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reclaims Jaguar’s former dominance in
the super executive car segment. Now
we are given the all new diesel powered
XF to drive, feel and lounge in on the
back village roads of Spain and for a
short stint on a race track that promises
a lot of smiles.
This new XF breaks new ground for
the brand stylistically, yet it still manages
to keep to the traditional Jaguar look.
The tapered greenhouse and resulting
long cabin might throw off a few people,
but it’s hard to argue against Jaguar
having done a top job with its profile,
nicely pulling along viewer’s’ eyeballs
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Review
England’s heyday as the luxurymotoring capital of theworld has slowly been eroded
with its premium luxury brands being bought up by competitors fromGermany and
India.TheGermans infused shared platforms and engineeringwhereas the Indian
owners injectedmuch neededmoney and lower production costs and so brought out
some class act newproducts. One Indian ownedBritish car brand is Jaguar.
God save the Queen
Still being manufactured in Britain,
Jaguar has managed to turnaround their
fortunes with great new cars and some
cutting edge styling from the super luxury
XJ to the F-Type supercar. The previous
XF sedan had given BMW and Mercedes
some worrying nights and now there is
an all new XF that comes with luxury that
will be difficult to surpass in a package
that is simply gorgeous.
Jaguar has made much of its headway
over the last few years by being a design
leader, and that torch has clearly been
passed to this all new XF, a car that boldly
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toward the rear with some well-chosen
character lines.
Front seat occupants will have no
space complaints, as the XF’s front
armchairs are a sumptuous place to
be. Our test XF’s layered oak wood trim
was particularly stunning and the gloss
finished inlays looked like something
that originated from grand piano maker’s
shop, not a mass-market factory.
The all new Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)
designed and manufactured diesel engine
is not a particularly sonorous engine,
which perhaps explains why Jaguar has
decided to bury it behind a wall of sound