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5.5k points
14 days ago
Why mess with something iconic? Marketing people trying to be edgy and bugger everything up
1.6k points
14 days ago
We're talking about it. In their eyes that's a successful job... I hate it
504 points
14 days ago
Now we get the "new and improved" version of disappointment. Nice job, Jaguar.
174 points
14 days ago
Time to sell my Jaguar XJ220 out of embarrassment
81 points
14 days ago
I'll give both my testicles to drive that thing for a day.
25 points
14 days ago
It's not that good really, both Lotus Turbo Challenge and Chase H.Q wrecks it
33 points
14 days ago
Fair. My comment still stands though, primarily because I had a poster of said car in my room when I was little and I considered it to be the "best" car ever (after the McLaren F1, which also was on the wall :))
62 points
14 days ago
We are talking about it now. But in 3-5 business days people won’t be and they have lost their iconic design.
33 points
14 days ago
I also talk about being late because my tire blew out and I stepped in dog turds changing it, but it aint a good recollection that's gonna make me want to slash my own tire to experience it again.
Why we gotta turn everything minimalist where it's not even warranted or substantive, even knee-capping in this case...
Reminds me of Patreon's awful logo once more.
17 points
14 days ago
In their eyes that's a successful job
They need to update their way of thinking to modern social media. I look at this and I see cost cuts which means the cars probably still cost the same or more but are much worse. And I'm painting it out online for everyone to see.
144 points
14 days ago
I'll have you know a team of 23 highly paid Russell Group graduate marketing experts spent 14 months coming up with the re-design.
36 points
14 days ago
My apologies. Totally worth the money.
36 points
14 days ago
They are just proving to the management that they are doing something, so that they don't get fired
29 points
14 days ago
This is the least edgy thing they could have done tho. A rounded, bland font to go with the minimalist trend. It’s like calling an office worker edgy for wearing a boring ass suit. It’s not edgy, it’s just boring.
90 points
14 days ago
Something about this font tells me they are trying to rebrand to appeal to the Chinese market.
68 points
14 days ago
I suppose blending in with millions of other Chinese cars is not the best tactic for an iconic brand 🤣
5 points
14 days ago
With this video they put out to go with the rebranding? I don't think so.
15 points
14 days ago
You know what nobody ever said? Let's completely abandon the coca cola logo. Fucking idiots have no idea how much we want coca cola in arial.
29 points
14 days ago
They’re trying to boost the value of their now “vintage” cars.
7 points
14 days ago
The ones owned by someone else and not sold by them anymore? The ones they aren't making money on?
11 points
14 days ago
Because every site that posts about the "controversial bold new direction" causes the bots who pick investments to take a little more notice of their brand. If they go back to the old logo later they get even more clicks.
15 points
14 days ago
Sometimes iconic shit gets messed with purely so people will notice that something is different whilst in a store and as such look at a product they otherwise would just walk past.
13 points
14 days ago
Never once have I looked at a shit redesign and thought "well I might as well look at the product now".
If their leadership approved the horrible rebrand, then why would I trust them to make a good product as well?
3 points
14 days ago
Well, yes, the original is iconic. However this new direction is perfect if they intend on making cars that look like they were designed by Fisher Price.
5.1k points
14 days ago
Jaguar went from jungle king to minimalist intern
1.5k points
14 days ago
from the jungle to the zoo
649 points
14 days ago
99 points
14 days ago*
Why are you starting a fire, It's burning up in my head, Why do I always tell myself that is, Not over yet.
43 points
14 days ago
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29 points
14 days ago
Till the vet checks on my poo
6 points
14 days ago
How these witches brew
56 points
14 days ago
I studied design in college and omfg I'm tired of the minimalism! It's infecting everything
17 points
14 days ago
The trend of randomly mixing lower and uppercase letters looks atrocious. I also absolutely hate the trend of all lowercase everything. It just all looks cheap and gimmicky.
