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Jaguar have always been at the forefront of vehicle evolution, time will tell if the new Jaguar direction will continue that.

Correct

Not enough people bought the cars. Over the last 25 years they’ve tried to compete with the Germans firstly with X & S Types then E & F range and failed primarily due to poor product planning. The cars were good but it took the until 2016 to release an SUV, 14 years after the Porsche Cayenne when a re-bodied Range Rover was a simple option. It also took until 2023 to introduce a hybrid when Land Rover had hybrids from 2013 and the technology was available within in the group.

Indeed!

It’s one of the greats

Hopefully what comes next makes them even more significant going into the future.

The XJ was revolutionary for its time

I can't understand how few people are standing up to this woke rubbish.

The XJ was revolutionary for its time

Stunning cars

Jaguar is faced with a big problem. The current range was not profitable and the customer base is ageing. Not enough people bought the cars. Over the last 25 years they’ve tried to compete with the Germans firstly with X & S Types then E & F range and failed primarily due to poor product planning. The cars were good but it took the until 2016 to release an SUV, 14 years after the Porsche Cayenne when a re-bodied Range Rover was a simple option. It also took until 2023 to introduce a hybrid when Land Rover had hybrids from 2013 and the technology was available within in the group.

Not sure if marketing is to blame, sure the new ad was strange but the real issue has been poor product planning. They’ve tried to compete with the Germans firstly with X & S Types then E & F range and failed. The cars were good but it took the until 2016 to release an SUV, 14 years after the Porsche Cayenne when a re-bodied Range Rover was a simple option. It also took until 2023 to introduce a hybrid when Land Rover had hybrids from 2013 and the technology was available within in the group. Now they need to try a radical approach.

Great cars the X350!

As English as tea and biscuits

Need to speak American

Electrification is standardising everything. Historically you would buy a car because of the way it is engineered. A 911 Porsche for the flat six, a BMW the pure driving machine, a Merc for the engineering, a Jag for grace, space and pace. Why buy a Porsche Taycan over a KIA EV6 GT when the only thing different is a badge and an interior? Over the last 25 years Jaguar tried to compete with the Germans and failed. JLR is hugely profitable, banking £1.1 billion in the first half alone driven only through the Land Rover brand, this is not a struggling company. The options for the Jaguar brand were to either fold or start again. Time will tell if this is the end or a new beginning.

@@LouGuthryMotors Funnily enough, only this morning, I was watching a Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV following a Porsche, possibly Panamera, along the road and thought the Hyundai actually looked better and more like a Porsche at the back!

Love the old footage

No idea, footage and information on this race is very rare.

@LouGuthryMotors fair enough, yeah I rewinded the video to try and see but they didn't catch it on camera when it fell off lol not a very common thing to happen.

@LouGuthryMotors thanks for the upload though was fun to watch love my old Commodores and I've spent countless hours racing that track on Gran Turismo on Playstation over the years so it was so unusual to see a VK on that track. I wished GT7 added some Aussie cars back to the Gran Turismo series, atleast we've got Bathurst though.

We had a S1 Daimler Double 6 in our private collection for a while. Rare, wonderful cars.

Hahaha

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Yep

The XJ was revolutionary for its time

And Mercedes and BMW and Saab and Volvo and Citroen…all very sad!

@@briannumme9337 In a way I'm happy that Saab is gone, so they will never be subjected to the same abuse Jaguar has suffered at the hands of the woke globalist clowns. Every Saab you see on the road was built in a time when the world was normal and good.

@@LouGuthryMotors It's true! 👏👏👏😍😍😍

Definitely moving in a new direction

Utter Woke Junk. Lyons would be turning in his grave....

Great to see the old footage

Yes fuel was not really a consideration, they make excellent classic weekenders today.

My late father bought one second hand in 1977. 1972, Series 1, 4.2 Auto in sable brown. Gorgeous thing, and at a time when petrol was dirt cheap, so the fuel economy wasn't an issue. It was the pinnacle of William Lyons' vision, and in V12 form, the best car money could buy.

Old fashioned hosts are the best,

Times have changed, that’s for sure.

Thankyou LGM for the comment .... As I'm not British anymore, I hope you don't mind me saying that that is the story of British Industry .... Your Bentleys/Royce's and I think even Aston Martins are owned by the Germans and now you want to rejoin the EU .... Germany won't have it!!!!

We are Australian

Agree, especially the early SWB saloons

And the fastest full 4 seat saloon available in the world at the time

3.2 litre X300s cars can be underwhelming. 4litre cars and supercharged cars have a lot more oomph

@@LouGuthryMotors mine was 4.0 na. Motor was fine. The ride was very fragile it seemed. Brakes were just ok. Car didn’t feel solid like a w126 I also had at the time.

Driving characteristics nothing special lmao,theyre the finest handling most agile sports saloon cars in the world,from this series one onwards up to final x351.they simply cant be beaten.magnificent luxury cars.

@ W126s are one of the best engineered cars of all time.

Thanks for sharing. Early SWB cars with the IRS were remarkable for their time.

Agree and they are aging very well too.

Glad you liked it!

No it was not

The cars that Ian designed were great but not enough people bought them. Over the last 25 years they’ve tried to compete with the Germans firstly with X & S Types then E & F range and failed primarily due to poor product planning. The cars were good but it took the until 2016 to release an SUV, 14 years after the Porsche Cayenne when a re-bodied Range Rover was a simple option. It also took until 2023 to introduce a hybrid when Land Rover had hybrids from 2013 and the technology was available within in the group.

It does get passed down from generation to generation.

No, the car is Australian delivered.

Very rare example with excellent provenance.

Glad you enjoyed it

Series 2s are a great car

How much is this one

This one has been sold.

However, what price would be approximately for such condition vehicles, in future

Thank you

These last of the series with the mesh grille, BBS alloys and S-Type R air dam are the best.

The design has its origins dating back to the 60s and the series 1

Even a 4 speed makes a big difference

Hahahaha

Sorry no idea

Series 1 Manual Overdrive is one of the great cars

The great thing is all the old cars still exist!

It’s on us to preserve the legacy of all of these magnificent cars.