Car (or bike) Chat!

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Originally Posted by Macca

The new Jag is here:

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-...lly-here/51759

Styling is okay apart from the front, it looks like a battering ram.

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That is as fugly as sin! No sleek lines or class whatsoever (a big box) and an affront to a proper Jaguar.

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Marco

That is as fugly as sin! No sleek lines or class whatsoever (a big box) and an affront to a proper Jaguar.

Marco.

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Jags haven't looked like Jags for a long time, sadly.

Indeed, and neither have RRs... Fit only for tasteless, fat-bottomed fools in Dubai.

Marco.

Proper Jag.

https://car-images.bauersecure.com/w...=90&scale=down

https://i.ibb.co/SwHmZFK0/MZBbo7-YPq...-WEg4xldzy.jpg

Has to be the coupe ofc.

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Originally Posted by Marco

That is as fugly as sin! No sleek lines or class whatsoever (a big box) and an affront to a proper Jaguar.

Marco.

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Unfortunately what we like is no longer relevant, we're not their target demographic. The R&D departments of these manufacturers have spent millions, and found that this is the 'style' preferred by the folk who can actually afford them.

I see BMW and Audi are going the same way, and there will be others. They will all end up looking like you can't tell if they're moving forwards or just reversing really quickly :doh:

Luckily for us there are still enough proper-looking cars around to see us out :)

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Unfortunately what we like is no longer relevant, we're not their target demographic. The R&D departments of these manufacturers have spent millions, and found that this is the 'style' preferred by the folk who can actually afford them.

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Yes, as tasteless as a blingy penthouse in Dubai. Chances are they won't actually drive them either.

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Luckily for us there are still enough proper-looking cars around to see us out :)

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Indeed, although I'm not into the (near-identical) soulless SUV invasion either at the other end of the scale!

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Macca

Some of it is made in Liverpool (Halewood). I'd guess at least some components are from China, look at the display screens inside and that.

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Really? I drove round Halewood recently and there's hardly any evidence of car factories round there - though there was a big one many years ago - much earlier times.

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Originally Posted by dave2010

Really? I drove round Halewood recently and there's hardly any evidence of car factories round there - though there was a big one many years ago - much earlier times.

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Is that the place you pass on the way to the airport? I'm going back to the 90s, probably gone now. You'll probably see a few cars down there, abandoned and burnt out.

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Is that the place you pass on the way to the airport? I'm going back to the 90s, probably gone now. You'll probably see a few cars down there, abandoned and burnt out.

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Yes it's on the main road as you come in from the direction of Runcorn. Used to be Ford's. Goes on for about a mile you can't really miss it.