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JAGUAR DESIGN chief Ian Callum is a touch peeved by suggestions the 2007 Jaguar XK coupe looks--ahem--somewhat like an Aston Martin. "What the hell did people expect?" he snaps, his […]

It is important not to look back too much, according to Jaguar director of styling Ian Callum. He believes that the company's sports cars should be stunning, and possible shocking.

YOU'LL recognize the 2010 Jaguar XJ's nose as a more upright follow-up to last year's sensation, the XF. On the bigger XJ, which is about the same size as the […]

THE 2009 S-TYPE replacement looks much like the C-XF concept, including its rakish four-door coupe roofline (above) and the original-XJ-evoking grille. Jaguar design chief Ian Callum says the C-XF shown […]

RICK WAGONER led Motor Trend's Power List for the first time in 2008. In the time between this writing and its publication, Wagoner may be running the company, he may […]

YES, WE ARE fully aware of the GT-R's best-known nickname, "Godzilla"--so called because the automotive press found previous generations as ferocious and all-conquering as Japan's fire-breathing monster. But following a […]

Chevrolet Malibu BASE PRICE RANGE: $21,395-$26,670 BODY TYPE: Sedan WHAT'S NEW: Chevy reports the demand for 2008 Malibu is so high, it purposely kept the 2009 MY changes to a […]

0:7 YOU'LL notice the heartbeat every time you enter the driver's seat of the new 2009 Jaguar XF sedan. Not just your ticker--the car's, too. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION […]

1. RICK WAGONER General Motors chairman/CEO WHEN YOU'RE SLIPPING TO SECOND, YOU TRY HARDER Why he's number one: Carlos Ghosn says there's no problem at a car company that good […]

NO LONGER SADDLED WITH A LINCOLN PLATFORM, COVENTRY'S BREAD-AND-BUTTER SEDAN TRADES IN STEREOTYPICALTYPICAL BRITISH TRADITIONS FOR MODERNISM PRODUCTION XF'S TURN SIGNAL/ROUND HEADLAMP TREATMENT UNDER CLEAR COVERS, LOOKS BETER THAN THE […]

OUCH. While Ford doesn't issue individual profit-and-loss statements for each of its brands, Jaguar played some part in filling the Blue Oval's 2006 earnings pool with red ink. Everyone--Ford management, […]

THE BRITISH motor industry has been synonymous with financial disaster and is studded with motoring corpses--from Austin Healey to Allard, from Alta to Alvis (and that's just some of the […]

chevrolet aveo TICKS ALL THE BOXES, JUST MISSES THE MARK FORGET LUXO cars and trucks: The white-hot heat of real competition in the auto biz is in the small-car segment, […]

BESIDES THE driver's seat, the best vantage point from which to enjoy Jaguar's supercharged XKR may be from behind it. All the better to admire the sinuousness of its arching […]

THIS FALL, when "Casino Royale," the 21st EON-produced James Bond film, lights up movie screens, it'll once again showcase 007 driving an Aston Martin--in which, logically, the immortal MI6 agent […]

1. CARLOS GHOSN [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nissan Motor Corporation and Renault president and CEO Now has Renault; GM and Ford both want him 2005 rank: 1 Why he's number one--again: In […]

YOU MIGHT THINK the Jaguar Advanced Lightweight Coupe looks conservative for a concept car. It has no curiously levitating body parts. No double-digit-cylinder engine. No 24-inch handcarved "not-for-highway-use" tires. No […]

FORD SHELBY GR-1 A legend digitally remastered and repackaged for the 21st century. 0:1 It shimmers in the studio like liquid mercury, the light flowing effortlessly across the highly polished […]

The Aston Martin DB7 embodies British royalty so thoroughly it should have hemophilia and crave boiled meats. Just listen to the names of the colors (colours?) in which the DB7 […]

Hinting at the possible birth of an intriguing rivalry, a senior Aston Martin insider describes the new DB7 coupe as "quick as a Ferrari, but easier to drive." His fellow […]

WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF ITS R-COUPE concept at the 2001 Frankfurt Motor Show, Jaguar is going places designwise where it's never gone before -- and paying an honorary visit to […]

