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Post by ChrisM on Jun 7, 2024 18:37:47 GMT
I'm just back from an interesting week in Yorkshire. We travelled there, around, and back in a colleague's 2017 Jaguar XF. He bought it as an ex-demonstrator with about 2000 miles on the clock and it's now done just under 101,000. He said his dream car would have been and XF-S but is gutted that Jag is now an SUV-only marque and is contemplating a Skoda Octavia or Superb as its replacement. It's been almost fault-free and he keeps it on "decent" tyres (currently Goodyears all round). It seemed to ride extremely well with no rattles; leather interior, parking sensors and rear camera and various extras as may be expected of a demonstrator.
It's a 2 litre diesel auto and by cruising at typically 60 to 65 or less (over half of the distance we covered on the M1 seemed to be in roadworks with "temporary" 50mph limits, it's averaging between 70 and 74mpg ! No wonder he's delighted with it
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Post by Alex on Jun 8, 2024 6:09:54 GMT
Is that the mk2 XF or a late mk1? Sounds like it's nicely run in.
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Post by alf on Jun 10, 2024 15:26:37 GMT
At that age its the later, actual Jaguar one, not the part Ford ones like I had. The internet would have you believe they are a lot less reliable than the older ones, so he's done well. I had them as loan cars a few times and they were thoroughly pleasant to drive, I just found them less special to look at. The back of the original XF was almost Aston Martin-esque, especially when it first came out compared to what else was around, the second gen still looks good from the front (though barely recogniseable from an XE) but the rear ends of both are very plain.
Which is something I dislike in life.
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Post by PG on Jun 13, 2024 16:13:45 GMT
I had a couple of Mk2 XF's as loan cars (2.0 diesels) and as Alf says they were perfectly pleasant to drive, but never felt as special or "Jaguar-y" as the Mk 1 and Mk 1 facelift. I'd still have one over the BMW or Merc competition though as they look a darn sight more handsome to my eye. The Mk 2 also suffered, like the XE did, with an interior that was just not special enough and the late re-jig of the interior solved that, but it was too late by then.
I think Jaguar made a big mistake with the positioning and design of XE and Mk 2 XF. They basically replaced the Mk 1 XF with two cars - a slighter smaller one (XE) and a slightly bigger one (XF). Instead the XE should have been a 5 sporty door liftback in the guise of the BMW 4GC / Audi A5 (evoking a 5 door, 5 seat E-Type vibe), and the Mk 2 XF should have covered both saloon bases by being available in short and long wheelbases.
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Post by chipbutty on Jun 13, 2024 18:02:47 GMT
Like all good Jags, the x260 is ageing very gracefully, a family friend has a 2016 20d R sport in Italian Racing Red with the 20 inch silver star spoke and I always do a double take when I see it about because it looks fantastic. The interior is a bit meh and it’s got the wrong engine, but what a thing to look at.
I had two v6 diesel S saloons and a sportbrake, the way the saloons handled and steered was well beyond what I would expect from that class of car, but as a package, they were not as good as the outgoing x250
It was so disappointing that it never got the V8 and equally disappointing that the superb facelift did not get the new sixes or the V8.
A D350 would have been a wonderful machine.
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