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Laptop - 2004 Jaguar X-Type

Laptop - 2004 Jaguar X-Type

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From a 2004 X-Type — the Jaguar built at the old Ford Escort plant in Halewood, the saloon Hammond admitted on Top Gear was actually quite good.

This is a unique Laptop bag made from the original interior of a 2004 Jaguar X-Type. 

* Compartment for the laptop
* Zippered interior and exterior pocket
* 4 internal open accessory pockets
* Adjustable and detachable shoulder strap
* Handle to carry the bag easily
* Size: 38cm x 27 x 10 (15" x 10 1/2 x 3 1/2)

Each ZEITWORKS bag is a unique creation, carrying the history and character of the car of the vehicle it once belonged to, making every design impossible to replicate.
Handmade in Canada

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The Car Behind This Bag

2002-2004 · 2.5L or 3.0L AJ-V6 · Halewood, Liverpool · CD132 chassis · Jaguar's controversial entry-level saloon

The X-Type was Jaguar's attempt to enter the mid-size executive saloon segment that BMW's 3 Series and the Mercedes C-Class had defined through the 1990s. Built at the Halewood plant near Liverpool — a former Ford Escort factory — the X-Type shared its underlying platform with the Ford Mondeo, a fact the marketing department spent considerable effort minimizing. The 2.5-litre and 3.0-litre AJ-V6 engines were Jaguar-specific, paired with all-wheel drive as standard on every car at launch.

It was a commercial failure on a scale that has since become a cautionary case study. Sales never approached the projections. The car's Mondeo platform was discovered by enthusiast forums within months of launch. The Office (UK version) put David Brent in an X-Type as a deliberate joke about middle-management aspiration. The ambition of building a properly junior Jaguar was sound; the execution, in retrospect, asked the brand to do something it was not yet structurally prepared to do.

Jaguar built around 350,000 X-Types from 2001 through 2009 before discontinuing the line — and the Halewood plant subsequently shifted to Land Rover production. The original interiors, in Halewood-fitted leather over the smaller-scale walnut treatment, represent a particular kind of early-2000s British saloon ambition that Jaguar would not attempt again until the XE of 2015.