Friday, August 31, 2007

Jaguar Losing its Own Name?!

The word "Jaguar" will be excluded from the back car production in two or three years, the company's design boss confirmed.

Speaking at the end of June, he revealed the secret of XF to the media in London, Ian Callum's famous name happens. He even says on the trunk of the XF-will be launched next month Frankfurt Motor Show, but it flattened version of Jaguar icons big cats "Leeper."

"Eventually we will be called off and just leave Leeper," said Callum. " When people see XF they would not know what it is, so they will seek to pass. That is why we have left it, but as Leeper is the name is likely to produce cars in two or three years. "

Callum comments were embargoed until today.

As in the rear of the car, the replacement S-type at the beginning of next year-Callum spent explain interface. "We went through 30-odd models, and part of which was to find a new identity. We have gone through a new kind of our show cars, such as the RD6 and because of that we were happy to let it go."

Callum said XF in the grille to create something that Sir William Lyons can be cornered, moving from XJ6 in 1968.

"The car is primarily on the front grilles, as air, and we want to develop that," says the designer.

Callum described how some of the early sketches XF he started with four round headlights, as the current S-Type, but he is not planning ahead. After various changes, the same feature is still there, but in a more modern form of light cluster.

And Callum's nose XF was not one. "This styling that you can see more on Jaguar," he added.

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