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Topic: Jaguar Shocks the World with the R Coupe!
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alex
Administrator Posts: 254
From: London, UK
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted September 06, 2001 07:44 AM
   
Wow! What do you think of the R Coupe:
http://www.fantasycars.com/1/2001/JaguarR/jaguarr.html And the questions are:
Do you like it?
Should Jaguar produce it? (well these are the questions for every new concept car but I don't know this Jag just looks sooooo special!  [This message has been edited by alex (edited September 06, 2001).] IP: Logged |
kramermic
Member Posts: 475
From: St. Pete, FL
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted September 06, 2001 08:50 AM
It has a very cool vintage look, but I would be very surprised if we ever see this on the road. I think they should make it, but of course in very small production #'s. It would cool to see this car with a V12 or the supercharged V8.  ------------------
Does it get any better than this? 0-60 in 3.6 top speed 205mph, and built in 1989.
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CultMaster
Moderator Posts: 524
From: Manchester UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted September 06, 2001 10:21 AM
It's stunning! TopGear (magazine) arrived today, and it's got the full blown article on it with massive pictures. Oh it's gorgeous. They've got to make it.  ------------------
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Calibandar
Member Posts: 345
From: Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted September 06, 2001 10:33 AM
Jaguar has stated specifically that it will NOT make this car, no matter what. It is just a styling cue ------------------
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frictionx
Moderator Posts: 5306
From: Bonneville Salt Flats
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted September 06, 2001 11:38 AM
I saw some pics the other day..I think its very impresive  ------------------
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Rambler
Moderator Posts: 687
From: Fort Worth, TEXAS
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted September 06, 2001 02:21 PM
Its ok, I guess it just not my thing. Although I do like the gauges a little bit, they look cool------------------
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FerrariKid14
Moderator Posts: 2725
From: Granville, OH
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted September 06, 2001 02:26 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Calibandar:
Jaguar has stated specifically that it will NOT make this car, no matter what. It is just a styling cue
Oh pooh. The X-Type was here right away, but for beauties like this and the F-Type, we'll either have to wait several years, or they'll never be made at all. (Puts on British accent) Is it too radical for U.K. roads? Will it shatter the oh-so-fragile tradition Jaguar is so attached to?
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Calibandar
Member Posts: 345
From: Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted September 07, 2001 04:26 AM
The answer? We already get the F-type and thirteen other models or model changes from Jaguar till the year 2004. I'd say they've got their hands full. And remember that we already have the XK8/XKR. But perhaps one of those new models incorporates a lot of the styling of this car. Ford has big plans for Jaguar and Aston Martin ------------------
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CultMaster
Moderator Posts: 524
From: Manchester UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted September 07, 2001 10:15 AM
Have now read the full TopGear report on the car, and realise that they have categorically stated that this is a concept only. However the car incorporates lots of different ideas the design team - lead by Julian Thomson - have had. Little details seen in this car, such as the union jack vents and the extra thin fog lights, will probably be seen on production cars quite soon.
Siobhan Hughes, the cars interior designer, look at ceramic and even stone (honest) before settling on wood. But not just any old wood - a very exotic Italian sourced ebony that would work out at around £20,000 a tree!
All the silver on the outside is solid, and concept car has fully functioning switch gear and engine. This is a car packed with future ideas.------------------
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Lamborghini-GTS
Member Posts: 227
From: 3rd rock from the sun
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted September 07, 2001 04:44 PM
I HOPE THEY MAKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!------------------
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kingfisher
Member Posts: 2532
From: Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted September 08, 2001 05:22 AM
I like this car. I can see Jaguar is definitely aiming at a more traditional, almost 1950s look.However, I can't ever see them putting it into production. It covers the same territory as the XK8. If, perhaps, the next XK was moved to a more sporting direction, I could imagine the R-Coupe hitting the roads as an alternative to the CLK or CL-Class. Doesn't match the XK180, I say. ------------------
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Calibandar
Member Posts: 345
From: Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted September 08, 2001 08:04 AM
Ah, the XK180, arguably the finest concept car I've seen in years. Boy was I disappointed when I heard this 450 bhp wasn't given a real birth. I hope the F-Type or Aston Martin AM 305 come off looking that stunning.------------------
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s2k
Moderator Posts: 3231
From: Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted September 08, 2001 09:18 AM
quote:
Originally posted by alex:
Do you like it?
Should Jaguar produce it?
hell no, hell no, what the hell is that! It looks so damn ugly! they better not produce that.... ------------------
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Vipervenom800
Member Posts: 2540
From: Manassas, VA, USA
Registered: May 2001
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posted September 08, 2001 06:17 PM
What's that? A what? ............. Jaguar? Looks like a peice of SH!T to me.------------------
   
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CultMaster
Moderator Posts: 524
From: Manchester UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted September 09, 2001 01:54 PM
Oh well, i like it. And they're NOT making it, it's just an ideas car, as i said.
And talking of the XK180 Calibandar, i've got a 1:18 scale model sitting right next to me! ------------------
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