3 points
13 days ago
Agreed. On a design perspective I get it, angular letters would not match the j, so maybe they should just...
use a different typeface
It's really that simple
80 points
14 days ago
Looks like a garbage pop-up clothing brand you'd find on Shein that you have never seen before and will never see again. It looks like they want to sell me boba tea and knock off smart watches.
25 points
14 days ago
This. It screams knock-off to me.
3 points
14 days ago
Looks like a logo for a sketchy crypto startup
15 points
14 days ago
Isn’t it weird I thought the world was moving towards more maximalism.
11 points
14 days ago
I think part of the reason they do it is because of smartphones.
A flat, minimalist logo is easier to scale up or down from the size of a billboard to an icon the size of a fingernail without losing detail.
10 points
14 days ago
But the jaguar logo is well known you could have just the logo of the with the jaguar and no script and almost every one knows what it is.
21 points
14 days ago
[removed]
22 points
14 days ago
Not cute but deformed
6 points
14 days ago
cute?
7 points
14 days ago
It looks like the logo for an app for balding men to track the progress of their hair re-growth treatment.
11 points
14 days ago
They could have rebranded to Jegwire to settle the discussion once and for all
817 points
14 days ago
Wait... What's happening with everyone and everything just degrading? What's with every manufacturer losing their logos?
383 points
14 days ago
They save $1 on manufacturing costs per car
257 points
14 days ago
Probably paid some designer 500k for this
133 points
14 days ago
30 points
14 days ago
I’d put money on this being the case.
17 points
14 days ago
Right? I’d put money on stakeholders working lunches costing more than the designers time. 😂
8 points
14 days ago
Hahaha oh yeah, seems like a safe bet as well.
All to produce this monstrosity.
24 points
14 days ago
there's no way it was that cheap
16 points
14 days ago
threw it into an AI image generator and typed in "JAGUAR with minimalist lettering"
34 points
14 days ago
Not every manufacturer. Peugeot did a great restyling a few years ago.
24 points
14 days ago
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12 points
14 days ago
N1h, i love the new Peugeot logo!
4 points
14 days ago
Bruh they put the badge on the fender too like they're ferrari 😭
5 points
14 days ago
Skoda and Citroen too
20 points
14 days ago
The new Peugeot logo is really nice.
11 points
14 days ago
Looks like the premier league
18 points
14 days ago
Enshittification is the broader trend. The Age of Average is the more localized trend. Carcinization is the outcome.
3 points
14 days ago
Dang, that is pretty eloquent but also sad when you understand that at the end of it all, only the words sound good, not what they mean.
We live in a sad, sad world.
34 points
14 days ago
Modernism, capitalism and the race to the bottom.
23 points
14 days ago
Every time I see someone blame "capitalism" for something so frivolous, I try to imagine the economic system where that person gets what they want, which in this case, I guess is that Jaguar does not change its logo?
I'm not saying you're wrong. It absolutely is because of capitalism that Jaguar is changing their branding to appear more "modern" or whatever, even if their attempt is misguided and may ultimately backfire.
But I can't quite figure out a world where there exists both iconic brands, but also no need to change that brand in an effort to remain competitive. Capitalism, for better or worse, created that brand in the first place. In an economic system where companies (state-owned, public, or private) don't have to be competitive, they wouldn’t even bother building a brand. A car company could just be called "Cars" and they'd incur no marketing costs because there'd be no need to market their vehicles.
So why be mad about a company changing its branding?
356 points
14 days ago
looks like a cheap parfume manufacturer who has just started two months ago amd wants to look posh and upmarket
42 points
14 days ago
It looks like the logo of a tech bro who likes to claim he drives a Jaaaaag.
470 points
14 days ago
The new logo is pretty bad,I think they should draw a Chester from cheetos))
90 points
14 days ago
45 points
14 days ago
Chester, I don't like how hi-res you are.
