I was always annoyed at the broken REAR SEAT cupholders in the Jaguar S-Types. Repaired quite a few in new car warranty. (similar to the Audi MRomanik has but built into the seat cushion)

 

I purchased the front console cup holders form eBay motors a few years back. The rubber coating was peeling and looked like crap. This one doesn't look much better. The OEM cup holder has those rubber-band tension


clips. A newer style I have found on eBay has two different size cup holders but not tension clips. For those Big Gulp sodas I suppose. Sorry for the split screen images. The top pic is a direct replacement for the OEM.Pic #2 is what I reckon to be the latest version.Jaguar XJ8 2004-2009 Center Console Cup Holder C2C26874

 

After I bought my XK8 a few years ago, I quickly realized that even if the cup holders wouldn't keep falling apart, using them is a terrible idea. In any spirited driving, in the hills and mountains around here, anything placed therein would most likely get clobbered by my elbow and spilled. Indeed, I later noticed evidence of multiple such previous driver spills, down the passenger-side carpet adjacent to the console cup holders.

I don't drink sodas so that's not a problem and have accepted drinking my coffee before departure. I have found that small bottles of water fit neatly between the seat and console, by the seatbelt buckle. Handy and unobtrusive.

 

I am certain that the engineers believe that Jag owners and their passengers do not get thirsty. I am certain that the cup holder is purely decorative and not intended to be used in any manner that would be of any convenience.

 

The heck with it. I'm designing one that works. I'll get back to you all.

 

I will be your first customer once you get it done.

 

Those were the work of the devil, I secured mine with duct tape in the end.

 

Perhaps a hardhat with a dual 'beverage' holder is the answer...commonly seen at NFL games...or were.

 

The best solution is to never eat or drink in your vehicle. That has been my rule since I acquired my first new car in December 1974. Works for me. I have attempted to convince my wife to treat her vehicles the same way since October 1979. Unfortunately I still have not gotten through to her....

 

My philosophy as well - no one, including me, is allowed to eat, drink or bring dirt into our cars. There is always the Clapham Omnibus for those that wish to travel with food!

 

I don't eat or drink in my car, except for water. However, sometimes I do stop at a fast food joint to buy food because cooking after a tough and long day can be beyond my energies at the time. Cup holders are a convenient way to transport the drink to my home. I am surprised that no one else has done this.