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Car Magazine Online has a spyshot of the new interior for the 2010 Jaguar XJ, featuring a pop up gear selector similar to that found in the XF. Together with other changes, this would seem to indicate a move to a more contemporary interior.

Car Magazine Online has some pictures of the 2009 Jaguar XF-R, sporting bonnet|hood scoops, larger air intakes, quad exhaust pipes and some aerodynamic touches to the sills and trunk. They also suggest that the car is lower than the standard XF.

Automotive News  [subscription required] reports that Jaguar sales across Europe rose by nearly 70% last month, which is very good news for Tata Motors.

I think that a lot of the credit goes to the new XF, which has been well received by Jaguar enthusiasts.

Yahoo Canada Finance were responsible for some panic today when they mistakenly reported oil at $126 per Ounce instead of per Barrel.

Quite a boost for the sale of electric vehicles, I’d have thought.

Motor Authority reports that the UK government has offered Jaguar-Land Rover funding in order to speed up the development of emissions reducing technologies, including development of an electric-diesel hybrid, and a kinetic energy recovery system.

Jaguar news is thin on the ground lately, so I thought I’d mention this baby jaguar, born a couple of weeks ago in the Huachipa zoo in Lima, Peru.

This is the third jaguar born in captivity in Peru. Story and another picture here.

NASA is offering a chance for everybody to become an astronaut on the next Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, though in name only.

Participants can submit their information at lro.jhuapl.edu/NameToMoon/, print a certificate and have their name entered into a database. The database will be placed on a microchip that will be integrated onto the spacecraft.

I signed Amy up and surprised her with the Certificate … she’s thrilled, and says it’s “very cool”.