And why is it Ian Callum? >Literally managed to single handedly turn Jaguars from beautiful cars into literal slop>Sales fell off a cliff after his designs were released
Before he was chief designer...
>>29037698... And now here is the slop he created
>>29037697Not at all, he designed a lot of truly good looking cars. Ford RS200, Escort Cosworth, Aston DB7, DB9, Vanquish, Jaguar XJ, XK (which you've confusingly put >>29037698 in the "before" section), and the absolutely gorgeous pre-facelift F-Type. There's a reason you know his name, and not whatever gook designed Unreliable Hyundai #347.
>>29037705>Not at all, he designed a lot of truly good looking carsNot even remotely close to being true.>Ford RS200Not beautiful>Aston Martin DB7Wasn't the only designer for it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_DB7>Aston Martin DB9Wasn't the only designer for that either. Henrik Fisker was involvedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_DB9>Jaguar XJNone of the pre 2009 models were designed by him, the 2003 model was done under Geoff Lawson>Jaguar XKThe original XK wasn't designed by him>Designer - Fergus Pollock under Geoff Lawsonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_XK_(X100)>absolutely gorgeous pre-facelift F-TypePretty ugly to meSeems he can't design a good looking car on his own, only when someone else is in charge
>>29037699It looks like it's getting to the point where cars are so optimized that they're going to all look identical. I mean, it basically already is there but you can at least tell that the headlights for the left one are on a Jaguar.. It's like the last recognizable piece
>>29037714suvs have always been that
>>29037699I dont think making SUVs was his decision anon.
>>29037699As far as SUVs go, these are pretty good-looking, the proportions are decent enough. Can't do much better with the task given by the higer ups. F-Type looks great.
>>29037722>F-Type looks great.Looks like a Hyundai
Even the Type 01- the details are iffy and the palette they chose to show it off is terrible, but, again, the proportions, he got them perfectly. This man understands the money gap. Paint it black and you got a Batmobile.
>>29037728Ian Callum didn't design the type 01, that was Gerry McGovern, who was Land Rover Chief Designer
>>29037709Of course he wasn't the only designer on the DB7, cars haven't had one lone designer for decades anon. He still penned the majority of the car. As for the DB9, here's a quote from the article you linked "When asked by the magazine Car and Driver how much he had contributed to the vehicle, Callum replied, "I would say pretty much 100 per cent, including the interior. Maybe not the colour and trim and wood finishes but certainly the surfaces of the car." I did mean the 2009+ XJ as well, that's a very nice and stately sedan. You are right about the very early XK8s, that's my bad. The later ones including the R are still quite attractive though. As for the F-Type, well there's no accounting for your poor taste I suppose
>>29037727It does not, and "looks like a Hyundai" is not the insult it once was anyway. It's not early 00s anymore, modern Hyundais look pretty damn good.
>>29037727No it doesn't. Point out and explain one single design element on the F-Type that's also found on or even vaguely resembles that of a Hyundai.
>>29037697>>Sales fell off a cliff after his designs were releasedBMWs are selling like hot cakes even after turning every car into a rolling sniffer, is this really the metric you want to use?
>>29037709>>29037727Fuck off you contrarian tasteless amerinigger.
>>29037697did he designed the teletubbies car?british ppl are so gay
>>29037699Hey the one on the right is Waymo! It's the most iconic car in the last decade! kek
>>29037699Jesus fucking Christ, dude. That's genuinely depressing. Imagine being the guy that sunk a brand as venerable as Jag.
>>29038249>What are chinks love them because that's who they styled the cars for and browns are going to buy them no matter what because oogabooga muh status symbol inshala
>>29037697>And why is it Ian Callum?I'm waiting to hear why. Jaguar lagged well behind BMW, Mercedes, and even Audi well before he ever touched a single Jaguar - their sales were never competitive even once and they never really tried to be anyway. The last XJ and the pre-facelift F-Type (both Callum designed) are still some of the nicest looking modern cars of the last 10-15 years despite that.
>>29038329>b-but those sales don't countpick a lane faggot
The XK8 (and xkr x100), specifically my xk8 is the most beautiful jaguar along with the xj220 Geoff Lawson made one of the most beautiful and iconic coupes of all time and then ian Callum ruined it's elegance with the x150. Which imo is downgrade in almost every way and is the beginning of jaguar's downfall and enchinkification.
>>29038358Nice Kia you got there, here is what a Jaguar XJ should look like
>>29038771>>29038818I can feel the seething from these posts
>>29038818>>29038771>faggot brand>faggot fanboy>braindead brainworm takes on everythingsad, this is why God nuked you people.