X-Type...

Carbon...whats with all the random car pictures?? Harleys, old British cars, jags? Great pics nonetheless!

 

Must have missed it, what kind of camera? Nice shots, esp the leaper.

 

eh.

I've never really been a fan of jags, except for the old e-types.

 

I concur!! Large res would be nice....

 

Ah, the de-lux Ford Contour...

 

I've always liked the X-Type. Nice pics Carbon.

 

Carbon,

Great pics! Hope you're back out on the roads soon.

 

Ford Contour? I'm not Jag expert. Can you expand on that a bit?

 

Platform engineering.

 

Nice pictures of an average car.

 

somebody told me that Aston Martin Vanquish engine was nothing but the union of a couple of Mondeo engines; V6 times 2 = V 12 is that true?

 

Not quite.

 

The Vanquish engine had a little bit more development to it than that, hehe.

I'll PM you my addy, Carb! Send those leaper shots please!

The Contour chassis was used as the baseline for the X-Type. Also, the X-Type borrows heavily from the parts bins from Ford for switches and electronics. The V6 was also taken from Ford and modified by Jaguar similiar to how the 3.2L was taken from Jaguar by Aston and modified for the DB7.

The X-Type can be a fun car with the 3.0L Sport w/h AWD but the J-Gate is very notchy with a short throw and takes a bit getting used to in order to get the most from the AWD (corner carving).

The build quality on it is average and the primary reason why Jaguar tanked in the reliability ratings aside from some S-Type transmission issues that cropped up on the earlier models. Some S-Types and X-Types have lots of "unresolved" issues that are dubbed "characteristics" meaning they won't be fixed by the factory which makes it a complete waste of cash buying new.

Which would you rather have for $35k, a new X-Type with 6 years warranty given the above statements or a Select Edition XJR/S-Type R with 2.5-3 years of warranty? I know which one I would take. People who jump over to Jags from 3-series, A4's, S60's, C/E class MBs, get a taste of the "bad Jaguars" with the X-Type and why they are cancelling the model in 2006/7 (thankfully).

Sunny

 

I like the X-type, just not in white exactly. Great pictures none the less.

 

Is it just me, or is Jaguar losing its distinguished, rarefied, sleek image?
Their new cars make a stodgy, stubby first impression (not talking about the convertible, but the sedan)...not very evocative of the cat they are named after.

NNO, nice shots, except the last one looks like a squirrel, not a graceful big cat.