Jaguar wants one platform for its cars.(Brief article)

Automotive News Europe,  January, 2007  by Rechtin, Mark

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Byline: Mark Rechtin

Jaguar wants to base all its cars on the same vehicle architecture, says the British carmaker's top engineering executive.

"Having three different architectures, with three bodyshops - two aluminum and one steel - is not ideal,"

Al Kammerer, product development director for Jaguar and Land Rover, said at the auto show here. "The ultimate design would be a single architecture. But that requires up-front investment to make it happen."

That goal will not be achieved with the upcoming XF sedan, which replaces the S-Type in early ...

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