Eager to reduce R&D costs, Jaguar Land Rover and BMW forged a cross-channel bond earlier this summer, but the increasingly cozy relationship between the Anglo-German rivals likely won’t end with the mere sharing of electric drive units and internal combustion engines. A number of JLR vehicles poised to drop from the product pipeline could come […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1684286" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/640×480.jpg" data-orig-size="640,480" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="2007 Jaguar X-Type Sportwagon" data-image-description=" https://www.carfax.com/vehicle/SAJWA54A97WJ27572 ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/640×480-450×338.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/640×480-610×458.jpg” class=”aligncenter wp-image-1684286 size-large” src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/640×480-610×458.jpg” alt width=”610″ height=”458″ srcset=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/640×480-610×458.jpg 610w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/640×480-75×56.jpg 75w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/640×480-450×338.jpg 450w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/640×480-120×90.jpg 120w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/640×480.jpg 640w” sizes=”(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px”>The Rare Rides series has touched on Jaguars multiple times previously. But perhaps those beautiful and powerful sporting vehicles […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1683868" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SAAB-9-2X-527_15.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,1536" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="SAAB-9-2X" data-image-description=" GM ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SAAB-9-2X-527_15-450×338.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SAAB-9-2X-527_15-610×458.jpg” class=”aligncenter wp-image-1683868 size-large” src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SAAB-9-2X-527_15-610×458.jpg” alt width=”610″ height=”458″ srcset=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SAAB-9-2X-527_15-610×458.jpg 610w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SAAB-9-2X-527_15-75×56.jpg 75w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SAAB-9-2X-527_15-450×338.jpg 450w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SAAB-9-2X-527_15-768×576.jpg 768w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SAAB-9-2X-527_15-120×90.jpg 120w” sizes=”(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px”>Automakers are keen to pursue partnerships with one another when it means saving money via economies of scale, or when it supports […]
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Jaguar is getting in on the electric vehicle bandwagon as well. It has revealed plans to manufacture a range of new electrified vehicles at its plant in Bromwich, the UK. The company has committed to offering electrified options for all Jaguar and Land Rover models from 2020. It confirmed that one of the first vehicles […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1678758" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1994-lister-storm-0.jpg" data-orig-size="1000,714" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D3X","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1523976547","copyright":"","focal_length":"35","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.004","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="1994 Lister Storm" data-image-description=" https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2018-05-19/cars/ref-161-1994-lister-storm/ ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1994-lister-storm-0-450×321.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1994-lister-storm-0-610×436.jpg” class=”aligncenter wp-image-1678758 size-large” src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1994-lister-storm-0-610×436.jpg” alt width=”610″ height=”436″ srcset=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1994-lister-storm-0-610×436.jpg 610w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1994-lister-storm-0-75×54.jpg 75w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1994-lister-storm-0-450×321.jpg 450w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1994-lister-storm-0-768×548.jpg 768w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1994-lister-storm-0-120×86.jpg 120w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1994-lister-storm-0.jpg 1000w” sizes=”(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px”> Rare Rides broached the subject of Lister once before, with the Le Mans — a little-known and […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1678610" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jagxjhistoricconvoytoparis021018071-resize-1024×682.jpg" data-orig-size="1023,682" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="jag historic convoy toparis021018071-resize-1024×682" data-image-description=" JLR ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jagxjhistoricconvoytoparis021018071-resize-1024×682-450×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jagxjhistoricconvoytoparis021018071-resize-1024×682-610×407.jpg” class=”aligncenter size-large wp-image-1678610″ src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jagxjhistoricconvoytoparis021018071-resize-1024×682-610×407.jpg” alt width=”610″ height=”407″ srcset=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jagxjhistoricconvoytoparis021018071-resize-1024×682-610×407.jpg 610w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jagxjhistoricconvoytoparis021018071-resize-1024×682-75×50.jpg 75w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jagxjhistoricconvoytoparis021018071-resize-1024×682-450×300.jpg 450w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jagxjhistoricconvoytoparis021018071-resize-1024×682-768×512.jpg 768w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jagxjhistoricconvoytoparis021018071-resize-1024×682-120×80.jpg 120w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jagxjhistoricconvoytoparis021018071-resize-1024×682.jpg 1023w” sizes=”(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px”> With Jaguar’s XJ sedan on its way out, the company is actively working on a replacement […]
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Designers don’t always get the credit they deserve, nor the recognition they usually shun. But without a steady, inspired hand forming the shape of an automaker’s offerings, all the business acumen of the C-suite class adds up to not much. Jaguar can credit its post-Ford identity to one man, Ian Callum, who moved the company […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1675828" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jlr-sensory-steering-wheel-.png" data-orig-size="1140,814" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="jlr sensory steering wheel" data-image-description=" JLR ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jlr-sensory-steering-wheel–450×321.png” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jlr-sensory-steering-wheel–610×436.png” class=”aligncenter size-large wp-image-1675828″ src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jlr-sensory-steering-wheel–610×436.png” alt width=”610″ height=”436″ srcset=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jlr-sensory-steering-wheel–610×436.png 610w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jlr-sensory-steering-wheel–75×54.png 75w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jlr-sensory-steering-wheel–450×321.png 450w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jlr-sensory-steering-wheel–768×548.png 768w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jlr-sensory-steering-wheel–120×86.png 120w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jlr-sensory-steering-wheel-.png 1140w” sizes=”(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px”> With automakers perpetually promoting daft new technologies as a way to appease investors, it’s been a […]
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Once the sedan of choice for discerning Anglophiles and 1980s crime-fighting New Yorkers played by Edward Woodward, Jaguar’s XJ has seen a long fall from grace. This summer, the stately model officially hits the ground. Amid tanking sales for both it and its sedan stablemates, the Jaguar XJ will cease production in a matter of […]
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