Originally Posted by ianclements

Ian Callum doesn't comprehend classic Jaguar style. Not the XJ anyway. The huge wheels, chrome side lips, chome surrounded mesh grille, and huge chrome wheels on an 07 look TERRIBLE. I'd rather have the car abandoned than have it all tarted up with cheesey styling add-ons. The X308 was the only modern great-looking XJ. The 2008 XJR is great, and the 2004 XJR looks good. In between, attempts to update looked poor. Someone belonging to the Lyons school of thought, like Geoff Lawson, couldv'e kept the XJ legacy alive.

Callum seems to take a less soulful and natural approach than Lawson or Lyons did. For Callum, it is an obsession over logic and correctness, and he seems to underappreciate the X308's great styling. Geoff Lawson designed beautiful Jags, and Callum's Jag designs may not mature like Lyons' and Lawson's have. I love the new ones, but he is a major departure from the history of the brand.

Originally Posted by SKFORZA

i've owned the top of the class AMG's S63. CL65. ML63 all 2008 o and a SL500.
which are now all sold. and grabbed a XJ-L and people take pictures of my car?... ya i got the awh sweet car but for a flag ship of jaguar to get that much attention lol say bye to the old and in with the new forum maker