Jaguar confirms plans to build a wagon version of the well proportioned XF.
According to carsales.com.au, Andrew Whyman, XF Vehicle Engineering Manager for Jaguar, recently spoke about the development: “I can’t say when or how much, but it is on the cards,” the executive was quoted as saying by the aforementioned source “Ian Callum [Head of Jaguar design] will do something different with this. It will be slightly different, with character and panache.”
The last wagon Jaguar built was the X-Type, which wasn’t a succes, but now Jaguar is confident that XF Estate could add valuable sales to the model line.
A. Whyman said that the Audi A6 Avant and BMW’s 5 Series Touring, for instance, does huge sellings in some parts of Europe and Europe is the main target for this model.
About the design of this new model Whyman declared that we can expect something special.
Kevin Goult, Jaguar Australia’s Brand Manager, stated that the local importer would consider bringing a future XF wagon variant to Australia also, but that it will probably be a limited run model of sorts.
“We haven’t done any pricing for it and it’s not to confirm or deny whether it’s yes or no, but it [XF wagon] is certainly a model we’d consider for the future.”
“We know there’s the [BMW] 5 Series and 3 Series Touring models from BMW, and also the Audi stable has a few estates, so we have to compare ourselves against them,” reasoned Goult.
“We need to consider what the market opportunity is. If [the forecast is for] very low volume, it might not be something that we bring in as a regular vehicle; it might be a retail only order, not a build for stock,” Goult stated.
Source: Carsales
