Ah the Subaru SVX will never die, or fade away...

Why do concept car interiors always look like they were designed by Buckminster Fuller?

id rather have jags have front ends like tauruses than that...
and that interior looks cool, but its not jaguar. supposed to be luxury!

I like it. Sort of a Quattroporte/Continental/CLS/Aston dealie.

Well, since we all know the production car isn't going to look anywhere near this... can I use "snazzy"?... I don't see what the beef is over when these hit the interweb. The sedan we get will have similarly-shaped headlights or something. Woo.

That's one hot tamale. ¡Me gusta!

Salut, Don Spinelli!

Seeing as how every car that oozes "Jaguarness" has been a total flop on the marketplace, unloved by everyone who isn't a diehard Jaguar purist, its about time for the company to take a different tack. Clean, modern, Germanic lines are what the 21st century demands, so bring it on.

Yeah, but Jaguar isn't German. The only reason why the "market" demands Germanic design is because that's all that is offered to them these days. The Germans, of course, have Germanic design themes, and the Japanese ape those design themes. The Brits are the only ones in the US who can possibly do something different, and they choose to do the exact same thing. Look at the Italians or the French. They both defy Germanic design themes and consistently produce cars that are better looking than anything coming out of the Fatherland.

The front half looks like a Lexus IS, the back half like the Aston Martin Rapide concept.

Neither of which is conspicuously fugly, mind you.

I doubt the production version will look too much like this (for one thing, passengers in the rear will need a little headroom), but Jaguar definitely needs a new design language and it could have been much worse. Here's hoping.

Helllo Astaguar.

Looks very Aston Martin inspired. Ford, what are you trying to do...let them be distinct!

Remember the old V8 Vantage?

The Series II V12 XJ?

Those are definitive Jaguar and Aston...let them part their lovely ways....maybe an E-Type inspired coupe here or there for Jag, but nothing to actually compete with the new Vantage. That's pretty basic. Duh.

Right hand drive is one thing, but gauges that spin COUNTER clockwise?

Now that I simply cannot brook. This car is dead to me.

any guesses why the line that is not outside posted these reports? Because of the C&D leaks? I really wonder what the fallout is going to be. So, other auto bloggers: if everything gets released on the web first will we even need to go to the show? Only those with embargoed information will get traffic gains etc?
where is RF in all of this?

That's damn purty, too bad about the luscerne shaped grille, but it works better on this car.

muy caliente!

... the ass end is a little too busy though.

Hey, Cyclo, the speedo on an original 427 Cobra spins counter clockwise. Hasn't hurt that car's image too much.

I still think this looks like a Volvo, with those slab sides and squarish grill. But It's growing on me.

Who else thinks the production version ends up looking more like a Buick?

Everything from the A-pillar back looks like the Lincoln MKR. Not good.

lol, xenti i'll go ahead and side with you, pity more companies don't produce more concept true cars the way auid does (TT, LeMans, Pikespeak, etc). Ooo and while i'm fanboying it up, 420hp from a blown 4.2l? Oh. Wow. Yawn. Way to build an engine that's on par per power/displacement with Audi's oft criticized "ancient" 4.2. Thank god Jag's tag-line isn't "ultimate driving machine" or "vorsprung durch teknik". What's a polite way of saying "a poor man's Aston" anyways. (poor being relative here)

I agree with Loverman about the SVX. The fron looks like the new Subaru flying vagigi with some Audi mixed in to butch and teuton it up.

Enhhh.. It's O K, but I still prefer the IOsis.

http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/ford/ford-to-reveal-iosis-con...

Now THAT'S a spicy meatball!

It's Jag enough for me. Call me when it's built.

Uhhh, not to be a dick, but with the criticism of embargoes and the old press, isn't it hypocritical considering Davey G. went to that Ford event where they laid out product plans for the next 5 years and hasn't spilled on it? I'm not advocating for him to do something that violates a signed agreement and gets him sent somewhere with barred windows and a roommate named Bubbles, but do you guys have any trouble with that?

Or is there a realistic limit to journalistic integrity, that is drawn roughly within a short and curly of "legal action?"

DAR -- it was actually I who went to the Ford event. I don't want to step on my own story on this -- but check back here Tuesday for some further commentary on the subject -- I hope you'll find it interesting.

DAR -- Not sure where in the post we criticized C&D outright for trying to maintain an advantage. Also, receiving embargoed photos doesn't require, as you mentioned, our signing a binding non-disclosure agreement. Participating in corporate sneak previews is on an entirely separate legal plane as the "gentleman's agreement" of an embargo.

As for C&D's threats, considering the originally leaked photos were scans of C&D work product, not original press images, the mag had copyright claim to the work, and could have pursued legal action. Sorry for the party pooping, but some lines are finer than others.

just have a second here between planes, didn't read the article, but is that the NEW ACURA!
Nice! What a scoop! Thanx.
Mary Xmas kiddos.

Tuesday's almost gone with the wind, Mr. Wert. The further commentary, please.

So do I have this straight? All the various sites that had photos up before and later took them down had scans of the article in Car & Driver, but Inside Line was the only media outlet, other than C&D, to have gotten the official photos from Jag prior to NAIAS?

I like it, I like it a lot. I may look for one with high mileage on the used car lots in the future.