QOTD: Who Should Jaguar Hire To Lead Design?

by Tim Healey

Published: December 2nd, 2025

qotd who should jaguar hire to lead design

Reports indicate that Jaguar let go of its chief designer, Gerry McGovern.

Assuming these reports are true, who should replace him?

I know car designers aren't necessarily household names, but some are known, at least among car folk like us. Ralph Gilles or Ian Callum, for example.

So, should Jaguar hire a big "name" designer? Or go with an up-and-comer that most folks in the automotive press haven't heard of?

Heck, should it bring Callum back?

You know what to do. Sound off below.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Marty S on Dec 04, 2025

Lots of negative comments about Jaguar. I hope they make it, but what can they do at this point? They are stuck with an all electric vehicle and the market has moved away from that. They are probably also stuck with an unattractive design, like the -00- concept. Do they have the ability to redesign it?
They could have improved their attractive sedan line, but abandoned it instead. The factories have apparently switched over to Land Rover production.

Lots of really bad management decisions. What is their plan at this point? I am a fan, but probably priced out of the brand for future offerings, which don't seem to be attractive in any event. I will stick with my current Jags for now, which are running fine.

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Marty S on Dec 04, 2025

By the way, i think the F-Type was great, and the XE and XF sedans, with the last interior upgrades, would have been fantastic if they had installed better powerplants, or at least kept the ones they had, instead of downgrading them.

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