Still not digging the Veilside-surprised-Asian-catfish front-end looks, but this article makes it sound like it won't suck too bad in the performance department. And they're now claiming a manual transmission is confirmed (though I wonder if it'll be a true manual, or a double-clutch gearbox sort of thing. Surprised they're bothering with either, since the automatic is apparently an 8-speed!
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http://blog.caranddriver.com/jaguar-...ris-auto-show/