A Jaguar 2+2 GT is back on the cards, and would sit alongside the brand’s next-generation Jaguar F-Type if it makes production.
Jaguar design director Ian Callum told Autocar at Pebble Beach: “I want a two-seater [the F-Type] and a 2+2. We’re working on something now. There’s nothing approved, but we instigate in design – that’s what we do.”
Discussing the idea further at the Frankfurt motor show last month, Callum said he believed Jaguar could add an XK-like model to its range and would “like to get back to both”. To that end, Callum has some “quite different ideas... as to how to carry four people quickly around the world” with their luggage, suggesting if the XK were reborn, it would be as a true four-seat sporting grand tourer. The XK was discontinued in 2014 due to flagging sales. “The XK being dropped was much to my frustration,” said Callum.
If a new 2+2 gets the go-ahead, it would be built alongside the next-generation F-Type at Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich plant. The car would use an updated version of the F-Type platform (which itself is a modified version of the original XK platform) and adopt Jaguar’s Ingenium engines. These would include the entry-level four-cylinder 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol unit with 296bhp and the upcoming straight-six powertrains in various states of tune. The latter engines would replace the Ford-sourced V6s, as found in the current F-Type.
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Jaguar has deeper pockets now
Jaguar has deeper pockets now than it did when the XK was convieved under Ford. if anything I strongly believe Jag should do a XK. Along with the XJ, the XK should be used to benchmark Jaguar's next design language for the coming future. The current design of the F-type tailights and front J-lights are starting to age a bit and looking too common since the XJ and f-type first emerged and would be good to have something more refreshing. I don't think it will be as eye wateringly beautiful as the out going XK if I'm honest but expanding it into a 4 seater might be the way forward otherwise best to leave the XK to the history book.
Anecdotes are not market research but....
A friend of a friend, who obviously had quite a bit of money to burn, had bought something like 5 Jaguars one after the other, and then bought a Maserati. Why? The F-Type is only a 2, not a 2+2.
When will they unvieled &
When will they unvieled & released date. I hope not in 2020! It might be good car to star but not in the next James Bond movie. I have in V8 engine.