THE FUTURE OF JAGUAR, THE embattled British marque owned by Ford (for the moment, at least), stands at a crossroads. Buyers have ignored the aluminum-bodied XJ sedan, a technological tour de force and a lovely luxury car but visually indistinguishable from its predecessor. The S-type sedan, never a truly serious competitor to the usual mid-size luxury-sedan suspects from Germany, is a lame duck. And as for the X-type, which isn't long for North America, it recently landed on Time Magazine's list as one of the 50 Worst Cars of All Time. So until the all-new XF goes on sale this spring, the XK coupe and convertible are the flag-carriers for Jaguar.
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