Jaguar XJ
The Jaguar XJ is a luxury sedan sold under the British Jaguar marquee. The XJ was launched in 1968 in addition to has serve as the Jaguar flagship model for most of its production span which continues through to today. The original model was the last Jaguar saloon to have had the input of Sir William Lyons, the company's founder.

History

ALPINA was founded by Burkhart Bovensiepen, (b. 1936) who is still the CEO, started in 1965 with the foundation of Burkhart Bovensiepen KG at Chauffeuring in the southern German province of Bavaria. The original name can be traced to Dr. Rudolf Bovensiepen, his father, whose company's rationale was to make office machinery.ALPINA typewriters were hugely successful, however the original Alpine ceased to exist at the end of the 1960s in their attempt to move into the textile industry. Then, in 1965 Burkhart established a BMW change business, following his achievement with investments in the stock market; he started the tuning business in an outbuilding of the original Alpine typewriter factory. He took on the name of his father’s business - ALPINA the legend was born.

Alfa Romeo GT

The Alfa Romeo GT is a sports car produced by the Italian automaker Alfa Romeo since 2004. The GT was introduced in March 2003 Geneva Motor Show and it came for sale in Italian market January 2004.The GT was based on the platform of Alfa's outgoing mid-size 156 sedan/saloon car, with the coupe body styled by Bert one. Most mechanicals are taken directly from the 156,with some influence beginning the slightly more modern 147 in the double wishbone front suspension setup and the multilink rear system. The interior is based heavily on that of the smaller hatchback 147 and utilizes many common parts. The GT utilizes the same dash layout and functions as well as having a very similar electrical system. The engine range includes 2.0 petrol engine, a 1.9 Multimedia turbo diesel, and a top-of-the-range 3.2 V6 petrol. The GT is positioned as a luxurious Grand Tourer in Alfa Romeo's range, and sits alongside the more sporting Briar (which is based on the newer mid-size Alfa 159 sedan/saloon car.) Both cars can be viewed as successors to the 916-series GTV. Keeping two mid-sized sports couples in production simultaneously is unusual and the two cars could be construed as being in competition with each other. If Alfa Romeo is viewed as the sporting arm of the larger FIAT cluster however the move makes more sense: with no sporting FIAT badger cars currently in production, the marketplace arguably has ample room for both these cars, each being tailored to a different niche. Historically Alfa's strategy of developing sporting cars from their conventional sedan/saloon car offerings has found much favor among traditional Alistair, and ensured good sales. In 2006 Alfa introduced a 1.9 JTD Q2 version with limited slip differential, and also added a new trim level called Black line up.