https://www.designboom.com/technology/2023-jaguar-f-type-final-drive-04-04-2023/

 

On a related note, there's a "what's happening with Jag" thread over on the Grassroots Motorsports forum, https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/fo.../241631/page1/

 

That forum thread is made up of mostly general negative comments from people who have never owned a Jaguar but have very definite ideas about them. Typical are the remarks about the X-Type: a “failure” (despite more than 350,000 sold), being nothing but a rebadged Ford, etc.etc….
Having owned almost every model of Jaguar made since 1970: Series III XJ6 (2), XJ12 Series III (many), XJ40, X300, X308 (XJR), X350, XJS, XK, F-Type, 1965 S-Type and 1966 Mk2 as well as 3 X-Types, I feel almost as competent to comment as those who have no experience.
The most maligned modern Jaguar, maligned, that is by those who have never put their bum in the seat of one, is the X-Type. It is, compared to its stated competition, more luxurious and with the 2.5 or 3.0 V6 extremely reliable, well built, a joy to drive, especially with the manual shift transmission….one personal sample: we are now in year 19 (nineteen) of daily use with our never-garaged 2.5 manual shift X-Type. Apart from normal maintenance, it has had just 3, yes, 3 repair items: the water pump, an 02 sensor and a stripped nylon gear on the driver’s seat rise and fall mechanism. It drives as it did when new and is more than rewarding on the highway.
I can give pretty much the same sort of history for any of the models I have owned. So, what does all this have to do with the state of Jaguar today? Well, I suppose not much except to say that if you have never owned a Jaguar you cannot be expected to understand the attraction they have for their owners - every one of whom will look back in admiration at the Jag he/she has just parked. The future for Jaguar will depend on those who design and build them remembering what Jaguar has always represented (elegance, performance, luxury, “character”…) and making sure that future Jaguars don’t disappoint. I am not sure that an entirely electric model range at stratospheric prices will meet the challenge. But I am hopeful.

 

Perfectly understated, like some of your past cars.