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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 11:12 AM
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From the side, the new Jag looks a lot like an ES, although front and back look quite different. It looks like a really nice car - too bad Jags have not been up to par on reliability - or so says Consumer's Report.
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by samathews
From the side, the new Jag looks a lot like an ES, although front and back look quite different. It looks like a really nice car - too bad Jags have not been up to par on reliability - or so says Consumer's Report.
Yes it does. Kind of a blend of ES and GS.

I like the front and rear of the new Jag. It will be interesting to see what the new owners do with the brand.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:24 PM
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Moving this thread to Car Chat to get more responses from the rest of the community.
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If anything it looks like the GS

Though in person it looks a lot better than the two combined.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:41 PM
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Definitely has a GS "fastback" profile to it, but other than that I don't like the XF.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by knihc2008
If anything it looks like the GS

Though in person it looks a lot better than the two combined.
I agree. It actually doesn't look too bad in person. The interior could use a little work, but I'm not too disappointed with this exterior compared to the concept, although the concept is still much better.

As for CR...they only have information on the other models which have been out for a while now. The XF is still new.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 07:10 PM
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In person, it doesn't look anything like a GS or ES. It looks way better than either.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 07:37 PM
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I like it. Coming from a family that had 2 XJ6s in the 80s, I am happy to see they are coming out with such designs, but I agree about the reliability, we were frequent victims of the old joke that you buy 2 Jags, 1 to drive and 1 to keep in the shop.
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