The Chinese auto market’s obsession with long wheelbase cars has reached a new height, or should we say length with this super-stretched Jaguar XJ. Chinese motoring portal auto.sohu discovered these leaked drawings of a patent application for an XJ limo that looks like no other.
It’s both longer and taller, which betrays the industry-standard practice of increasing the wheelbase along the length of the rear doors. It now uses a bespoke set of rear doors that end far ahead of the rear wheels, as the entire car seems to have been stretched by over a full metre.
The roof is raised gradually from the standard windscreen rake, with an angular rear window line that has more than a passing resemblance to that of a Rolls-Royce Phantom. The back pillars are set steeper than before too, somewhat ruining the standard XJ’s svelte rear quarters.
It’s yet unknown if this is the work of Jaguar itself or a specialised limo manufacturer, though the apparent lack of design cohesion would suggest at the latter. More legroom is a matter of want rather than need, obviously, but the raised roof is indeed baffling. Any chance top hats are making a comeback in China?
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Maybe the would-be owner is some super tall Chinese.
I thought this was going up be the Britih royals new official car to replace the ageing Bentley
Whaaaaaaaaaaatt
This rendering is exactly what it is – a rendering
Proportion looks off
This car looked beautiful before stretching it… now it just has lost its proportion.. and sleekness… and get rid of those rims!!!
looks more like a presidential limo now
This stretch lacks proportion. Badly. Look at how long the bonnet is and look at how long the boot is. Starting to look like a hatchback. Like a Rolls- Royce with fabric seats…
at first, i thought it was a perdana executive. hahaha i mean seriously, at the first glance.