• New Jaguar (concept car)

    From Don Y@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 3 01:35:49 2024
    <https://www.team-bhp.com/sites/default/files/styles/check_extra_large_for_review/public/jaguar-type-00-concept-4.jpg>

    Well, obviously not for young people who DON'T want to keep their hands off each other (and various parts thereof)!

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 3 06:11:55 2024
    On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 01:35:49 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
    wrote:

    <https://www.team-bhp.com/sites/default/files/styles/check_extra_large_for_review/public/jaguar-type-00-concept-4.jpg>

    Well, obviously not for young people who DON'T want to keep their hands off >each other (and various parts thereof)!

    Looks ugly and uncomfortable.

    Jag is going New-Coke Bud-Light crazy. They sound desperate.

    What surprises me is that the self-driving Waymo cars here are small
    Jags.

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 3 09:45:19 2024
    On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 01:35:49 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
    wrote:

    <https://www.team-bhp.com/sites/default/files/styles/check_extra_large_for_review/public/jaguar-type-00-concept-4.jpg>

    Well, obviously not for young people who DON'T want to keep their hands off >each other (and various parts thereof)!

    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/12/03/pictures-jaguar-boss-claims-fearless-creativity-behind-new-ev/

    The new PT Cruiser.

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  • From bitrex@21:1/5 to john larkin on Tue Dec 3 15:11:22 2024
    On 12/3/2024 9:11 AM, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 01:35:49 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
    wrote:

    <https://www.team-bhp.com/sites/default/files/styles/check_extra_large_for_review/public/jaguar-type-00-concept-4.jpg>

    Well, obviously not for young people who DON'T want to keep their hands off >> each other (and various parts thereof)!

    Looks ugly and uncomfortable.

    They made a car uglier than most new cars out there, which is no small feat

    Jag is going New-Coke Bud-Light crazy. They sound desperate.

    Ferarri was once asked by a journalist they'd ever design a Ferrari "for
    the female driver" and I can't recall which PR person it was but they
    replied something like "Ferrari doesn't design cars _for_ anyone!"

    But that's what "exclusive" luxury brands tend to do, people buy them
    cuz they're expensive and other people who are poor don't have them, not because they're super-pragmatic purchases. Go buy a Chevy if you want a
    car someone will tell you was designed for you.

    Anyway the usual suspects are calling it "woke" who the hell knows what
    "woke" means in this context other than that it's an EV and it looks
    dumb and expensive. "Woke" just means "anything I don't like" at this point.

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  • From Don Y@21:1/5 to bitrex on Tue Dec 3 15:21:52 2024
    On 12/3/2024 1:11 PM, bitrex wrote:
    Anyway the usual suspects are calling it "woke" who the hell knows what "woke"
    means in this context other than that it's an EV and it looks dumb and expensive. "Woke" just means "anything I don't like" at this point.

    I'd like to hear their reasoning for the barrier between driver and
    passenger. Is it trying to mimic the Batmobile??

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  • From wmartin@21:1/5 to bitrex on Wed Dec 4 13:25:52 2024
    On 12/3/24 12:11, bitrex wrote:
    On 12/3/2024 9:11 AM, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 01:35:49 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
    wrote:

    <https://www.team-bhp.com/sites/default/files/styles/check_extra_large_for_review/public/jaguar-type-00-concept-4.jpg>

    Well, obviously not for young people who DON'T want to keep their
    hands off
    each other (and various parts thereof)!

    Looks ugly and uncomfortable.

    They made a car uglier than most new cars out there, which is no small feat

    Jag is going New-Coke Bud-Light crazy. They sound desperate.

    Ferarri was once asked by a journalist they'd ever design a Ferrari "for
    the female driver" and I can't recall which PR person it was but they
    replied something like "Ferrari doesn't design cars _for_ anyone!"

    But that's what "exclusive" luxury brands tend to do, people buy them
    cuz they're expensive and other people who are poor don't have them, not because they're super-pragmatic purchases. Go buy a Chevy if you want a
    car someone will tell you was designed for you.

    Anyway the usual suspects are calling it "woke" who the hell knows what "woke" means in this context other than that it's an EV and it looks
    dumb and expensive. "Woke" just means "anything I don't like" at this
    point.



    "Woke" is for people who consistently misspell "Joke". Phonetic dyslexia?

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  • From Martin Brown@21:1/5 to Don Y on Thu Dec 5 09:23:14 2024
    On 03/12/2024 08:35, Don Y wrote:
    <https://www.team-bhp.com/sites/default/files/styles/check_extra_large_for_review/public/jaguar-type-00-concept-4.jpg>

    Well, obviously not for young people who DON'T want to keep their hands
    off each other (and various parts thereof)!

    It looks to me like the unholy offspring of Lady Penelope's car in
    Thunderbirds and Straker's car from UFO.

    Combining the worst features of both.

    --
    Martin Brown

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  • From Don Y@21:1/5 to Martin Brown on Thu Dec 5 04:09:13 2024
    On 12/5/2024 2:23 AM, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 03/12/2024 08:35, Don Y wrote:
    <https://www.team-bhp.com/sites/default/files/styles/check_extra_large_for_review/public/jaguar-type-00-concept-4.jpg>

    Well, obviously not for young people who DON'T want to keep their hands off >> each other (and various parts thereof)!

    It looks to me like the unholy offspring of Lady Penelope's car in Thunderbirds
    and Straker's car from UFO.

    Naw, her car looked ALMOST practical!

    <https://i.pinimg.com/originals/39/61/99/3961997323b15afe374381b8e2b73102.jpg>

    I'd love to have a look at the engineering drawings!

    Combining the worst features of both.

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