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Subject: Re: New Jaguar (concept car)
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 13:25:52 -0800
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On 12/3/24 12:11, bitrex wrote:
> On 12/3/2024 9:11 AM, john larkin wrote:
>> On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 01:35:49 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> <https://www.team-bhp.com/sites/default/files/styles/check_extra_large_for_review/public/jaguar-type-00-concept-4.jpg>
>>>
>>> Well, obviously not for young people who DON'T want to keep their 
>>> hands off
>>> each other (and various parts thereof)!
>>
>> Looks ugly and uncomfortable.
> 
> They made a car uglier than most new cars out there, which is no small feat
> 
>> Jag is going New-Coke Bud-Light crazy. They sound desperate.
> 
> Ferarri was once asked by a journalist they'd ever design a Ferrari "for 
> the female driver" and I can't recall which PR person it was but they 
> replied something like "Ferrari doesn't design cars _for_ anyone!"
> 
> But that's what "exclusive" luxury brands tend to do, people buy them 
> cuz they're expensive and other people who are poor don't have them, not 
> because they're super-pragmatic purchases. Go buy a Chevy if you want a 
> car someone will tell you was designed for you.
> 
> Anyway the usual suspects are calling it "woke" who the hell knows what 
> "woke" means in this context other than that it's an EV and it looks 
> dumb and expensive. "Woke" just means "anything I don't like" at this 
> point.
> 
> 
> 
"Woke" is for people who consistently misspell "Joke". Phonetic dyslexia?