One particularly interesting bit regarded the shooting brake, which Nurnberger said, "we sort of started it and then realized to make a really good shooting brake we had to do a lot more engineering." Thus, the long-roof Vanquish actually has a longer wheelbase than the rest of the cars. According to Nunberger, the rear of the car is taken from a modular platform and is essentially a rear of a Rapide that has been added on. Of course, that required total reengineering, retesting, as well as re-crashing to bring it to production......
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Electric Jaguar XJ
Say goodbye to the gas-powered Jaguar XJ and hello to the electric XJ. The British automaker took great pains to hide as much of the design of the upcoming EV, but this spy photo makes it clear that the vehicle continues the automaker's history of making sleek sedans.
The redesigned electric XJ will have all-wheel drive and electric motors in front and back. It's built on Jaguar Land Rover's Modular Longitudinal Architecture (MLA)platform, the underpinnings for EVs, plug-in hybrids, and mild hybrids that will be part of every Jag by 2025.
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It's called the GPV Colonel, and it was originally manufactured by a company called General Purpose Vehicles in Michigan. A quick internet search shows the manufacturer builds several such vehicles designed for military use, but exactly how Yadlowsky and his partners came upon this particular machine is something of a mystery. Another quick internet search shows Yadlowsky and GPV headquarters are only about 45 miles apart, so that could have something to do with it.. ....
So much for individuality, right? Okay, now that we've had our coffee, we'll point out that CX-5, CX-9, and Mazda 6 Carbon Edition buyers will enjoy some individuality....
