Dr Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, visited Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin yesterday. And it looks like he had a fine old time. With the Liberal / Conservative coalition now in charge we seem to have got a Government where a big chunk of the ministers are Liberals (is there a Liberal […]
Jaguar XJ Sentinel – the armoured XJ
Jaguar is launching an armoured version of the new XJ – the Jaguar XJ Sentinel – at the Moscow Motor Show this month. Sentinel: One who keeps guard. An appropriate name for an armoured Jaguar XJ, although it reminds me of junk mail plopping on the mat from a company desperate to offer me protection for my credit […]
Jaguar XJ75 Platinum Concept at Pebble +video
Jaguar will reveal the Jaguar XJ75 Platinum Concept at Pebble Beach today, a butch black and white XJ which may herald a Jaguar XJ Supersport R. At least we’re back to Jaguars with a badge that makes sense. Following on from the Jaguar XK175 produced by Jaguar USA to commemorate 175 75 years of Jaguar, today we […]
Jaguar XKR175 Coupe Debuts at Pebble Beach
Jaguar USA are producing a Limited Edition XKR – the Jaguar XKR175 – to celebrate 75 years of Jaguar. Cosmetic tweaks but no extra power. If you read the report we recently did about Jaguar celebrating its 75th anniversary by launching the Limited Edition Jaguar XKR75 in to Europe, you could be forgiven for thinking […]
Jaguar XJ 3.0 Litre Diesel Review & Road Test Part 4
I have to confess we had a couple of glitches with our XJ. We pushed Jaguar in to giving us an XJ for a week as soon as they could. So we ended up with a very early car which had been run around by more hacks and celebs than you can shake a stick […]
Jaguar XJ 3.0 Litre Diesel Review & Road Test Part 3
The Jaguar XJ was a very good car under the skin long before it became the new XJ. And thanks to that advanced aluminium construction the new XJ feels like a mid-sized sports saloon to drive, not a bloated, oversized executive barge with pretensions of offering ‘The Drive’. It’s the real thing. Jaguar has decided […]
Jaguar XJ 3.0 Litre Diesel Review & Road Test Part 2
Jaguar’s move in to the 21st century – certainly in design terms – started two years ago with the XF. Out went the pastiche of the past that was the S Type and in came the modern cool of the XF, with its very contemporary take on Jaguar’s style. But the XJ; that’s a very […]
Jaguar XJ 3.0 Litre Diesel Review & Road Test (2010)
The new Jaguar XJ – a Jaguar XJ 3.0 Litre Diesel Portfolio SWB – arrives for a road test and review. Does it live up to it’s promise? It’s 1968, and I’m knee-high to a grasshopper and still wearing shorts. The world is moving fast – the Vietnam War is raging; Enoch Powell delivers his […]
New Jaguar X-Type; Jaguar XE; Jaguar XF Estate – Go, go, go!
Jaguar has confirmed that they are planning a new Jaguar X-Type, a small Jaguar XE Sports car and a Jaguar XF Estate. Apologies to Murray Walker for stealing his catchphrase, but with three new Jaguar models getting the green light it seemed appropriate. We’ve had endless speculation on Jaguar’s future models – a game we admit to […]
New Jaguar XJ kicks off with best sales in class
Jaguar has revealed that in its first full month in showrooms the new Jaguar XJ has outsold the Mercedes S Class by 38% and the BMW 7 Series by 70%. It’s taken a while; that’s for sure. We expected to see the new Jaguar XJ in showrooms before the end of 2009. Except for the […]