Jaguar Rebrands

[Sprintey]

It seems a weird thing to do a rebranding before actually showing any of the new cars, but we live in weird times.

https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/jag...rand-new-logos

For a bit of perspective, this is the moment where Jaguar ceases it's entire lineup and then returns with 3 new all electric luxury crossovers, at a much higher price point. This strategy was developed by Thierry Bollore who is no longer CEO, a few years ago.

As to be expected, the internet has roasted the marketing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ1XSE8QRhE

The cars are revealed next week. Can only hope they are stunners.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Sprintey

For a bit of perspective, this is the moment where Jaguar ceases it's entire lineup and then returns with 3 new all electric luxury crossovers, at a much higher price point. This strategy was developed by Thierry Bollore who is no longer CEO, a few years ago.

I give it 18 months before they get bought out by another company after completely ruining themselves.

[kypez]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

I give it 18 months before they get bought out by another company after completely ruining themselves.

Tata were too good to them. They should've taken away all their crayons and told them how to run the company instead of giving them autonomy.

Big mistake.

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[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by kypez

Tata were too good to them. They should've taken away all their crayons and told them how to run the company instead of giving them autonomy.

Big mistake.

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Look at their rise after they broke free from that shitful Ford owned era, suddenly a decade of strength to strength to strength, and go from being some fuddy duddy stale old man brand to making absolutely mint cars.

Then some potato CEO comes in, completely turns the formula that works on its head, does this and then leaves before it gets implemented? WTF?

[XR Martin]

Looking at those promo images I reckon it will be another DEI disaster.
It's cost the computer games industry hundreds of millions just recently.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by XR Martin

Looking at those promo images I reckon it will be another DEI disaster.
It's cost the computer games industry hundreds of millions just recently.

How the hell DEI got its dirty little claws into that industry, no one will know, my lord.

[kypez]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Look at their rise after they broke free from that shitful Ford owned era, suddenly a decade of strength to strength to strength, and go from being some fuddy duddy stale old man brand to making absolutely mint cars.



Then some potato CEO comes in, completely turns the formula that works on its head, does this and then leaves before it gets implemented? WTF?

I guess Tata just gave them too much rope as they say. They should've pulled it back when these things were being planned and a different direction chosen.

I can't even fathom what they'll bring out and how they'll justify their price point. Heck, even their current price point for many models are crazy (would you buy an Aston or a Jag?!). The F type LP or something such is $399,999!!!

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[XR Martin]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fyRKNrTyQos

[smoo]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Look at their rise after they broke free from that shitful Ford owned era, suddenly a decade of strength to strength to strength, and go from being some fuddy duddy stale old man brand to making absolutely mint cars.

Then some potato CEO comes in, completely turns the formula that works on its head, does this and then leaves before it gets implemented? WTF?

I thought the Ford era was considered the better and the more reliable ones?
I’m not a Jag nut but I suspect many stubborn die hard fans (probably one foot in the grave if they aren’t dead already) consider post 1990 Jags the same as water cooled Porsches.
Either way I’d have an 1990s XJR or XK8/R in a heartbeat.

[Franco Cozzo]

Even the new logo, looks like they paid some bloke $100 on Fiverr to create their new brand image.

https://www.fiverr.com/romisriyoool/...t-logo-design?

[Syndrome]

[Sprintey]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Look at their rise after they broke free from that shitful Ford owned era, suddenly a decade of strength to strength to strength, and go from being some fuddy duddy stale old man brand to making absolutely mint cars.

Then some potato CEO comes in, completely turns the formula that works on its head, does this and then leaves before it gets implemented? WTF?

Frenchman. Explains everything - they still remember being whipped at Agincourt.

[Sprintey]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

How the hell DEI got its dirty little claws into that industry, no one will know, my lord.

There's actually a story behind it, activists formed companies to police the content and wailed and screamed until they got inside the corporate tent:

https://www.danielgreenfield.org/202...is-taking.html

[Fordman1]

Originally Posted by Sprintey

Frenchman. Explains everything - they still remember being whipped at Agincourt.

And at Waterloo, but it wasn’t by the Indians

[Sprintey]

This young fellow is glass half full - he considers it could be genius marketing and knows the history and how things were not working for Jaguar, and why a distinct break needed to be done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIpQfVgFOCY

The first of the cars is released in the next few days, so we will wait to see what that looks like

https://www.drive.com.au/news/jaguar...new-luxury-ev/

I can see the long bonnet of the XJS

Oh and Fordman, here's one for you:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fishguard

[whitelion65]

Hmm

Pace with mistakes!

[Bill M]

Originally Posted by XR Martin

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fyRKNrTyQos

WTF? There goes the walnut burr veneer...

[DFB FGXR6]

As a Jag man, this sums up my view. And it breaks my heart.



I will say, all those complaining about the WOKE crap, and I can't stand it myself, but they were never going to buy a Jagaur anyway.

[Sprintey]

Here's the moment the Falcon advertising departed from it's previous form (if not buying demographic, as many would have had kids playing around on the back seat):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkMsx9_Td4o

That was the final generation of Falcon, too. At least they actually showed a car in the ad.

[Fordman1]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

As a Jag man, this sums up my view. And it breaks my heart.



