Jaguar F-Pace crossover confirmed
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Jaguar F-Pace crossover confirmed
... On the eve of the Detroit Auto show.
Jaguar SUV To Be Called F-Pace, Go On Sale In 2016
Interesting that they chose to extend the 'F' moniker to cover their suv crossover. Ian Callum is quoted saying it's because it shares more in common with the F type halo model than other cars.
In reality I'd bet it's a marketing play to head off the inevitable questions around differentiation from the Land Rover lines.
Also, new teaser released which seems to underscore the 'F' like personality for the vehicle....raw, muscular, performance oriented.
Jaguar SUV To Be Called F-Pace, Go On Sale In 2016
Interesting that they chose to extend the 'F' moniker to cover their suv crossover. Ian Callum is quoted saying it's because it shares more in common with the F type halo model than other cars.
In reality I'd bet it's a marketing play to head off the inevitable questions around differentiation from the Land Rover lines.
Also, new teaser released which seems to underscore the 'F' like personality for the vehicle....raw, muscular, performance oriented.
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beh2010 (02-16-2015)
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Porsche did not call the Cayenne the 911X. As it is, a Porsche SUV was tough to swallow, but 911X would have simply been blasphemy!!!
F-Pace is blasphemy. Sad.
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To paraphrase that all American philosopher...Forrest Gump..."Stupid is as stupid does"
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They are trying to copy BMW by making several version of the same series, as I predicted before. Sadly, most people buying Jaguars are running away from precisely that idiotic dilution of the product.
If the "pace" part was taken from Sir William Lyons "grace, pace and space", the name of this thing should be "D-grace" for disgrace
If the "pace" part was taken from Sir William Lyons "grace, pace and space", the name of this thing should be "D-grace" for disgrace
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Napoleon Solo (01-14-2015)
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Interesting article discussing the F-Pace name with Ian Callum:
Jaguar F-Pace was nearly called X-Type | Auto Express
Reading between his diplomacy, it's pretty clear that he didn't like the name and would have preferred others like "X-Type", even with the name conflict with the previous Jag model. IMO there were plenty of other viable options...L, G, U etc
It also suggests he was pretty reluctant to enter into this category. Ralf Speth came from the BMW behemoth so maybe this is the uglier side of his commercialism showing through. The Speth-Callum dynamic will be pretty instrumental in balancing out the dilution of the brand in the coming years as Jaguar maintains its unapologetic expansion ambitions.
Jaguar F-Pace was nearly called X-Type | Auto Express
Reading between his diplomacy, it's pretty clear that he didn't like the name and would have preferred others like "X-Type", even with the name conflict with the previous Jag model. IMO there were plenty of other viable options...L, G, U etc
It also suggests he was pretty reluctant to enter into this category. Ralf Speth came from the BMW behemoth so maybe this is the uglier side of his commercialism showing through. The Speth-Callum dynamic will be pretty instrumental in balancing out the dilution of the brand in the coming years as Jaguar maintains its unapologetic expansion ambitions.
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