Saw a British/American unicorn today

"MarquetteLa" (marquettela) 04/18/2016 at 16:51 • Filed to: None

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not my photo. wasn’t sure at the time if it was worth taking a photo of

Today on the way to work I found myself behind a car I don’t think I had ever seen before: a Jaguar X-Type wagon, which I have now learned Jag called a “Sportwagon” back in the day. According to Car & Driver, a total of 1602 of these were sold in the U.S. between 2005 and 2008. You learn something new every day.

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dogisbadob > MarquetteLa 04/18/2016 at 16:59

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The X-Type wagon is the most awesome Jaguar ever. While it’s no Toyota, it’s easily the most reliable Jag. All the luxury and prestige in a wagon available with a manual transmission!! And it even has the hood ornament on the front!

And yes, the manual X-Type wagon was available in the US!!! I don’t know how many out of the 1602 were manual, but it’s definitely more than zero.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > MarquetteLa 04/18/2016 at 17:00

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I’ve seen a few of these around.. these do have the Duratec V6....so could theoretically stuff a 2.3 ecoboost mated to an Focus ST transaxle to this...

Tareim - V8 powered > dogisbadob 04/18/2016 at 17:01

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*ahem*

I think this F Type easily beat’s that tarted up Ford Mondeo

dogisbadob > Tareim - V8 powered 04/18/2016 at 17:02

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Yeah but it’s not a wagon and doesn’t have the hood ornament ;)

Tareim - V8 powered > dogisbadob 04/18/2016 at 17:03

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I’d take a dab of oppo over any beigemobile with a fancy dress on

dogisbadob > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) 04/18/2016 at 17:06

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Mazdaspeed 6 swap since it’s AWD ;)

HammerheadFistpunch > MarquetteLa 04/18/2016 at 17:07

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true story, whenever I go into the dealership to cash in on those flyers they send out (you know, the ones where the odds of winning the movie tickets are 999997:1000000) I use this vehicle as my buffer between car salesmen.

“what brought you in today?”

“Movie tickets”

“I know right? Well is there anything I can do to interest you in seeing a new or used car today?”

“you know I am in the market for a Jaguar x-Type wagon with a stick, Green”

“yeah...we don’t have that, might be tough to find.”

“oh, I guess...oh well.”

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > MarquetteLa 04/18/2016 at 17:09

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That's more rare than the is300 sportcross.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch 04/18/2016 at 17:11

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What dealership? Maybe I’ll leave my manual green X-Type sedan with them just to mess with you ;)

HammerheadFistpunch > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/18/2016 at 17:14

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sedan? pass.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch 04/18/2016 at 17:18

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Hey man, two out of 3 isn’t bad. Why don’t you just come take a look...

not for canada - australian in disguise > Tareim - V8 powered 04/18/2016 at 17:18

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*ahem* *ahem*

Don’t get me wrong, I love the F-Type, but I don’t know, something about the XKRS just feels, right. It feels more like a proper Jag.

Ash78, voting early and often > MarquetteLa 04/18/2016 at 17:22

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Hell yeah! I saw one Saturday at my son’s friend’s birthday party. I semi-tried to wait around to see which parent it belonged to. People laughed about it at the time, you know, being a Ford Mondeo and all — but IMHO it's one of those "best of both worlds" cars. Sort of like the Saab 9-2X.

HammerheadFistpunch > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/18/2016 at 17:22

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You see my job requires me to transport long bolts of imported British wool, and they just wont fit in a sedan also it wont do to transport it in lesser brands.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch 04/18/2016 at 17:27

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Fair ‘nuff.