Jaguar News
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If you are a Jaguar fan then the X-type is no stranger. Jaguar tried to introduce the car about a decade ago to compete with the BMW 3-Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class—basically the entry-level luxury segment. The car was nice to look at from the inside out and a bargain with all-wheel drive. You might even remember the commercials where the snowplows drive behind the X-Type in bad snowstorms. That said, the car didn’t turn out for Jaguar despite a pretty long model run; this was mostly due to what could only be called a poisoning of the well in the early years with significant...
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Little Lotus Range-Extending Engine For Electric Cars Proves PopularMost car buyers haven't even heard the term "range extender" yet. But over time, expect it to become more familiar, as electric cars like the 2011 Chevrolet Volt introduce the concept of a gasoline engine that turns a generator to produce electricity to power the vehicle. Tiny, powerful, efficient...
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Jaguar Revisits the X-Type: Rumblings of a New Small Sedan
Jaguar has seen a lot of change in the last couple decades. Now no longer owned or controlled by Ford Motor Company, Jaguar is looking to see what it needs to do to sell more volume and stay in the luxury car market. You might remember the X-Type sedan, the company’s foray into the small...
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Paris Motor Show: Jaguar C-X75 Turbine-Electric Supercar Concept!
We don't use exclamation points all that often, but once in a while it's justified. In this case, the Jaguar C-X75 Concept supercar just unveiled at the 2010 Paris Motor Show deserves one. If not several: !!! Not only is it sleek, sexy, and stunningly beautiful (to our eyes, anyhow). It returns...
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Jaguar Tests Flywheel Hybrid System Just Like Racing Porsche
Since Ford sold Jaguar Land Rover to Indian carmaker Tata in TK, the luxury maker has stepped out a bit. Their green efforts have taken down several interesting technology paths that seem unlikely had they stayed underneath the Blue Oval of Dearborn. The latest to surface is a demonstration vehicle...
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New Jaguar F-Type Sports Car Is Imminent
Small, Fast and Sleeker Should Be Jaguar’s Motto For the Future F-Type
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The U.S. government isn't the only one that gives grants and loans to help automakers develop advanced-technology vehicles. The U.K. government's Technology Strategy Board does it as well, for companies that build cars there. Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover, collaborating with Lotus Engineering and Caparo Vehicle Technologies, has already received several million pounds for its "LimoGreen" project to create a full-size luxury car with CO2 emissions below 120 grams/kilometer. Now, more details have emerged on what a fully electric Jaguar sedan might be like. According to Autocar, it would be...
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Will Jaguar Have the First Hybrid Born From Jet Turbines?
"Born From Jets" may be the slogan of recently-saved-from-death Swedish Saab, but one day it may prove more appropriate for British carmaker Jaguar. The company has been awarded funding from the U.K. government to develop a small jet turbine as a range extender for a future hybrid luxury car. Its...
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2011 Jaguar XJ To Be Latest Luxury Hybrid?
A gas-electric version of Jaguar's big sedan is in the works--and owes something to the Chevrolet Volt.
Martin Padgett