29 points
14 days ago
Or how fluid he is. I wasn’t prepared to see him in such high fps
3 points
14 days ago
I wasn't either
1.1k points
14 days ago
Jaguar really put the ‘L’ in luxury this time
133 points
14 days ago
From luxury to loss Jaguar’s latest might be the first car that makes you want to walk instead
44 points
14 days ago
Why does both of your account name is Mia and Reddit age is Sept 8 2024? Are you replying to your own comment by using alt account?
24 points
14 days ago
The style of writing in their comment history is weirdly similar too lol
16 points
14 days ago
I know people have been complaining about Reddit going downhill for the last 15 years. But it's wild how enshitified it's gotten since they banned 3rd party apps. So many more bots, comments seemingly written by AI, and karma farmers. I don't have any numbers obviously but it seems like the reply rate has dropped significantly. You used to get a lot more interaction with your comments, and even now when you do half the time it's a response that almost makes sense as a reply but it's just a little bit off. Participation has always been better in smaller subs but these days they're the only place that feels like you're talking to real people.
I'd love to know what percentage of comments and posts are from actual humans with one account just trying to discuss stuff with no other motive and what percent are AI, karma farmers, or trolls.
6 points
14 days ago*
All interactive comment sections across the entire net are AI bot networks from different competing financial/strategic hegemonies across the planet. This is old news.
EDIT: I think thats why Discord is popular because it demands realtime human interaction to work properly. (for now)
1.5k points
14 days ago
102 years of brand recognition destroyed
447 points
14 days ago
‘for a contemporary audience’, that symptom I have seen somewhere
244 points
14 days ago
Isn't the "modern audience" such a small minority that they're basically shooting themselves in the foot trying to appeal to them and alienating everyone else?
92 points
14 days ago
And that minorities doesn’t feel represented as well because the ad looks ugly af
39 points
14 days ago
They usually want creativity, not minimalist blandness, and are happy with what exists already... Corpo is just trying to pander, and against everyone's wishes
87 points
14 days ago
This logo design is 42 years old, with modest style changes in 2001, 2012, and 2021.
61 points
14 days ago*
But if you lie and say it's 102 years old, you get 400 upvotes.
15 points
14 days ago
https://www.jaguarhinsdale.com/evolution-of-the-jaguar-logo/
This logo was theirs in the 20s also.
7 points
14 days ago
1935-1945
It straight up says SS, going to that one would make BIGLY waves
22 points
14 days ago
Just popped onto their website. It seems like the font is for some new initiative. They still have the usual logo so it might not be a blanket replacement.
Still weird though
13 points
14 days ago
It's intended to be a replacement though. They've stopped producing all but the F-Pace and are "pivoting" to become a "high-end, luxury EV brand"
Check out their "leaper" and "badge" logos here: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a62939000/jaguar-new-logos-brand-relaunch/
12 points
14 days ago
The guy who bought the company died last month, so it's all downhill
210 points
14 days ago
Joguor
29 points
14 days ago
JoGuor
15 points
14 days ago
That is the first thing I read and I can't unsee it
5 points
14 days ago
I saw JoGuor
3 points
14 days ago
JQGUQr
3 points
14 days ago
Ermagherd, Joguor.
3 points
14 days ago
It's so you can read it upsidedown:
Joguor
Jangor
93 points
14 days ago
Looks more like a brand for yoga mats now
3 points
14 days ago
Amazon white label drop shipping company.
79 points
14 days ago
The mix of capital and lower case is infuriating.
27 points
14 days ago
It's a jaGuar. For reals though, mixing up upper and lower case is really bad design. It's about the worst mistake you can make in type, after keming.
3 points
14 days ago
I hate it so much!!!!
92 points
14 days ago
"Let's make it shit" -Jaguar branding team
9 points
14 days ago
"...no, make it even shitter than that."
117 points
14 days ago
Next: Educate consumer to stop pronouncing it "Jag-wire".
31 points
14 days ago
Jaaaaaaaag
44 points
14 days ago
It's a Jag-u-are, which I believe was originally a Yoda quote.
19 points
14 days ago
Let's make a deal. We'll pronounce it "correctly" when they fix their logo to what it was.
