Jaguar Cars rebranding without any cars

by bigtoneson 11/20/24, 5:28 AMwith 39 comments
by _son 11/20/24, 8:49 AM

For some context;

- Jaguar competes in the same demographic that Audi, BMW and Mercedes go head to head in

- Jaguar merged with Land Rover about a decade ago, and the JLR group as a whole is doing pretty well; mostly aided by the Land Rover Defender and Range Rovers

- JLR is owned by Tata Motors

Jaguar over the past year or so has pivoted to aggressively pursuing an electric-only strategy, going all in - to the surprise of many by stopping production of all its ICE vehicles by 2025 at which point it’s aiming to start introducing its electric lineup.

Their sales were always minuscule compared the German 3, and this is their strategy to differentiate themselves.

Between the JLR group, and parents Tata, they have the knowledge and funding to pull this off, the only question is how long with Tata/JLR pursue losses for - they’re not driven by short term profits here so I’m somewhat optimistic.

Jaguar did launch the i-Pace a few years ago which was excellent, just ahead of its time and priced out for most.

by bigtoneson 11/20/24, 5:55 AM

This is not going to end well. They YouTube video comments are brutal. At least they're 'copying nothing' from other car brands I guess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMnYpL0GQfA

by tonyedgecombeon 11/20/24, 7:50 AM

I suppose having no cars solves the reliability problems.

by skrebbelon 11/20/24, 8:12 AM

I'm super jarred that the new logotext is spelled "JaGUar"

by petepeteon 11/20/24, 7:51 AM

There's more on the new image here:

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/jaguar-reveals-n...

The new logo made me think of Slazenger.

by tim333on 11/20/24, 3:31 PM

Some pics of the 2026 prototypes https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/finally-first-pi...

I guess they are hoping to build buzz before the cars arrive?

by atemerevon 11/20/24, 8:41 AM

Were there cars before?

(just kidding, I am actually a Jaguar fan, one out of maybe three remaining. Probably out of masochism!)

by ungreased0675on 11/20/24, 5:43 AM

This feels like an avant- guard satire I’m not sophisticated enough to understand.

by peanut-walruson 11/20/24, 8:15 AM

Ah yes, rebranding, what the marketing department does every few years to justify their existence.

by dave333on 11/20/24, 9:38 AM

They should launch an updated E-type

by fergieon 11/20/24, 8:12 AM

Reminds me of Glumlot

by rsynnotton 11/21/24, 10:56 AM

I mean, Jaguar has never actually had particularly _good_ logos (it has had one memorably unfortunate one; see their logo from 1935-1945...) To be honest I'm not sure what people are moaning about.