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A manual gearbox is also available for the first time. Likewise the eight-speed automatic transmission spends less time wavering over its choice of gears, whether down to the Ingenium engine’s extra torque or simply better calibration. It doesn’t sound particularly wonderful, either, bleating vocally when pushed, but it is less thrashy and considerably more refined than the old 2.2-litre diesel in the Mk1 XF.
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It's not quite as urgent as the equivalent XE while it’s the same engine with the same power output, the XF’s at least 70kg heavier (more depending on spec), and the extra heft does take the edge of its performance and driveability. It’s a good compromise although it can become fidgety on rougher road surfaces, when driven on urban roads and motorways that patter quickly dissolves into the background.Ī more relevant figure than the engine’s 178bhp is its 318lb ft of torque, and it hits peak pulling power at a usefully low 1750rpm, making it a flexible companion. We drove the car on 20-inch wheels and passive suspension, rather than the continuously variable dampers also available. What’s the new XF actually like to drive?Ĭomfortable, (mostly) refined and genuinely entertaining when you want it to be. Likewise, the R Sport trim is predicted to be most popular, with a more muscular bodykit and alloy wheel design along the lines of BMW’s M Sport and Audi’s S line models – all of them big sellers in the UK and top of the food chain in company car parks. That’s the one that’s predicted to sell most strongly, offering 65mpg and 114g/km with a useful performance boost over the base diesel. The car tested here is the 178bhp diesel R Sport. The 161bhp diesel can muster 70.6mpg and 104g/km when equipped with the right wheels. Those four-cylinder diesels are the really important ones as far as sales volume is concerned, of course, offering the most fleet market-friendly blend of emissions and fuel consumption. Trim-wise, again a choice of four: Prestige, R Sport, Portfolio and S. Further up the outside lane there’s a 296bhp V6 turbodiesel and Jaguar’s familiar 3.0-litre supercharged V6, with 375bhp in the new XF (40bhp more than the same engine gets in the XE). Two of them are four-cylinder diesels from Jaguar Land Rover’s new Ingenium family, with 161bhp and 178bhp respectively. There’s legroom and headroom aplenty, all thanks to a 51mm increase in wheelbase made possible by that new platform. If you’ve ever sat in the back of the old XF, you’ve probably still got a crick in your neck from the plunging roofline. The seats are supportive, if a touch firmer than you might want or expect.Īs for that increased roominess for rear passengers you keep hearing about, it really has made a difference. We’d say the interior trim looks and feels better than the XE’s, as long as you ignore the hollow clacks when you tap the door casings and cheap-feeling gear-control surround. Only the outer ones this time, though – the central vents are thinner, XE-style slivers. The enjoyable start-up theatrics of the original make a welcome return – at the first press of the starter button the rotary gear selector rises out of the centre console and the air vents swivel in the dash.
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Same ‘Riva Hoop’ curve arcing from door to door to envelop the dash much of the same switchgear as the XE and the Bosch-developed ‘InControl’ touchscreen that’s a night-and-day improvement over the dated, dull-witted system the original XF was lumbered with. Very familiar, if you’ve been in an XE or an XJ. What’s the cabin like inside the new Jaguar XF?