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11-27-2006, 09:49 PM
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New S-Type to become XF
I searched GMI and didn't see this -- thought it was good enough to post.
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11-27-2006, 09:53 PM
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Re: New S-Type to become XF
I think that overall this is a good move. They want to break with the past and the new XK was well recieved. Moving away from the S-Type name to XF would certainly help that.
Plus it would offer some consistency to the naming scheme. Right now they have XJ, XK, X-Type and S-Type. If they move to XF that will only leave the X-Type name as the odd man out (and it will die by the end of the decade according to rumors). Regardless, I just hope it's a good product... But it also may show the emphasis that FoMoCo will put on Jaguar now that Aston Martin is on the chopping block -- and how important it will become moving forward. If Aston is sold off (and Ford retains a smaller 20% stake in the company) then it will allow Jaguar to move upward a few rungs. That means that Jag and Aston will be able to compete for the same customers. For all we know, we could see a few Jag products that chase the same type of customers as Aston Martin like a new sport-coupe (ala V8 Vantage/911 chaser), etc. Interesting to ponder.
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11-27-2006, 10:11 PM
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11-27-2006, 10:58 PM
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Re: New S-Type to become XF
what is Ford thinking? type S is a pretty nice looking Vehicle. And renaming it will not help
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11-27-2006, 11:24 PM
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Re: New S-Type to become XF
That really sounds stupid to me! XF just sounds retarded!
Also, the "S-class" has had some prestige in the US market, why kill off a name like that?
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11-27-2006, 11:43 PM
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Re: New S-Type to become XF
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11-28-2006, 12:30 AM
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Re: New S-Type to become XF
So long as it's not the Jaguar xB.
Put a Leaper on that!!  
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11-28-2006, 06:08 AM
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Re: New S-Type to become XF
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11-28-2006, 09:40 AM
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Re: New S-Type to become XF
With the XF, looks like they can rename the X-Type the XD.
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