What’s Missing In This Press Picture?
( – click image to enlarge -)img: Jaguar Cars USA
Hint – it’s not the absent hood leaper which the company has (dumbly) removed on M.Y. 2008 XJ sedans bound for North America.
Nor is it the lost dignity in that bulbous front spoiler that makes the Jag look like it’s nursing a fat lip after losing a nasty brawl with a 5-Series.
No, what’s missing from this photograph from Jaguar Cars’ press CD is something much more functional and yet still symbolic. What’s missing?
March 25, 2008
About the Author: Gunnar Heinrich is publisher of Automobiles De Luxe online and is executive producer of the Automobiles De Luxe Television series on PBS member station CPTV.
gotleib1 | Mar 25, 2008 | Reply
Shouldn’t the stately XJ be set in some, rolling grass fields near some Tudor style English manor?
Gunnar>> I saw and HEARD an M5 (The older, squarer body style) what a sound!
Alex | Mar 25, 2008 | Reply
Hmm…missing…excitement, flare, appeal, value, luxury, reliability, British roots???
LAArt | Mar 25, 2008 | Reply
Is it the jaguar logo in the middle of the rim? Where the hole is in the photo? Take a look at http://www.jaguarusa.com/us/en/xj/gallery/photography_0475452A-CBB5-447F-B299-059D2AC2CE38.jpg
Also, not seeing any windshield wipers, but that may be the angle of the photo.
Gunnar Heinrich | Mar 25, 2008 | Reply
LA Art’s got it. Was it intentional? How could it be?
Gotleib – that M5 sings sweet sweet musik
Alex – the car’s got flare alright. Don’t know if it’s the right kind.
technomancer | Mar 26, 2008 | Reply
front turn signals?
technomancer | Mar 26, 2008 | Reply
in regulation yellow/orange that is…
technomancer | Mar 26, 2008 | Reply
and maybe door key-locks