https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/s...plan-new-cars/

 

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a7...r-development/

 

Could be a good return for Jaguar. I hope.

 

Good article...
Here's a big takeaway:
"Stellantis is moving away from its EV-only target and now plans to offer customers what it calls “freedom of choice.”
Thank you, Stellantis!

 

So long as they offer choices worth choosing ....

 

Yes and no. They signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) Similar to what Nissan and Honda did. Its just an agreement to see if the company's synergies are aligned to make a partnership feasible. In the case of Honda and Nissan, it didn't work out.

 

To me, that's the essential question. Stellantis doesn't make much of anything that's interesting (and Jaguar doesn't make much of anything)
Maserati is certainly fast and sleek, but I wouldn't want to own one. Ram trucks and Jeeps are OK in their respective segments, but I don't see any synergy. Jaguar development in EV's is the segment Stellantis is backing away from. The technology base in the legacy ICE Jaguars is, well, legacy.

Now that "F-Type Voyager" in the comments section...might be a hit for soccer moms.

 

In the current era of extortionate tariffing, it'd make sense for Jaguar to have a credible partner ("...owns Maserati") with US manufacturing/sales capabilities. Maybe update the old Viper into the next Jag roadster.

 

Not sure how I feel about this “marriage” ;-0

Anyone else?

I guess at the end of the day these car manufacturers gotta do what they gotta do to survive in this financial and environmental climate we all find ourselves in.

 

Whenever I see a guy get out of a Maserati I think, now that looks like a guy who I could probably still over top and kick squarely in the ***** and he'd still be in less pain that owning they thing. Probably might like it as he clearly has a penchant for punishment. I agree though, id drove someone else's, Turo whatever but never own one and this is coming from a guy who has 4 Jaguars, but even I have a limit!

 

This is just tech sharing and looking for a way to get a factory going in the US cheaply. Same idea as BMW/LR partnership that lead to battery tech sharing and got us saddled with this stupid 4.4L v8 in the trucks. Jag's portfolio for the next 5 years is the Type 01, and some SUV version of it. That's it. JLR makes all their money from Land Rover, they are positioning Jag to compete with the Rolls Royce and Bentley level buyers, like they used to.

 

Instead of marketing the forthcoming e-"SUV," maybe Jaguar could tap into a bit of British legacy by introducing a luxe reimagining of the shooting brake – a form factor that's known to lovers of "Woodies" and the old, family "station wagon" or "estate car."

Lots of room to hide batteries in a stretch hatchback (shooting brake), which could be dressed like a posh private jet on wheels or a somewhat bigger, sleeker E-Type/Panamera with light cargo capabilities. Would enough buyers go there? Just the concept of "shooting brake" might appeal via nostalgia for classics yet also have attractive, modern novelty versus yet-another-SUV rollout as sucessor to Type 01.

 

The XF Sportbrake had dismal sales, so I don't see them trying that again anytime soon. A quick search indicates that fewer than 250 were sold over the entire run. I like Eurowagons, so was disappointed to see it come and go so quickly.