Honestly the front end doesn't do it for me either, although I haven't seen one in person yet. I will say though I complete understand the desire for a drastic change, the car would not fly being largely the same 7+ years into the model run.

One thing all of us (and Jaguar's design team) can agree on:

That ***... which is (more or less) the same.

 

lol, except that they ruined it by putting the ridiculous strut arrangement on the finisher. Looks like something you'd get off aliexpress, to tart up your 2007 Lancer.

 

I actually agree with you, I didn't exactly notice it at first but that inverted 'T' on the valence is not a clean look imo. Maybe it has aerodynamic purpose?

 

I think it's to hang the fake ********* from

 

Now it looks like it's supposed to.

Like there's a ducting process to carry heat from the engine compartment down under the car and out the back.

On the old cars it looks like something was removed or fell off.

 

I actually like the looks of the V6 rear exhaust tips and valance the best. And the 4 cylinder with the single exhaust tip looks pathetic.