What's the Future of the Jaguar XJ?

Honestly, I see little reason to put limited R&D funds into a full size luxury sedan. The future of EV is going to make people want roomy CUV/SUV like auto's.

I personally would continue to tweak the model with new interiors, exteriors and special limited edition packages to keep it going and unique and focus on the other bigger and much more profitable segments.

I hope they don't give up on the segment. The XJ is one of the better cars there and doesn't deserve the lack of attention from the buying public. 

This car is dead man walking.  The S-class owns this segment, and to try to keep up with it, would cost Jaguar or anyone else too many R&D dollars.  The 7-series has enough global volume and platform share with Rolls to stay profitable for years to come, but you wonder how Jaguar or Maserati last much longer.

1 hour ago, Drew Dowdell said:

I hope they don't give up on the segment. The XJ is one of the better cars there and doesn't deserve the lack of attention from the buying public. 

I am very much not a British car fan overall (reliability reasons) but the XJ is the best looking full size luxury car out there. Just love the look. 

I like the front and side profile, but the rear is so odd looking..something about the bumper and taillights  just turns me off...

Don't care for the XJ stylistically- too derivative of a number of other cars, the sum of which just. isn't. anything. special or even upscale. Greenhouse length is also a bit ungainly in profile. 
Kind of stunning the F-type outsells it- I think that's saying something major there. I think it could be retired with little notice.

7 hours ago, smk4565 said:

This car is dead man walking.  The S-class owns this segment, and to try to keep up with it, would cost Jaguar or anyone else too many R&D dollars.  The 7-series has enough global volume and platform share with Rolls to stay profitable for years to come, but you wonder how Jaguar or Maserati last much longer.

Maserati lasts by selling tarted up Ghiblis and eventually an extended Guilia

8 hours ago, Drew Dowdell said:

Maserati lasts by selling tarted up Ghiblis and eventually an extended Guilia

Well, they could probably sell 5 Maseratis a month and Sergio would keep the brand around.

10 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

Well, they could probably sell 5 Maseratis a month and Sergio would keep the brand around.

Yea Sergio would consider that a success just like his 56 Alfa's in 2016 that he wasted billions on are considered a success.

I LOVE the old more anachronistic previous gen that ended around 2008?  I would have one of those if they were easy and affordable to maintain.  I would add it to that "classic car" thread where I chose a 911... Current one doesn't do that much for me so no big loss, they can always bring back the name in the future.

3 hours ago, frogger said:

I LOVE the old more anachronistic previous gen that ended around 2008?  I would have one of those if they were easy and affordable to maintain.  I would add it to that "classic car" thread where I chose a 911... Current one doesn't do that much for me so no big loss, they can always bring back the name in the future.

 

 

 

I like the look of the old ones, and esp. the interior....the dash on the current generation is so generic...bulgy vents, very little wood...the older plank of wood dashes looked better, IMO..

On 4/15/2017 at 8:14 AM, frogger said:

I LOVE the old more anachronistic previous gen that ended around 2008?  I would have one of those if they were easy and affordable to maintain.  I would add it to that "classic car" thread where I chose a 911... Current one doesn't do that much for me so no big loss, they can always bring back the name in the future.

 

 

 

They're not terrible to maintain. Mostly Ford product mechanically, no excessive electrical gremlins to speak of... and you can get them cheap. Heck, my 2004 Honda is costing me more than a car payment a month just to keep it fully operational.  I doubt a 2006 XJ8 with 66k miles would cost more to maintain than the $275 a month it would cost to finance it.