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Market view: why the Jaguar XJ has an uphill battle

By Glen Brooks Motor Industry 10 July 2009 16:11 It’s a sobering thought for Jaguar management that no matter how good the new 2010 XJ is, it’s never going to be a big seller. The global market for large executive saloons was in decline long before the Great Recession appeared, the buyers in this segment increasingly tempted by models as diverse as the BMW X6, Infiniti FX, Cadillac Escalade or Mercedes GL-Class crossovers and SUVs. The generation that was chauffeured in an S-class or XJ is retiring, with the owner-drivers who succeed them soon to be preferring a Porsche Panamera, Aston Martin Rapide or Audi A7.

Monaco Grand Prix (2012) RESULT

Mark Webber starts on pole for Red Bull with Rosberg’s Mercedes alongside. It should stay much the same at the Monaco Grand Prix, but did it? It may have taken a mistake in Barcelona by Schumacher to see Mark Webber on pole at the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix, but with a tight street circuit like Monaco that gives the Australian decent odds of taking the win and becoming the sixth different winner in the first six races of a topsy turvy 2012 season.

Infiniti's Andy Palmer talks world domination

Along with the news of a new Infiniti global flagship sedan, we sat down with Nissan/Infiniti vice president Andy Palmer to discuss the brand's new goals and the challenges it'll face achieving them in a competitive global market. Why is Nissan becoming so ambitious with Infiniti? In today's industry, 12 percent of the volume and 50 percent of the profits comes from the premium group -- defined by 13 nameplates.