The new architecture, we’ve learned, has been designed from the start
with the flexibility that the current platform never had. The capacity
for all-wheel drive has been engineered from the outset, unlike Jaguar’s
current platform, which required a shocking amount of reengineering for
the new all-wheel-drive XF and XJ.
In a few years, we expect this platform to underpin replacements for the XF and XJ, but as well as new models. A Jaguar crossover is very much on the table,
the company’s CEO Adrian Hallmark told us last year. At the time,
designer Ian Callum also said it was a product that they “discuss every
day.” For Jaguar to really grow from being a bit player in the luxury
market to at least a full-fledged brand, a crossover is a must-have
product. Try to imagine something more like a Porsche Cayenne and less
like a Mercedes-Benz R-class, and you’d have the right idea.
Every coming-of-age movie about high school–aged boys traveling
throughout Europe shares one stereotypical scene: There’s always the
nerdy creep who demands to be taken to a topless beach in France.
Disappointment, rather than hilarity, ensues. In September, the topless
antics in France will take place in Paris and promise to be far less
disappointing. Jaguar has announced that a production version of its
highly anticipated F-type roadster will appear at the 2012 Paris auto show, adding another top-dropping draw in addition to the Audi R8 Spyder and, very likely, the RS5 cabrio.
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