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As one falls, another will take its place – it seems Jaguar has the blood of Cerberus flowing through it fuel injectors.
By now, all you Jaguar fans will have heard the rumor about Jaguar axing the XK later this year. It's had a good run with 54,000 models being sold since 1996, but now that the F-Type is on sale barely anybody wants to buy the four-seater. In its place, it seems the Brits want a larger luxury GT, an XJ Coupe, according to the guys at Auto Express.
It seems they are "pulling a Mercedes" on us, capitalizing on their flagship nameplate to get the perfect luxury coupe nameplate, just like the Germans did with the recently launched S-Class Coupe.
According to AE, this larger coupe would still be a 2+2 (no surprise there), and will take on Bentley's Continental GT. This, gentleman, is a whole different ballgame to what the XK is playing. Prices would reportedly start at from £100,000, almost twice as much as the current 2+2 coupe. Six figures would make this a more expensive car than even the XKR-S, hinting that like the S-Coupe, only powerful top-spec engines will be available.
Jaguar's to-do list is long and complicated, as it includes their first crossover SUV ever and a new budget sedan to take on the BMW 3 Series. Both are high-priority projects, meaning Jaguar is unlikely to have the XJ Coupe ready sooner than 2017. Right now, the British company is working on a facelift for the current generation XJ, plus flagship models are usually kept in production much longer than normal models. A lot can change in that time, but at a glance this flagship coupe sounds like a far better idea than the current XK.
It seems they are "pulling a Mercedes" on us, capitalizing on their flagship nameplate to get the perfect luxury coupe nameplate, just like the Germans did with the recently launched S-Class Coupe.
According to AE, this larger coupe would still be a 2+2 (no surprise there), and will take on Bentley's Continental GT. This, gentleman, is a whole different ballgame to what the XK is playing. Prices would reportedly start at from £100,000, almost twice as much as the current 2+2 coupe. Six figures would make this a more expensive car than even the XKR-S, hinting that like the S-Coupe, only powerful top-spec engines will be available.
Jaguar's to-do list is long and complicated, as it includes their first crossover SUV ever and a new budget sedan to take on the BMW 3 Series. Both are high-priority projects, meaning Jaguar is unlikely to have the XJ Coupe ready sooner than 2017. Right now, the British company is working on a facelift for the current generation XJ, plus flagship models are usually kept in production much longer than normal models. A lot can change in that time, but at a glance this flagship coupe sounds like a far better idea than the current XK.
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