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 […]
New Jaguar XJ: an owner’s review by Richard Madeley
Broadcaster and journalist Richard Madeley is one of the first to take delivery of a new Jaguar XJ – in his case the 3.0 litre diesel Portfolio. These are his first impressions. Regular readers will remember that Richard Madeley took a Jaguar XK Convertible for a blat down to Cornwall and back last year to give us his feedback. If you […]
Jaguar XKR 75: Goodwood debut
Jaguar has revealed the Jaguar XKR 75, a Limited Edition version based on last year’s Goodwood Special XKR to celebrate 75 years of Jaguar. We did say last week that Jaguar were about to make a production car out of last year’s XKR Goodwood Special. And as usual we had a punt at the name. […]
Jaguar XJ – The Chauffeur’s Choice
Jaguar are making sure the lucrative chauffeur market takes to the new Jaguar XJ with the Jaguar Chauffeur Programme. It’s a big market for high end cars. The Chauffeur market, that is. And in the new XJ Jaguar has built a car that’s pitched perfectly at that lucrative market, especially with the LWB 3.0 litre […]