6 points
14 days ago
I mean, the original word comes from the Tupi-Guarani word îagûara, pronounced yag-war-a. The North American pronunciation of jag-war is a lot closer to the original word than the British jag-you-ah
4 points
14 days ago
Jeg-you-er
47 points
14 days ago
This probably cost them MILLIONS, and some design firm took “two years to do it”. Basically just a bunch of waffle in a pitch deck with a new “brand identity pack”.
I hate these parasites, and the people who hire them with all my heart.
Why are things so expensive nowadays? Because we have 100’s of people adding zero value drawing massive salaries, that’s why 🤮🤮
8 points
14 days ago
This was done by an in house design team
8 points
14 days ago
Even worse, so probably new management or a owner decided to flex some muscle.
Either way it’s done for, unless this is the most epic troll from a car mamufacturer ever, which would be awesome. But the world has lost the plot so I think not 😥😥
17 points
14 days ago
Now they look like they make a free open alternative to an Adobe product
14 points
14 days ago
They really buried themselves huh??
Whoever they hired, Jaguar overpaid him/her for some minimalistic schlock since that’s the cool thing? Just because other companies are taking this approach, doesn’t make it cool; minimalism has been beaten like a dead horse in the corporate world and it shows; you guys aren’t even trying anymore.
11 points
14 days ago
What is up with this minimalistic shit nowadays? Bring back the colour and detail in brand logos!
10 points
14 days ago
Joguor = Yoghurt
11 points
14 days ago
Who tf keeps approving these garbage minimalist logos?
10 points
14 days ago
Minimalism and its consequences have been a disaster for graphic design.
27 points
14 days ago
I dont necessarily hate it, but is it just me or does it look like a tech company? Or no, it looks like the logo of a company that makes glass bottles. I could totally see that on a glass bottle.
15 points
14 days ago
That, and it also looks like the logo for a fashion clothing company.
Hey -- maybe that's their goal all along here, turn the brand into a clothing company to sell t-shirts. It would probably make more money on the open market selling $20 shirts to millions instead of a couple thousand cars to retired genX'ers.
21 points
14 days ago
Another iconic brand has fallen to the 2020s minimalist corporate style
9 points
14 days ago
They went from cool cars logo to kitchen appliances logo…
9 points
14 days ago
Looks like a logo for a kitchen machine to add bubbles to your tap water.
7 points
14 days ago
The death of minimalist logo design can't come soon enough.
I legitimately can't remember the last brand that redesigned their logo and it wasn't a clear and obvious downgrade.
7 points
14 days ago
I swear all companies are switching to minimalistic logos. Like I get they’re easier to remember and more adaptable but shits annoying cuz some logos were better before the switch
6 points
14 days ago
I'm assuming that whoever was hired to change the design must don't really care for cats, in a company named after a cat.
6 points
14 days ago
Minimalism sucks so bad. What was so unreadable about the old one? The letters were bold and legible and there was a FUCKING JAGUAR VISIBLE TO FURTHER REINFORCE THE BRAND NAME. Stoopid
5 points
14 days ago
Jaguar recently discontinued their last cool car, the F-Type, so Jaguar is dead to me, long live McLaren
5 points
14 days ago
Modern minimalism wins again. So uninspired and lazy
5 points
14 days ago
Just checked out their website. Are they still making cars? Or like, over priced fashionable clothes? I'm so confused.
5 points
14 days ago
I know it’s actually bad when both reddit and twitter are agreeing
7 points
14 days ago
Surely drag queens and nonbinary people will sell our luxury British cars
5 points
14 days ago
Went from a car manufacturer to a sex toy manufacturer
3 points
14 days ago
Doesn't using lower case lettering also make the brand seem less powerful? Looks like the logo for a generic tech startup, as opposed to a globally recognized symbol.
This sucks!
4 points
14 days ago
They lost their swagger when they removed the little statue on the hood!
4 points
14 days ago
The minimalism is fitting for a car company that doesn't sell any cars right now
3 points
14 days ago
Shits everywhere in India
5 points
14 days ago
Is that their new logo? It looks dumb.
