NEW YORK AUTO SHOW: Revisiting An Old Friend, The Jaguar CX17 — Does It Still Look DAMN Good?

After walking around the show floor and stopping by on not one, but two public days, I kept finding myself coming back to the same booths. I didn't find myself stopping by Audi or Mercedes, but I found myself lingering around the Aston Martin, BMW, Jaguar and Lexus stands. Why?

The reasoning is simple. They all had products I was particularly intrigued by. Though Aston had nothing new to show, I am a sucker for the Vantage. BMW had the all-new M3/M4 out and a stunning blue i8. Or, how about the Lexus RX 350 F Sport and all-new NX?

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And then there was Jaguar.

If the F-Type Coupe wasn't already acting like a mythical siren calling out to me, there was the CX17 Concept. Although I believe I've waxed poetic about this concept on a couple of occasions, it's so clear that if Jaguar were to produce something like this and not dilute the secret sauce it would be the best styled vehicle in its class. At least that's my perspective.

With all-new entrants coming from all angles, I wanted to check-in in with our faithful readers and see if the CX17 is still all that and a bag of chips or if it is already played out.


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RobertPaulson - 4/23/2014 11:50:29 AM

+1 Boost

JLR will have a massive hit on their hands IF Jaguar builds this as closely to the concept. It's got surprisingly sporty proportions and does not resort to all the styling gimmicks some manufacturers have done recently.

TheSteve - 4/23/2014 1:05:37 PM

+1 Boost

Put a diagonal swath across that grill and it could pass for Vovo's styling.

cidflekken - 4/23/2014 5:41:37 PM

+1 Boost

Initially, i thought this was a safe design. But with the unattractive SUVs from BMW, the look-alike blandness of Audi's SUVs, the awkward design elements of the Cayenne, the dowdiness of the ML, this could very well be the best-looking SUV in the segment (the updated Discovery and Discovery Sport haven't been seen yet). The only wildcard might be the XC90 replacement which, if anything like the XC60, it could be a really attractive car (though I agree with TheSteve, that there would be some close similarites to the Jag)