Thursday, February 24, 2011

Bertone�s Baby Jaguar Sports Sedan: Not My Cup of Tea


In all honestly, I really struggle to see how the Bertone B99 fits into Jaguar�s past and current design lineage and line-up. The new generation of Jags � the XF and the XJ � are sleek, risqu� and look like nothing else on the market. On the other hand, the B99 could just as easily be badged as a Lincoln, a Rolls-Royce or a Maserati. If you squint at the pictures you�ll see my point. It�s anonymously styled, as if Bertone used a book called, �Luxury Concept Cars 101� as a template. And that grille! It just screams, �Dodge Caliber!�
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