have anyone heard about this?

 

We've all heard about it being discontinued, although that hasn't been confirmed. However, if it is to be discontinued, my question is: Will it be replaced? If so, all hasn't been lost. It'd be even better if they offered the next-gen X-Type with a manual. That would make my day.

 

its suppose to be dead already. we keep getting new ones in so i dunno whats going on.
the s-typeistobe discontinued in 2009 and be replaced with the XF. your local dealer should have acatalog/book about the XF.
then in 2010 the XJ is suppose to go for a complete redesign.

 

Spartan, im sure they wud make a nextgen X with a manual if they choose to continue the X, as the current one has em and seem to be popular with the current buyers.

 

Doesn't the X make up nearly 50% of all Jag sales? Thought I read that stat when researching. If that's the case then they'd be crazy to just discontinue it without a replacement.

 

It probably makes up 50% of total sales, but it is also there cheapest car.

They sell it for a lot less then the other models, but it couldn't be that much cheaper to make, because it has many of the same features as the other car, the only thing really cheaper about the x type to build is it's smaller engine.

They are going in a new direction with the XF so they might replace it with a smaller vresion of the XF or something who knows.

I never heard anything at the dealer about them discontinuing the X type, and I have alot of coonversations overthere.

 

X Type should be kept yet it seems it will be other way

 

i'd love to see a redesign along the lines of the new xf. maybe with a solid rear drive platform instead of awd.

 

I think awd should be kept but FWD should discontinue

 

In the states they only have AWD, not FWD, so im pretty sure they arnt goin to keep either of em.

 

We never got the FWD models here. Gotta keep that "Prestige" factor here in the states, so AWD was standard on this side of the pond.

 

hmmm...my first Google search resulted in this...

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/05/s...jaguar-x-type/

...face lift to keep it alive for a few more years?

 

Err Spartan........aint that cos you don't have anything smaller than a 2.5 over there bro? ( You know how you guys like your BIGG engines )
Well, you see, the 2.5 and 3.0 only come with AWD .......DUH!!
lol
Nuthin to do with prestige factor.........nice try though

JC

 

If making an x-type FWD would lower the cost of manufacturing them then jaguar should sell FWD models I think. I live in Chicago, and I drove my grandma'sFWD 01 sable alot last winter, and it never got stuck once. FWD seems to work as well as AWD, at least for snow.

RWD would be a bad idea tho. I never have found a good reason for RWD, if someone could give me one. My mustang, and two jags are both RWD. I haven't driven the jags in snow yet, but the mustang got stuck in the snow liek 8 times trying to pull outta the driveway.

 

Hey 93.......Jag make the FWD versions, they just don't sell them over in the states.
As for RWD.........Good for drifting and a lot of the sport car manufacturers use this system, so thats gotta tell you sumthin. They reckon that anything over 240ish bhp is no good on FWD I heard somewhere. AWD in snow n rain etc....terrible!

JC

 

I don't mean prestige in that sense, but in the sense that Jaguar wouldn't dare offer the FWD only models here. They don't even sell FWD Benz's here, and for good reason.

Prestige is big here.

 

I know all that to be true Spartan .................I was just havin a laff bro.
Jeez.........a 3.0 is a big car over here. Over there its probably fairly average[&:]...then again your fuel prices are on the low side to say the least.
Jeez, we're up to nearly £5.00 a gallon here now.....its gettin ridiculous!

JC

 

Fill-ups here for me in North Carolina cost me about $40, so about $3.05 USD per gallon.. Not too bad, but I wouldn't mind paying less. That's for sure.

 

Chicago has the most expensive gas in the US. It costs me 70 bucks to fill up my car, 4.20 a gallon ish. It may be down a little I havent put gas in in 3 weeks.

I also have like a 20 gallon tank

 

damn 4.20 a gallon is prettysteep, but still nuffin compared to the $10/gllon for ourfriends over inthe "Great" Britain