Jaguar just learned what every legacy company figures out the hard way. When you abandon your customers in favor of chasing online clout, you don’t become trendy. You become a punchline. And now the fallout has arrived with the dramatic firing of the company’s longtime design boss, Gerry McGovern, after a rebrand so absurd it managed to sink Jaguar’s credibility in record time.
New CEO Wastes No Time Cleaning House
The shakeup came abruptly. McGovern, who had spent more than two decades shaping the look of Jaguar and Land Rover, was reportedly “escorted out of the office” without warning. His exit unfolded just days after PB Balaji officially took the reins as CEO. Balaji, the former CFO of Tata Motors, clearly didn’t show up to maintain the status quo. He showed up to stop the bleeding.
The auto industry immediately took notice. McGovern wasn’t some peripheral figure. He oversaw the creation of major hits like the Range Rover Evoque, the Velar, and the reborn Defender. But thanks to his latest obsession with turning Jaguar into a museum installation, his reputation collapsed as fast as the company’s rebrand.
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