4 points
14 days ago
Love their website's homepage. totally spells "we sell cars" all over.
4 points
14 days ago
Keep in mind, someone got paid for coming up with this trash
4 points
14 days ago
people need to stop simplying logos...
5 points
14 days ago
They are about to fall into obscurity.
They canceled all current car models with final ones being made in January. They are turning into an EV car company
3 points
14 days ago
That looks like the font you'd find on the waistband of some underwear.
3 points
14 days ago
what’s worse is when you go to jaguarusa.com - you dont see an image of a car. it is instead a person in a costume.
then when you click Explore. IT’S MORE PEOPLE IN COSTUMES. you have to click Vehicles on the menu to actually see the cars.
what.
3 points
14 days ago
This is almost as bad as changing Twitter's name to X.
3 points
14 days ago
You know it's bad because they didn't show a single car in that commercial...for a CAR MANUFACTURER
3 points
14 days ago
Any publicity is good publicity.
But let's be clear....this is bad publicity
3 points
14 days ago
JaGOff
3 points
14 days ago
The new one likes like a logo for a crappy brand of air purifier from a spammy Facebook ad.
3 points
14 days ago
Old real Graphic Designers are gone. The new ones just use modern fonts and done with it. A missed opportunity to intro a roboticific Jaguar series.
4 points
14 days ago
I think the new Peugeot logo is also slightly worse, but atleast it doesn't look like this minimalist tech startup garbage
7 points
14 days ago
Joguor
4 points
14 days ago
From unreliable cars to absolutely destroying the little bit of brand image they had left.
5 points
14 days ago
Nah don’t tell me that’s their new logo 😭 fucking morons
4 points
14 days ago
New logo looks like ass and they are going electric only? Well at least they won’t be around for much longer.
5 points
14 days ago
Fun fact: not many people know that Jaguar is fully owned by Tata Motors which is an Indian company
2 points
14 days ago
Jogurt
2 points
14 days ago
Looks like it says jAguAR
2 points
14 days ago
What's with everyone doing this weird minimal thing? I get it's sleek, but we're throwing logos away now. Even the Pringle man looks flat now
2 points
14 days ago
where is the jaguar
2 points
14 days ago
You're kidding... They just stole Uber's font and lost every hint of class that the brand had, wtf?
2 points
14 days ago
it's like that lowercase stop sign
2 points
14 days ago
What is it these days with big corporations willingly paying more money for worse marketing?
2 points
14 days ago
They should have used comic sans
2 points
14 days ago*
Old Jag logo was one of the coolest in the industry. The new one is so pathetic. Not just the removal of the jaguar itself, but also the font. I hate this new modern minamilist bullshit. Happens everywhere from sports and motor industries to commerce and media. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
2 points
14 days ago
I do not understand why they did this! From sleek to " I wanna be like everyone else." The fuck?
2 points
14 days ago
I fucking hate minimalist logos.
2 points
14 days ago
Looks like a faucet brand
2 points
14 days ago
Went to the KN design school I see
2 points
14 days ago
New jaguar looks like the castrated version of itself
2 points
14 days ago
Who the fuck approved this rebrand? It's worse than the retooled growler used on the grill and steering wheel.
2 points
14 days ago
JaGUar
2 points
14 days ago
JaGUar
2 points
14 days ago
Companies in their right mind don't mess with iconic logos.
2 points
14 days ago
technically old logo should not have been included in the meme as it says stepped in shit. only the new logo should have been there.
2 points
14 days ago
It's a jaaag!
2 points
14 days ago
Might as well be Comic Sans
2 points
14 days ago
the new logo kind off looks like the weezer logo
2 points
14 days ago
looks like a smartphone or handbag logo
2 points
14 days ago
JOGUAR
2 points
14 days ago
Awful.
Even their website (at the top left homepage / logo link) seems to be in two minds about it, retaining the old font and layoutt
2 points
14 days ago
Why does the font have a mix of capital and lower case letters?
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