Bye bye Jaguar

[East Level 2]

Had an XE, loved it, fantastic car. Jags are seen an " old mans car " nowadays . Suited me perfectly !

I bought a five year old S-Type in 2010. It cost the same as a three or four year old Mondeo or Vectra. So why not?
Loved the car and I've regretted not getting a used XF. Poor reliability and being easily nicked seem to be features of the LR part of the group rather than the J.
Might still be tempted by a used XF or possibly F-Pace when I change in a couple of years.

 

[East Level 2]

Jags lost their identity years ago. As with most cars, they all look the same from 25yds

 

[Lavinda Past]

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That's easy for you to say

 

[East Level 2]

That's easy for you to say

An ever so slight balls up in the process of pasting the Specsavers logo. It was only live for a minute or two.

 

[Platt Lane 59]

I go driving in my car
It's not quite a Jaguar......

There's one outside our house...

 

[Bill Walker]

The concept of jaguars was always beautiful and classic and I love the looks, but in reality they were all shit to drive and unreliable, anyone who's ever driven and E type Jaguar will probably agree.

 

[Really_here]

The concept of jaguars was always beautiful and classic and I love the looks, but in reality they were all shit to drive and unreliable, anyone who's ever driven and E type Jaguar will probably agree.

I've had nothing but Jags for the last 20 odd years and none of them were shit to drive. My current XJ is 17 years old and coming up to 150,000 miles. I love it but sadly the last of what I call "proper" Jags. Four headlights and classic 3 box shape. The last XJ was ugly as sin and could quite easily be mistaken for any 'modern' saloon car. Shame. btw I ave driven an E-Type and that wasn't shit to drive either.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

There's one outside our house...

You're an embarrassment

 

[I'm With Stupid]

It’s subjective of course but I disagree, I think Jaguar have more identity and panache than most other brands put together.

The F-type and XF were and still are very handsome cars and a good alternative to bland offerings from the likes of the VAG group and BMW these days.

Not a fan of their SUVs but I have a bee in my bonnet about stupid crossovers in general.

I really liked the look of the new Jaguars when Tata took over them. But I kinda agree with him, and I blame Aston Martin. Basically they brought out the DB9 and then every car for the next 10 years tried to copy it. Like this:

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Range Rovers in particular suffer from huge depreciation. Bad news when buying new but it means they’re very affordable on the used market, which means a lot of them are bought by people who then realise they can’t afford to maintain them properly, so they get abused and then start to fail.

Just wait while they get hit with the updated car tax in April 25.

The new taxation classes are going to play havoc with new car sales if they emit too much Co2. If it's a range rover exceeding 255 gram per kilometre then it goes up to £5490.

Loads of ice vehicles will see a doubling of road tax when bought new. Even the car tax for vehicles over 40k will see new additional bands extended from current 3 years to 5 years.

I get the heavy handed nudge to encourage the take up of electric but until the infrastructures in place it all just sounds a little unfair.