I will say, all those complaining about the WOKE crap, and I can't stand it myself, but they were never going to buy a Jagaur anyway.

This is truely fckd, the word has gone completely mad with this woke crap.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Fordman1

This is truely fckd, the word has gone completely mad with this woke crap.

I couldn't care less about the WOKE part, there was and will always be people who have those beliefs. Personally, I take no notice of it, so it doesn't offend me. Actually, the whole world could learn from that, there would be no need for WOKE at all then.

What offends me is the Jaguar brand has a sh.t-load of heritage and passion, but this new direction almost discredits their past, discredits what made the brand unique and desirable. The problem is, that uniqueness is not universally desirable, and never has for Jaguar. They tried to emulate BMW, but most wanted a BMW wanted the badge not the driving experience.

What I'm trying to say, Jaguar were never going to reach BMW sales volume. Not because the cars weren't any good, they were brilliant actually, but because the Jaguar image is different. And this is where TATA should have intervened and figured out a way to deliver financial success while maintaining the uniqueness of the brand for those who "got" what Jags represent.

So, I'm not sad because they decided to be PC, but rather they have abandoned their customers.

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Everything woke turns to poo!

[kypez]

How is this Woke? It's Artsy. Artsy doesn't equal Woke.

I think some are too quick to label things here without understanding there is a difference.

By that logic, all the great artists of history who did things different to the norm were Woke?!

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[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by kypez

How is this Woke? It's Artsy. Artsy doesn't equal Woke.

I think some are too quick to label things here without understanding there is a difference.

By that logic, all the great artists of history who did things different to the norm were Woke?!

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Agreed. And if people actually knew Jaguar, they would notice they have long had a presence in the art and creative space.

People do love to be offended though, both the WOKE and the WOKE-haters, gives them an excuse to be outraged.

Meanwhile, I'll continue to enjoy my beautiful "real" Jaguar.....................

[Sprintey]

OK so I've found a bit more about what they are going to do, and yes, artsy is going to be strong with it:

"As part of its shake-up, Jaguar has launched a new “House of Brands” strategy to turn the company into a luxury brand to compete with the likes of Louis Vuitton.

According to Car Dealer magazine, there will now be fewer Jaguar car dealers in the UK as the ones left are upgraded to display “pieces of art” in their showrooms which customers visit as a “destination” to have a coffee.

There will also be a “curated brand store” next to luxury brands such as Dior and Louis Vuitton in Paris.

Handovers of new cars will be at customers’ homes or even “their favourite restaurants”, an insider told the magazine. Buyers will be “younger, more affluent and urban livers” who are “cash rich and time poor”.

Jaguar is also planning to close many of its showrooms, leaving it with a network of just 20 across the country."


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...othes-no-cars/


Only 20 dealers in the whole country. One in Paris tho. Wonder how many of the existing dealers and dealer staff feel? Especially those not located in the inner urban areas, or overseas dealers...

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Look at their rise after they broke free from that shitful Ford owned era, suddenly a decade of strength to strength to strength, and go from being some fuddy duddy stale old man brand to making absolutely mint cars.

Then some potato CEO comes in, completely turns the formula that works on its head, does this and then leaves before it gets implemented? WTF?

A lot of people don’t know the back story, J/LR refused every overture form Ford
to intergrate or even change direction or be told what to do with anything. DEW was
their development and they screamed blue murder when it was given to Lincoln.

Ford got rid of J/LR exactly because their product cycle upkeep was just too dear,
When TATA purchased J/LR for $2 billion, that was conditional on them agreeing to
fully fund the planned $8 billion product cycle costs. It was cheaper for a struggling Ford
to find a good home for J/LR than spend another $8 billion on them when Ford needed $20 billion.
The same went for Volvo sale to Geely, again funding a near $6 billion Product cycle.

The only one Ford should kept was Mazda, the Ford based Mazdas were way better than Ford Euro stuff.

[Paul302351]

100 years of heritage and passion built with a loyal bunch of consumers, discredited by 'deleting the ordinary' and 'breaking the moulds' by a crowd of angry rainbow people...


Now that is about as woke as it gets.

[Citroënbender]

They need gutsier gestures to drive home their ideal that “old” is, at best, irrelevant. Maybe buy a few mint early Jags and destroy them in a scrap shredder. Bonus points if they also shred an airworthy Spitfire.

[smoo]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

They need gutsier gestures to drive home their ideal that “old” is, at best, irrelevant. Maybe buy a few mint early Jags and destroy them in a scrap shredder. Bonus points if they also shred an airworthy Spitfire.

They could have that going on outside the court house sentencing native Brits to jail for criticising the countys immigration and justice policies.

[Fordman1]

Originally Posted by kypez

How is this Woke? It's Artsy. Artsy doesn't equal Woke.

I think some are too quick to label things here without understanding there is a difference.

By that logic, all the great artists of history who did things different to the norm were Woke?!

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Artsy ? Lol

It’s Woke BS, these idiots at Jaguar are destroying 100 years of their history and Alienating anyone that has enough money to buy their LUXURY cars.

The stupid “Artsy” idiots that “like” this will be buying MG3’s and NOT Jaguars.