12 CYLINDERS 460 HORSEPOWER 10,000 MEGAWATTS OF STYLE LET'S BEGIN WITH THE OBVIOUS: Aston Martin's new Vanquish is one of the most superbly designed front-engine GTs of all time. Whereas […]

Meanwhile, Aston Martin has a new design director, Henrik Fisker, the Danish stylist who drew the Z07 concept and its production version, the Z8, for BMW. Fisker also has been […]

Fords resurrection of Jaguar is complete. The American auto giant bought the quintessential English car maker a dozen years ago and set about developing models to replace Jaguar's aging product […]

* Geneva is one of the most coveted assignments on the auto show circuit, and not only because of the fine hotels and exquisite cuisine. There's a relaxed atmosphere missing […]

460 Muscularly British Horsepower, Coming Soon Aston Martin won the hearts of Geneva Auto Show-goers by unveiling the production version of its much-anticipated Vanquish. This V-12-powered exotic GT is a […]

Project Vantage Finally Gets Real When Aston Martin first showed Project Vantage at the '98 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, it called the car a realistic harbinger of […]

Even though it was introduced at the Detroit show in January, the Jaguar F-Type Concept deserves another mention. Inspired by the XK180 concept car, the F-Type is the most compact […]

Aston martin Vantage Volante thank goodness for friends. I spent a good portion of the too-brief time allotted to me with two examples of Aston Martins looking for a reason […]

A TOP-SECRET, TOP-SPEED ROMP IN FIVE DECADENT PERFORMANCE CARS SPEED BLIND: A PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION CREATED BY LONG STINTS OF 150-plus-mph driving, wherein the brain readjusts itself to process incoming data […]

ANALYSTS ESTIMATE Ford has probably dumped more than $5 billion into Jaguar since 1989, and yet the storied British luxury brand has yet to make Dearborn any real return on […]

LOW WEIGHT and a stiff body structure distinguish the 2007 Jaguar XK convertible, which will make its public debut at the Detroit show. Despite the mechanism for the traditional cloth […]

A comedy routine by Billy Crystal revolved around a Fernando Lamas-like character who pursued perfection through vanity. "When you look mahvelous, darling, you are mahvelous," he exhorted. No student of […]

What if you were rich? Not just first class instead of coach wealthy or Mercedes-Benz instead of Volkswagen rich, but really loaded. Flying around in your Lear jet, visiting your […]

NEW OFFICE AT THE TOP Almost coincident with the naming of Britisher Nick Scheele as head of North American operations for Ford and the other promotions that went with it, [...]

JAGUAR is working on a new sports car that will be positioned under the XK, and aimed squarely at Porsche's 911. To be called XE, the car likely will make […]

DESIGNERS ARE the rock stars of the auto industry. They're the car-guy's car guys, the ones who can give you chapter and verse on almost every great and/or significant automobile […]

ONE OF THE wilder rumors buzzing around the auto business late last year suggested embattled Ford was going to sell off Jaguar--and that Renault/Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn was interested. Turns […]

THERE'S NOTHING quite like the adrenaline rush of introducing a new car--the buzz that comes from knowing you've rolled the dice on $500 million, maybe even a billion dollars, and […]

Ford Motor Company scrubbed the Boxster-size Jaguar F-Type concept years back, but look for some of its flavor to seep into the all-new 2007 XK, the first Jaguar completely designed […]

Jaguar and Land Rover president Joe Greenwell is doing it tough. He started at Jaguar in 1983 in marketing and then public relations, so it hurt to close assembly at […]

J Mays says he needs help--his words, not ours. Ford Motor Co.'s vice president for design announced that Peter Horbury is the new executive director of design for Ford, Mercury, […]

Though Jaguar's XJ sedan lineup received substantial updates in '90, '95, and '98, its basic platform and dimensions date back more than 15 years. As handsome as the current car […]

THEY CALL IT VANTAGE. WE CALL IT STUNNING Merely glance at the sinewy body-shaping and drool begins to form at the corners of your mouth. From the wide shoulders, hunkered-down […]