Jaguar's New Platform: XF Replacement Will Be Aluminum, Too

Your browser, , is out of date and not supported by www.motortrend.com. It may not display all features of our site properly and could have potential security flaws. Please update your browser to the most upated version. Update Now Home  >  Features  >  News  >  Jaguar's New Platform: XF Replacement Will Be Aluminum, Too By Paul Horrell | September 22, 2013  |   At the Frankfurt show, after the reveal of the Jaguar C-X17 crossover concept, reporters sat down with Jaguar design director Ian Callum and Jaguar Land Rover vehicle line director Kevin Stride. The same day Jaguar showed the concept to the press, and then publicly at least seemed coy about whether it will make production, the automaker made a far more significant announcement. The company will launch a new all-aluminum BMW 3 Series rival two years from now. To be exact, Jaguar said the all-new aluminum architecture under the C-X17 will be going into production in a sports sedan to be launched in 2015. And the company isn't being modest about its ambitions: "It will be the most efficient, advanced, and refined premium sports sedan ever seen in the C/D segment," the company said in a press release. No Jaguar executive could ever have made that boast of the late, unlamented X-Type.

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