J stai facendo una carrellata strepitosa.

Certo che le prime idee per la Xj-s con ancora tanto di E-Type sono decisamente orribili, IMHO. Molto inglesi... questa volta nel senso negativo (ritengo che gli inglesi siano stati in grado di toccare vette altissime in fatto di bellezza, così come di creare cose altrettanto inguardabili)

Jaguar XJ41/XJ42

The idea to produce an F-Type Jaguar has been on the back-boiler for a long time.

The XJ41 and XJ42 came tantalisingly close to production.

The first F-type

La F-Type... ne avevamo parlato qualche tempo fa... era bella, era davvero bella.

Molto di lei è stato travasato sulla Xk, indubbiamente... ma per me era meglio lei.

Su questo supersito non ci sono cenni sulla genesi della Xj220?

Getting the styling right on Project XJ4 was always going to be tricky...

And as you can see, they had a few goes at it, before settling on the final, beautiful, solution.

From E- to XJ- in a few simple steps

E-type saloon seemed like a great starting point.

Rear end was certainly glamorous..

Early profile is stunning...

Front three-quarter view of the above car...

Bulked up boot treatment jars with the rest of the sporting styling scheme.

The frontal styling starts to get finalised...

Getting there. although it's still a six-light proposal at this point. And those rear lights look interesting.

Experimentation: Fronal styling

A definite case of trying to find their way...

Jaguar-meets-Bristol with this one...

That nasty oval in the grille was probably there to serve as a link with the S-type.

A smaller oval - stepping in the right direction.

The finished article...

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devo dire che la prima mi piace molto

subito dopo altri frontali

A mid-1970s update and bumper height regulations meant that Jaguar needed to facelift the front end.

Some of these proposals are very interesting indeed...

A new face

Finding ways of accomodating those heightened bumpers was always going to pose challenges.

Artist's mock-up of above.

Full sized prototype at Browns Lane for evaluation

Full-size mock-up car, with several proposals grafted on the front...

Less chrome laden development of the above.

Pretty much there...

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tra un po appuntamento con le MG Rover

Io ci vedo una Leyland fai te

La E-Type Saloon è stupenda!

L'altra volta mi ero dimenticato questa

Jaguar XF:

Codenamed X250, the XF was originally planned as an aluminium monocoque, like the current XJ. However, Jaguar needed the car on the market as quickly as possible, and so it continues with a steel body featuring some aluminium panels.

To save cash and time, Jaguar has overhauled the old S-type's DEW98 platform, a Lincoln hand-me-down that took some serious mid-life re-engineering to make competitive with BMW and Mercedes. As a result, the new S-type hit the market 18 months earlier than if Jaguar had taken the all-aluminium route. Changes for the XF included a new rear suspension design, and as this packaging mule shows, more steel between the wheels to boost rear accommodation

From retro to flamboyant...

Frontal styling was devised to link with XJ Series I from the earliest stages in the design process...

The feline haunches are a Jaguar trademark, and were always going to be a part of the XF. The Maserati-like rear lamp clusters were a step too far, though...

Early proposal combines nicely sculpted flanks with stubby rear end...

Rear view of same model reveals the chrome strip across the bootlid is a feature that was always intended to be there...

S-TYPE grille was never going to make it on to the new car... but that didn't stop them trying it out...

Another rejected rear end treatment reveals that Jaguar designers were keen to maintain a flowing style, but develop it away from the retro look of previous generations...

The S-TYPE proposal fully rendered... better than the XF?

Slightly later full-size clay model combined XJ-style grille with X-TYPE body styling. Haunches are evident here...

Moving to the XF

The design team wanted drama, as this sketch clearly demonstrates...

Aggressive wheels point to those on the upcoming XF-R model...

The definitive XF design being created in clay...

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Jaguar XF (Topic Ufficiale)

Modificato 15 Gennaio 200916 anni fa da j

Questi fari erano interessanti per la XF...

Questi fari erano interessanti per la XF...

Quoto. Molto molto belli!