing to do with reliability.