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. [nggallery id=1328 template=customlinks] 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 […]
Jaguar XJ Review (2012): 3.0 litre Diesel Portfolio LWB
We’ve had the latest version of the Jaguar XJ in for review – the LWB 3.0 litre Diesel Portfolio with Sports Packs – to see how the XJ is maturing. It’s getting on for two years since we had the first Jaguar XJ in for review, and almost three years since we first saw the […]
Jaguar XJ Review: Long-term Jaguar XJ departs
[nggallery id=568 template=customlinks] After five months – and a great deal of driving pleasure – our long-term Jaguar XJ goes back to Jaguar having not missed a beat. Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun? It seems only five minutes since we wrote that our long-term Jaguar XJ would be here until ‘… the leaves […]
Jaguar XJ 3.0 TDV6 Long Term Test (2011): January update
January update on our long term Jaguar XJ. A month of snow and ice and rotten roads – but the XJ hasn’t missed a beat. Snow. Lots of it. That will be the abiding memory of last month with our long term Jaguar XJ. Just like every other RWD saloon car, the Jaguar XJ isn’t […]
Jaguar XJ 3.0 TDV6 Long Term Test (2010): December update & 2011 Software review
Our long term Jaguar XJ has now been with us more than a month, so time to see how it’s fared and have a look at the latest software added to the XJ for 2011. It’s hard to believe it, but our long-term Jaguar XJ has been with us more than a month. And in […]
Jaguar XJ 3.0 TDV6 Long Term Test (2010): The Intro
Jaguar send us a Jaguar XJ 3.0 TDV6 SWB Portfolio to play with for a month or four. What’s the new big Jag going to be like as an everyday car? We moaned about the tease that was the introduction to the new Jaguar XJ, but we dutifully went off to the press launch at the Saatchi […]
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 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 […]
New Jaguar XJ – Detail Review
So the hype is over and the teases have ended. What’s left is the reality. And is the reality that is the New Jaguar XJ worthy of the tease and hype that preceded the launch? Good question. The Launch Despite our moans about some of the teases that went on in the run-up to the […]