Ford pulling a fast one with their new line..Jaguar?

[Shockwave]

Ok, for those who dont know, Ford aquired Jaguar not long ago. Anyways, Ford also owns Lincoln. Well, it seems Lincoln is dropping the Continental line in the Lincoln division. (This was a rumor, a salesman told my grandfather who buys a new Conty like every year) And, if you've been following, seems Jag came out with an entry level model, the S type. Well...look at these links...
Continental
Jag S type

Well, looks to me like Ford Lincoln had a design for the new year Continental, but Ford decided to drop the Conty line, take the design and roll it out as a Jag to help boost sales in the new division. Does anyone else think this? Am I being stoopid?
I know its not a big deal or anything, it just bothers me that I might be right. It seems screwed up to buy a new line, then take your old line, drop a product and add it to the new line to boost sales...

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Ok, for those who dont know, Ford aquired Jaguar not long ago.

Actually that happened in 1989, so it has heen a while now.

 

[Shockwave]

Jeezle! I thought it was mid 90's when it happened! *L* Well, hey! At least *I* know about Intel NEWEST, FASTEST 800 mhz CPU thats coming out...
Ok ok, I'm behind the times in cars....

 

[Siddhartha]

Would Ford risk alienating the Jaguar buyer by having Jaguar producie Ford or Lincoln clones?

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Jeezle! I thought it was mid 90's when it happened!

I think you are confusing Jaguar with Volvo

 

[PlatinumGold]

hmmm. i'm not sure i understand the problem.

one interesting note, is that Jaguar quality went up significantly after Ford aqcuired them, hmmmm.

 

[ElFenix]

DEW98 is a completely different platform which is used for the s type, lincoln LS, ford thunderbird, and in another year, the ford mustang.

 

[Instagib]

The Sable and the S-type I beleive have the same body.

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
one interesting note, is that Jaguar quality went up significantly after Ford aqcuired them, hmmmm.

Are you sure? My mom's post-Ford Jag (XK8) was just as sketchy and unreliable as her 2 previous Jags (XJ-S)

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
hmmm. i'm not sure i understand the problem.

one interesting note, is that Jaguar quality went up significantly after Ford aqcuired them, hmmmm.

Well, I wouldnt say theres a problem per se, more just speculation on my part. Basically, I thought the S type looked like a smoothed out Continental, so then went all Conspircay Theory and figured Lincoln gave the design to Jag so Jag could have an entry level car....

 

[IJump]

Aside from the similarities shared by most cars, I don't think they look all that much alike.

The hoods are very different, as well as the entire front end. That is what I could tell the most from the two pics.

Just my opinion........ I would have to see them IRL to give a real good judgement

 

[FelixDeCat]

They need more like the XJ8. Drove one for a day. Very, very nice.

 

[Mister T]

The Jag S-type and the Continental have nothing in common. The Jag and the Lincoln LS are the cars that are mechanically similar.

 

[PlatinumGold]

ok, mb i'm slow, but i still don't get how Ford "pulled a fast one"?

did they try to deceive people into believing that they didn't buy jaguar?

 

[yakko]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Jeezle! I thought it was mid 90's when it happened! *L* Well, hey! At least *I* know about Intel NEWEST, FASTEST 800 mhz CPU thats coming out...
Ok ok, I'm behind the times in cars....

The Intel Itanium is already out.

 

[Ryan]

Are you smoking crack?