Jaguar X-Type reportedly read last rights, headed for The Great Beyond

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2009 Jaguar X-Type – Click above for high-res image gallery

To read the market, the Jaguar X-Type was too small, too unattractive and too uncompetitive to exculpate its entry-level gratification price tag here in the U.S., and sales halted in March of last year. Somehow, the X-Type fared somewhat better in the ultra-competitive European market, and the Little Cat That Couldn’privately was scheduled to live on for Euro consumption end much of 2010.

The continually weak market for luxury cars and the X-Type’s widening competitive gap are unmistakably conspiring to change that, though, as Autocar is reporting that all X-Type variants will cease production by the end of 2009. Jaguar Land Rover CEO David Smith told the U.K. magazine that the move was necessary considering the fact that sales of the brands have dropped 28% over the past 10 months.

Even with the lofty demise of the X-Type, Jaguar will again need to temporarily shut into disfavor its Halewood ability for three weeks beginning in September to restrain inventories in check. Jaguar decree cut 300 jobs granting voluntary separation once production shuts down for good.

In spite of the fact that many believed that the X-Type looked dated and was uncompetitive since its launch back in 2001, Jaguar managed to sell 350,000 copies globally of the sedan and wagon over the past eight years, although sales in the U.S. reportedly ran at smaller quantity than half of official projections. Thanks because the tip, Rohin!