Filed under: Podcasts, Sedans/Saloons, Sports/GTs, Jaguar, Nissan
It’s been a quiet week in Cardom, so for Autoblog Podcast #92 we take time to address some of the excellent emails we’ve gotten at our new podcast at autoblog dot com address. Feel free to send in questions, comments, SHO-centric ribbing, whatever! We can’t promise that it will make it onto the ‘cast, but it just might. Before we dive into the binary mailbag, we discuss some of the vehicles that we’ve been sampling - so basically Damon talks about what he’s been hooning around in at track events. Thanks for your 57 minutes this week!
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Filed under: Aftermarket, Tuners, Sedans/Saloons, Jaguar
Arden, the German tuning firm that’s been tweaking Jaguars for decades, is teasing us with this concept shot of its new Jaguar XF AJ 21. We just drove the 2009 Jaguar XF and felt the sheetmetal was lacking some excitement. In a good manner, it appears that Adren has addressed some of our concerns with its aerodynamic sport package including new front and rear bumpers, new side skirts, and a more aggressive wheel package. Look closely and you’ll notice the cat is back on the hood (maybe too much redundancy, considering the badge is just below it as well?). Expect more photographs, specifications and pricing in the near future.
[Source: CoolBrit]
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Filed under: Car Buying, Sedans/Saloons, Jaguar
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Click above for more high-res pics of the Jaguar XF
March 2008 was the first month of sales for the Jaguar XF, and while we haven’t seen any around town yet, the Hail Mary sedan from Coventry is selling extremely well… at least by Jaguar standards. The Jaguar brand has consistently been losing sales month over month since we began reporting sales numbers in our By the Numbers posts. In February 2008, the brand sold just 1,063 units. As you’ve already seen, March 2008 sales numbers have been released, and the XF by itself sold 1,161 units, a number that’s sure to grow as the sport sedan penetrates the media and its marketing campaign gets off the ground. Because of the XF’s sales performance last month, the brand sold 1,752 units in March 2008, its best performance since July 2006 when it moved 1,997 units. If Jaguar does rebound on the back of the XF, it’s too bad Ford won’t be around to enjoy the fruits of its investment.
[Source: Jaguar sales numbers]
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