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Jaguar working on long wheelbase XF for China
Published on July 14, 2010 by Tycho
Jaguar is working on a long wheelbase XF for the Chinese chauffeur-driven market, said Tata Motor’s chief executive, Carl-Peter Forster, in an interview with German magazine Automobilwoche. The XFL(?) will compete with many similair stretched machinery for the Chinese market: the Audi A6L, BMW 530L, Benz E300L and Volvo S80L.
Jaguar so, is very late. All mentioned cars are furthermore made in China, the XF is not and the XFL will not. Jaguar is trying to find a partner for building cars in China but it will take years before the first ‘Jag’ rolls of the Chinese line. The XFL will therefore be more expensive compared to competition.
Mr Forster didn’t call a time for the XFL’s debut so it won’t be soon, good guess is the Shanghai Autoshow in April next year.
(crappy Photoshop by me, I added 15cm behind the B-pillar)
Categories: New Cars
Tags: jaguar
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Jaguar Land Rover to assemble cars in China; but how soon?
Published on May 30, 2010 by Tycho
BBC reports that Jaguar wants to start assembling cars in China within two years. Sound like a good plan, Chinese people buy expensive cars faster than anyone can make them. But there is a small problem, chief executive Carl Foster for BBC:
“We’ll take one to two years to set it up, but first we will need a partner.”
Mr. Foster is right, Jag can’t start making vehicles in China without a local partner, except when the vehicles are for export only. Understanding the man correctly Jaguar has no partner yet. Finding one can be a painful and slow process involving multiple permissions by China’s local and central governments. Second step is building a factory. Third step to get the cars out on the market. One year seems a very short time to do all that, two too.
Partner needs to be one with at least some know how about making luxury vehicles. That leaves SAIC, FAW and Chang’an. Last one might be interesting. Chang’an makes the Volvo S80 and S40 under a joint venture with Ford. Ford sold Volvo to Geely so production of the Volvo’s by Chang’an will likely end. Volvo is Geely’s now and the lucky new owner wants to build a new factory for making Volvo’s in China. That leaves Chang’an with a lot of empty space…
Read on for BBC’s article:
Categories: Industry
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Spotted in China: Jaguar XJS
Published on March 11, 2010 by Tycho
A for China very rare machine was seen in a shopping street in Nanchang in Jiangxi Province. It is a beautifull example of one of England finest, the Jaguar XJS convertible. Jaguar never officially sold the XJS in China and the import of second had cars from abroad is forbidden. There are only two ways how the happy owner got his dream in land. He might have bought it from a diplomat but that was forbidden as well until this very year 2010. Unlikely indeed.
Categories: Spotted in China
Tags: jaguar
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