New Jaguar XK spy shots
The transition from previous owner Ford to new owner Tata Motors complete, Jaguar is turning its attention to preparing its facelifted XK coupe and cabrio for release. Its German competitors have already released a generational update to their cars, and the Leaping Cat will have its work cut out to make headway in the tough global market. Prototypes for Jaguar's facelifted XK have been spotted testing in the UK and Germany ahead of the updated model's debut, expected to come at the Paris Motor Show in...

Jaguar XJ Is Greenest Luxury Car In UK
For the second year running Jaguar’s XJ 2.7 Diesel has been named Britain’s greenest luxury car in the Environmental Transport Association’s 2008 Car Buyers Guide. The award recognises Jaguar’s commitment to delivering CO2 and fuel consumption advantages to customers, with the development of its industry-leading diesel engines and application of advanced lightweight aluminum vehicle architectures. The Environmental Transport Association has looked at over 1,300 models of car currently on sale in...

1960 Jaguar E2A prototype expected to fetch $7 million at Bonhams auction
Click above for a high resolution image A few weeks ago we would have baulked at the thought of someone paying $7 million for a car, except that some crazy Brit paid a record $10.8 million for a California Spyder last month. Still, it seems like a lot of money to pay for a car, even for this one-off racing prototype Jaguar E2A that Bonhams will be auctioning off in Monterey this August. Undoubtedly the car's biggest draw is its link between the legendary D-Type race cars that won Le Mans three times and...

Jaguar XF
Last December, the Jaguar C-XF Concept received an early debut ahead of the Detroit Auto Show thanks to some memorable embargo breaks by established media outlets. The 2009 Jaguar XF, the production car inspired by the concept, was supposed to be unveiled tonight at midnight, but again things did not go as planned. We colluded with our friends over at Jalopnik to wait and see how things played out, as well as remained in communication with Jaguar to help identify embargo breakers, but the cat hahaha is...

Jaguar XF 2008
  We already know that the Jag XF is a star, but it has to be up with the BMW 5-series to be taken seriously. Andrew Frankel decides if it is. Partly because it was the professional thing to do, but mainly because I was bored rigid at 40,000ft on my way to Arizona for my rendezvous with the Jaguar XF, I whipped out its spec sheet and compared it with that of the BMW 550i against which we planned to test it the following day. I'll say now that it didn't make pretty reading.And if you'll bear with...

Jaguar XKR-S First drive
The quickest ever version of the XK – and the fastest Jag since the XJ220 supercar. Most of the extra pace comes from a special ‘driver focused’ chassis, developed by XK chief engineer Russ Varney and driving guru Mike Cross.In the manner of many of the best performance cars, the XKR-S is a ‘skunk works’ project conducted by senior engineers around other projects – and which Jaguar’s management green-lit when they discovered it was so good.The good news is that...

The hybrid future of Jaguar and Land Rover
According to AutoCar, the UK will see hybrid Jaguar and Land Rover models within the next 5 years. Engineers are messing around with fuel-saving technologies and two new engines that will be launched next year.A new version of the 2.7 liter V6 diesel used today will be upgraded to a 3.0 liter V6 diesel and will be the first to be launched in the Land Rover Discovery 3, Range Rover Sport, Jaguar XF and the Jaguar XJ that’s due out in 2010. A 5.0 liter V8 will also be launched late next year. With the...

Jaguar/Land Rover close to naming new CEO
Still mourning the untimely passing of CEO Geoff Polites, Jaguar and Land Rover have been managed in the interim by chief financial officer David Smith. But as the British automakers transition ownership from Ford to Indian automaker Tata, the twin companies are preparing to name a new chief executive. Since initially announcing the deal, Tata has reiterated that it wanted to retain as much of the current management as possible. However, many of the jobs that were once managed by Ford and its Premier...

Spy Shots: 2010 Jaguar XJ interior, look familiar?
Proving that Jaguar is truly serious about dumping its staid, old man-ish image is a lone spy shot of the upcoming redesigned XJ sedan's new interior. True, Jag's bread-and-butter sedan has not seen much in the way of changes since... well, never, but we weren't sure just how far Jaguar management was willing to go for its interior redesign. As it turns out, they didn't go very far at all, as the new XJ's duds seem to closely mimic those of its little sibling, the new XF sedan. Gone is the sweeping...

Jaguar posts first sales rise in almost 2 years
For decades, Ford has carried Jaguar like an 800 lb guerrilla on the company's back. And just as Ford is able to unload the money-burning British marque, the leaping cat responds by posting its first sales increase in two years. Jaguar's April sales were up a ridiculous 69.6% in Europe, and while Automotive News somehow gives credit for this sales success to Tata Motors, it likely has a hell of a lot more to do with the all-new XF sedan. Jaguar has 18,000 customers in line for the new 4-door, which has...