The Ingenium petrol range is new for 2017, with the four-cylinder Ingenium 2.0-litre units making use of continuously variable valve lift technology to boost performance and efficiency. The diesel range is completed with a 296bhp 3.0-litre V6. The four-cylinder unit features common-rail injection, variable-geometry turbochargers and variable valve timing – not to mention the selective catalytic reduction technology that ensures EU6 compliance. Powering the XF is predominantly the work of the new 2.0-litre, all-aluminium Ingenium diesel engine in 161bhp, 178bhp and 235bhp guises. The XF is exclusively rear-wheel drive, although it can be had with Intelligent All Wheel Drive, a system that sends power to the rear wheels a majority of the time until extra traction is required.
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That beats the XF saloon by 25 litres and 815 litres respectively and puts it very close to the carrying capabilities of the BMW 5 Series Touring. As for its boot space there is 565 litres to play with, with the rear seats up and 1700 litres with them down. The air springs have been designed to keep the body composed even when carrying loads and are claimed to be most effective when combined with optional adaptive dampers. The XF Sportbrake has air springs at the rear in place of the saloon’s standard steel coils to enhance its load-lugging capability. Despite the different settings the model retains the sporty setup of its sibling. The car is built on Jaguar’s lightweight aluminium intensive architecture and has been given different chassis set-up from the saloon. More recent innovation comes in the form of new passive dampers, which feature an extra valve in the piston that remains open (and more supple) at urban speeds, and then closes as the pace increases to make the ride progressively firmer. Gaydon has persisted with this rear set-up’s weight penalty over a conventional multi-link in return for the freedom it offers its engineers in independently tuning for lateral and longitudinal loads. The body delivers near 50/50 weight distribution, with the chassis again based on front double wishbones and Jaguar’s own integral link rear suspension. Its chief benefits – as much as 190kg shed from the kerb weight, a 28 percent increase in rigidity and 51mm gained in the wheelbase – directly affect much that we are about to discuss.Īesthetically, though, they are cleverly hidden in the car’s elongated rear deck and dramatically shortened front overhang, resulting in a car that is 7mm shorter than before. The move to a cutting-edge amalgamation of exotic alloys, self-piercing rivets and structural adhesives is the latest model’s defining feature. It also gets a range of new engines, with four variants of JLR's new 2.0-litre, four-cylinder Ingenium diesel engines, which was further supplemented by a trio of Ingenium petrols for 2017, while the top of the range is dominated by 3.0-litre V6 petrol and diesel engines mainly found in the XF S.įitting this familiar profile onto the new platform was the more pressing task, the smaller Jaguar XE’s size having helped to dictate the dimensions that its modular aluminum-intensive architecture must now adopt. It’s lighter and leaner, yet bigger inside, too – another overhaul prescribed by its predecessor’s shortcomings. The latest model is predominantly aluminium. Its success would seem to make that prospect daunting but, in truth, there is much about the old model that Jaguar will have been happy to fix, such as the comparatively heavy, Ford-derived steel architecture. Presciently introduced just as Ford sold the company to current owner Tata, the XF’s impact was seismic, not only for its determined focus on the future but also for the beguiling way it drove.Įverything that followed has slotted into the groove forged by the XF. So the XF, a car distinct from anything Jaguar had built before, was meant as a statement. Dramatic change was required, not only to revitalise Jaguar’s line-up and promote much-needed sales but also to point the firm in a new direction that would establish it as a forward-thinking entity rather than one overly obsessed with its heyday.
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