subaru gets it, will Mitsu?

[Lawrence C Leung]

It appears that you don't think too much of the appearance of the old Jag
sedans of the '50s and 60's then. They truely do share similar heritage
to the S and (okay, only seen pics) X type, and amongst all of the many
types of autos, I do very much like, admire and enjoy Jags. In fact, a
silver F type cabrio followed me on the Parkway today. A beautiful sight.
I think Jag has done an excellent job of retaining their heritage while
coming into the Modern age. And, in spite of what people are out to do
(find flaws simply b/c Jag now has strong Ford roots), I think the
overall flavour of the cars continue, and many of the newer Ford products
aren't so bad themselves. What are we going to do now, slam everything
else like,  "Hmmm the interior of this Audi seems to look an awful lot
like that VW over there (IMHO, VERY nice cars), isn't it too bad Audi's
aren't what they used to be......." . Evaluate a product for what it is
and what it does instead finding flaws in what may not necessarily be
flaws. 

LL - NY

On Fri, 9 Mar 2001 21:53:45 -0600 (CST) Virtual Bob <hey9811 at yahoo.com>
writes:
>> Well, compare a Lincoln LS to a Jaguar S-type and I would expect 
>the
>> transformation from a Ford Mondeo to the X-type to be about par.  
>Which
>> is to say, the interior bits are quite different and Jaguar did a 
>good
>> job hiding its Ford-ness.  However, I still can't help thinking 
>"Taurus"
>> when I see an S-type.  Now, I have only seen pictures of the 
>X-type,
>> it is hard to say how it would look in the flesh.
>
>From the front it has some hints of Jag. But from side or rear it 
>looks
>like any other premium Dearborn product -- it did not use any shape 
>that
>can't be re-created in a lava lamp.
>
>I saw someone driving a new S-type few weeks ago driving, coming in
>opposite direction. I first thought it was a kit car from dead front. 
>But
>as I see the sides as it passed, and notice it was a sedan I realized 
>it
>was the S-type. It was the saddest looking thing in the flesh -- 
>worse
>than in pictures. It looked like someone slammed Play-Doh hard to the
>ground and didn't pick it up, and along comes some kid who sticks 4 
>wheels
>to it just see what it will do. It was truly aweful.
>
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