Posts Tagged ‘leaping cat’

Hero to launch electric car

Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Hero Electric part of larger Hero group plans to introduce a e-car or electric car in India by 2013. Tata has already said it would launch Indica electric in 2009 and Mahindra is planning to introduce a similar car in 2010. Pininfarina has also said that it will launch an electric car in 2014.“Her......

Holden W427 limited to 427 units costing $150,000 AUD each

Friday, June 20th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Holden W427They are having a different conversation in Australia than we are having up here, and we want in on it. Holden has just announced that the limited-edition Holden W427 will have 500 hp and 471 ft-lb of twisty motion. Sure, we have the Corvette Z06 --......

Suzuki Wagon R, Stingray Limited editions intro’d in Japan

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Suzuki Wagon R and Stingray LimitedIn Japan, Suzuki expects the Wagon R to eclipse the 3,000,000 units sold milestone this month. To commemorate, it has launched Limited versions of both the Wagon R and its Stingray variant (whose front-end styling looks ver......

British place 3,000 orders for new Jaguar XF

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Ford may finally be ridding itself of the cash bleeding Jaguar brand, but the automaker is doing so just as the XF is about to hit dealers' showrooms. If indications from the UK mean anything, the XF may be the hit for which the leaping cat has long searched. The Brits have placed 3,000 orders for t......

Spy Shots: Jaguar XK-R with extra kick

Monday, July 16th, 2007
Now that Jaguar and Aston Martin are no longer officially related, the leaping cat feels free to pounce on its former corporate sibling. The current Jaguar XK-R isn't enough to really challenge cars like the Aston Martin Vantage V8 or Porsche 911, so Jag is cooking up a hotter version -- an XK-R-R?W......

Spy Shots: Production 2008 Jaguar XF - no camo!

Friday, June 8th, 2007
The 2009 Jaguar XF has been caught completely uncovered and without camouflage for the first time. While only visible from behind and a rear 3/4 view, we feel confident in saying the production XF will be remarkably close to the C-XF Concept on which it's based.There are differences, of course. The ......

Job cuts possibly looming at Jaguar

Saturday, March 10th, 2007
Mulally himself has recently stated that Ford is behind Jaguar, that Ford has no plans to sell Jaguar, and that Ford continues to invest in Jag because the leaping cat is part of the Way Forward Plan. Ford's reduced first quarter loss came with the help of a 36% improvement in profitability within t......

Jaguar gets in on the webisodes game

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
The Jaguar brand hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire lately, and Ford's British marquee's next major product, the sexy XF, is still a year away. Well, the team from Coventry can't very well sit on its hands and wait for better days, so it's kicked off a seriesof webisodes to get to get the......

Forgotten X-Type Sportwagon

Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
Aw, shucks. With all the Chicago hubbub, we almost forgot about the new Jaguar X-Type Sportwagon that has been unleashed here. Who cares? We're sure someone does. From this 3/4 rear shot, it looks nothing like a Jag and more like the last-gen Volvo S40 wagon. Inside Line runs the cat through so......

Dear Jaguar, what happened?

Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
Robert Farago, over at The Truth About Cars, has [updated] an interesting article regarding Jaguar. And since I still have not forgiven Jaguar (and more importantly Ford) for pulling the plug on their Formula One program, I'm more than happy to talk a little smack about the Leaping Cat (is it ......