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May 21, 2013

Are Jaguar planning to revive the Daimler badge?

Photo of Daimler Jaguar XJ

Jaguar are reported to be planning two variants of the next generation 2015 XJ, one as a more traditional 3-box saloon. Will that mean the return of the Daimler badge. The Jaguar XJ has always been an impressive car (well, if you ignore some of the periods of unreliability since it launched in the 1960s) [...]

New Jaguar XJR will see the end of the XJ SuperSport

Photo of grey 2013 Jaguar XJR on road

The launch of the new 2013 Jaguar XJR at the New York Auto Show this week heralds the end of the line for Jaguar’s other Supercharged V8 XJ – the SuperSport. When we first discovered that Jaguar were about to reveal an all new XJR (having called for a proper XJR in the latest XJ range since 2009) [...]

New 2013 Jaguar XJR debuts: Price from £92,335

Photo 2013 Jaguar XJR on road

Jaguar’s new flagship performance saloon car – the 2013 Jaguar XJR – has debuted in New York and we have full details. Price from £92,335. Jaguar revealed just last week that they are reviving a badge from the past and launching a new range-topping performance XJ – the 2013 Jaguar XJR – at the New [...]

Jaguar XJR returns – 542bhp XJ to debut at New York Auto Show

Jaguar XJR Photo

A new generation Jaguar XJR is being launched at the New York Auto Show later this month, signalling the return of the range-topping XJ with 542bhp. We’ve been heralding the arrival of an all new Jaguar XJR for four years and now, finally  Jaguar is about to deliver with a new XJR sporting Jaguar’s 542bhp version of the [...]

Jaguar XJ Review (2013 MY): 3.0 litre Diesel Portfolio

Exterior photo of 2013 Jaguar XJ

We’ve got the 2013 MY Jaguar XJ in Portfolio trim with the 3.0 litre diesel engine and the new eight-speed gearbox and stop-start in for review and road test. The ‘new’ shape Jaguar XJ – the one that didn’t look like a Jaguar should when it first appeared – has been with us for three years (well, since summer [...]

Jaguar XJ_e PHEV Plug-in Hybrid wins RAC Awards

Photo of Jaguar XJ_e PHEV Plug-in Hybrid in Brighton

The Jaguar XJ_e PHEV plug-in hybrid has won the RAC ‘Most Energy Efficient Luxury Car Prototype’ and ‘Technical Panel’s Award of Merit’. The RAC’s Future Car Challenge is a challenge for Electric, Hybrid, Low-Emission, Hydrogen and ICE cars to travel from Brighton to Regent Street in London – a total of 63 miles – to demonstrate the [...]

Jaguar Land Rover celebrate James Bond SKYFALL & 50 years of Bond films (video)

Photo of Land Rover Defender SKYFALL

Jaguar Land Rover are celebrtaing 50 years of Bond films – and the new James Bond film SKYFALL – at this year’s Paris Motor Show. We reported last year that Jaguar Land Rover looked like they’d got some decent product placement in the latest James Bond film (SKYFALL – known then as ‘Bond 23′) and [...]

Next Jaguar XJ to be more like a Mercedes S Class?

Jaguar XJ driving photo

Jaguar boss Ralph Speth wants the next generation Jaguar XJ to be less individual and more like the Mercedes S Class and BMW 7 Series. The ‘new’ Jaguar XJ has been with us since 2009. Well, it’s been around since it was revealed in 2009, although it took another year to actually get in to the hands [...]

Jaguar XJ & XF get 4WD

Photo of 4WD Jaguar XJ & XF

Jaguar has announced that four wheel drive versions of the Jaguar XJ and Jaguar XF will be available – but not in the UK. Jaguar has long bemoaned the lack of a 4WD platform for their cars, and even blamed such a lack of flexibility for the delay in launching the XF Sportbrake. We’ve been expecting Jaguar [...]

Jaguar XJ_e plug-in hybrid debuts at Goodwood

Jaguar XJ_e plug-in hybrid

The Jaguar Jaguar XJ_e plug-in hybrid research car with a 2.0 litre EcoBoost engine and 69kW electric motor on show at Goodwood. It’s been a bit of a Jaguar 24hrs with the news of prices for the new Xf Sportbrake and the debut of the new 3.0L Supercharged engine in the XJ for 2013. Now we [...]