Yes, the Jaguar XF is wonderfully high tech, but before some of you jump on me saying "Oh yes, we've witnessed high tech from Jaguar before, I remember the 80's", let me say straight away that this is Ford technology. You know, Uncle Sam's lot, the Americans! They know how to wire a vehicle.
Once you have selected "Drive", the XF glides away with just gentle pressure on the right-hand pedal, yet switch off the traction control, twist the selector to sports mode and stomp on it, and the XF behaves more like a scalded cat.
Oh yes, this is what Jaguar's are truly all about. A creature that will give its owner endless amounts of comfort and enjoyment, yet at the same time, is capable of scratching the eyes off any beast that comes a-calling.
Ride quality on the XF is almost a perfect balance between luxurious comfort and performance, and it soon lets you know why such fat paw prints are fitted. The automatic transmission is smooth in operation and the gear ratios make it comfortable at highway speeds and yet sporty enough for the most challenging back roads.
Obviously, Jaguar's plan with the XF is to steal a few customers from the likes of Lexus and Infiniti, and if I was them, I could be a little worried if my owners strayed into a Jaguar dealership now.
Of course, this brings me back to my question, "Where are all the XF's hiding"?
Well, and this is typical Jaguar, especially over the past few years...They make wonderful cars, but it's one of the industry's closest kept secrets!
For some crazy reason, the average man and woman in the street still have it in their heads that Jaguar's are unreliable? Absolute #*&%!!!
To debunk that notion, today I checked out the ratings for the XF at Edmunds.com and found that its editors rate it 8.0, and consumers put it at 9.4. Does that surprise you, because it doesn't me!
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| Ride quality on the XF is almost a perfect balance between luxurious comfort and performance. |
Once you have selected "Drive", the XF glides away with just gentle pressure on the right-hand pedal, yet switch off the traction control, twist the selector to sports mode and stomp on it, and the XF behaves more like a scalded cat.
Oh yes, this is what Jaguar's are truly all about. A creature that will give its owner endless amounts of comfort and enjoyment, yet at the same time, is capable of scratching the eyes off any beast that comes a-calling.
Ride quality on the XF is almost a perfect balance between luxurious comfort and performance, and it soon lets you know why such fat paw prints are fitted. The automatic transmission is smooth in operation and the gear ratios make it comfortable at highway speeds and yet sporty enough for the most challenging back roads.
Obviously, Jaguar's plan with the XF is to steal a few customers from the likes of Lexus and Infiniti, and if I was them, I could be a little worried if my owners strayed into a Jaguar dealership now.
Of course, this brings me back to my question, "Where are all the XF's hiding"?
Well, and this is typical Jaguar, especially over the past few years...They make wonderful cars, but it's one of the industry's closest kept secrets!
For some crazy reason, the average man and woman in the street still have it in their heads that Jaguar's are unreliable? Absolute #*&%!!!
To debunk that notion, today I checked out the ratings for the XF at Edmunds.com and found that its editors rate it 8.0, and consumers put it at 9.4. Does that surprise you, because it doesn't me!
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| The automatic transmission is smooth in operation and the gear ratios make it comfortable at highway speeds. |