Lyon's Tales Page 4 of 8
The Lyon's Roar
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July VJC Car Rally and Judges Training
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JAGUAR NEWS:
-Le Mans Race
-Jaguar Plans XF Coupe?
-F-Type Reinstated for Production
-XKR Goodwood Model Announced
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Jaguars That Never Were
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Life is Like a Box of (Jaguar) Chocolates: VJC member finds an XKE
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TECH CORNER: How to Wash and Clean Your Jaguar
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2010 VJC
Events Calendar
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Joke/Picture of the Month
(Non Jaguar Related)
VJC 2010 Officers
President
David Harrison
Vice President
Steve Kelley
North Reg. VP
Bruce Murff
East Reg. VP
Don Jackson
West Region VP
Maurice Maxwell
Membership
Bruce Murff
Treasurer & Secretary
Marian Murff
Concours Chairman
Steve Kelley
Newsletter, Webmaster,
Chief Concours Judge
Wayne Estrada
The Jaguars that Never Were
by Wayne EstradaOne of the great life lessons that one learns over years of maturity and experience is that things (usually) work out the way they are supposed to. Looking back over my life, I am happy that the "one's that got away" got away, and as a result, I have a lovely bride I'd never what have had if I had been impatient and pulled the trigger years before.
Car design is much the same, and while Jaguar cars is universally recognized as one of the great design studios in the automotive world, certain cars never made it into production for a variety of technical, marketing, or asthethetic reasons.
One thing us Jaguar affecianados can be proud of is that Jaguar have never made an ugly car. While many manufacturers have some great looking models currently and in the past, every other company has its own ugly ducklings that are best forgotten. Ford had the Edsel, Audi the 100, just about any 50's Mercedes sedan (as well as the current "100" series), BMW 2002 (sorry 2-fans), all the original Lexus and Acuras, the Pontiac Aztec, the Cadillac Cimmaron, and almost all AMC cars from the early 70's (can anyone just say "Gremlin"?)
Some of the Jaguars that never were actually were quite beautiful and even brilliant. A personal favorite is the Daimler Corsica, a two door convertible based on the X300 sedan of 1995-1997, and a two door convertible based on the discontinued S-Type among others.
Enjoy the following gallery of Jags that never quite made it! In some case, it is a shame some of these never made it into production, but those that did not will appear pretty obvious....and we can be thankful that these are the ones that thankfully "got away."
A pre XJ40 Pininfarina Jaguar Sedan Design (interesting but not British enough)
XF Concept
XK180 Concept Sports Car (F-Type)
Daimler (XJ300) Corsica
Jaguar (XJ-S based) Eventer Estate
XJ6 Avon Estate (glad we dodged that bullet!)
XF Estate (a distinct possibility)
1966 XJ13 V12 Racing Car Prototype
XJ-S Estate