[s-cars] AWD wagons

[Pasqualoni, James E]

Ah, not true!  Tourag V10 tdi is indeed available here!  That would be my
SUV if I were going in.  Oh yeah, and had $80 large to spend!!! 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Levitt [mailto:lee at wheelman.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 9:56 AM
To: Pasqualoni, James E; 'lee at wheelman.com'; 'Joe Pizzimenti'
Cc: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
Subject: RE: AWD wagons

Jim,

Nice to meet you too. I have some seat time with the big Jags, but none with
the X-type. On your recommendation I'll go find one and play.

I am looking for a *big* wagon and I think the Audi and Volvo are quite a
bit larger than the Jaguar.

In fact, I'd be tempted by a diesel Touareg or Landie, but neither is
available in the states...

Lee



On Thu Sep 01 06:10:14 PDT 2005, "Pasqualoni, James E" 
<james.pasqualoni at gs.com> wrote:

> Hey Lee,
> 
> Have you driven one or even sat in one?  Not all that much 
> recognizable from the blue oval parts bin.  Sure, the car would enjoy 
> that sweet super-charged
> V8 from the S-Type R, but the X-Type is priced rather reasonably for a 
> mid-sized awd premium sports sedan IMHO.
> 
> Nice to finally meet you on Sat...
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Levitt [mailto:lee at wheelman.com] Sent: Thursday, September 
> 01, 2005 9:06 AM
> To: Pasqualoni, James E; lee at wheelman.com; 'Joe Pizzimenti'
> Cc: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
> Subject: AWD wagons
> 
> James writes:
>> 
>> Jaguar X-type wagon???
> 
> Never thought of it. I have not heard good things about the X-type 
> generally. The Jags have always been, um, slightly different. The big 
> sedans are wonderful to drive, in a grand cruising sort of way, but 
> their ergonomics are quite mediocre.
> 
> The X-type, IIRC, is a world car, built on a Ford (Mondeo?) platform. 
> Too small and slow, with dubious ancestry :)
> 
> Lee
> 
>