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Jaguar X-Type review covering 2001 To Date

Jaguar X-Type review covering 2001 To Date

Monday 21 April 2008

The Jaguar X-TYPE marked a series of firsts for Jaguar. It was their first all-wheel drive production car and subsequently their first front wheel drive. It was the first to challenge the hegemony built up by the BMW 3 Series and the first to be built around a mainstream Ford Mondeo platform. Old school Jaguar purists wrung their hands in abject horror whilst the rest of us recognised the machinations of Ford’s Premier Auto Group at work behind the scenes and recognised the X-TYPE for what it was – pragmatism and clever engineering writ large beneath some pretty clothes. Shooting yourself in the foot with a used example would take some doing as the X-TYPE has thus far proved to be a sound proposition.

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Jaguar S-Type review covering 1999 - 2007Jaguar S-Type review covering 1999 - 2007

Friday 29 February 2008

What would Inspector Morse think of the Jaguar S-TYPE? It would certainly appear at home amongst the dreaming spires of Oxford, its elegant curves signalling the perfect old-money ambience, despite be

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Jaguar XK review covering 2006 To DateJaguar XK review covering 2006 To Date

Wednesday 29 August 2007

Jaguar has a long and fascinating history of building great GT cars and the latest incarnation of that line, the XK, had a lot to live up to. Its predecessor re-established the customer base for big J

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Jaguar XJ review covering 2003 - 2007Jaguar XJ review covering 2003 - 2007

Friday 15 June 2007

The 2003 model year Jaguar XJ is a car that needs no excuses. Previous generation XJ models always strived to match the German opposition. The latest XJ has the Germans scratching their heads in amaze

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Jaguar XK8 review covering 1996 - 2006Jaguar XK8 review covering 1996 - 2006

Wednesday 11 January 2006

A fine Jaguar is a part of British tradition. Just the mention of the marque evokes visions of classic automotive art like the E-type and XK120 – cars that live on in the memory like a fine Bordeaux o

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Jaguar X-Type Estate review covering 2004 To DateJaguar X-Type Estate review covering 2004 To Date

Friday 8 July 2005

The Jaguar X-TYPE Estate was something of a late entrant into a market already stuffed with quality products sporting covetable badges. A subtle reskinning of the X-TYPE saloon, the Estate was bought

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Jaguar XJ6 & XJ12 / Daimler review covering 1986 - 1997Jaguar XJ6 & XJ12 / Daimler review covering 1986 - 1997

Monday 24 May 2004

You don't have to have reached directorship level to own a Jaguar. In actual fact, you can buy a good one at prices beginning from Mondeo money. Yes, really.And if you've always yearned after a Jaguar

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Jaguar XJ-S review covering 1976 - 1996Jaguar XJ-S review covering 1976 - 1996

Tuesday 6 April 2004

British cars have a strange habit of maturing late in life – Jaguar's evergreen XJ-S is proof of that.In 1996, it was at last put out to grass after the introduction of its replacement, the gorgeous X

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Jaguar XJ8 review covering 1997 - 2003Jaguar XJ8 review covering 1997 - 2003

Tuesday 6 April 2004

Big Jaguar saloons used to have a wonderful raffish air to them, fine quality leathers and wood trim, but when they came to be sold on, disgruntled owners found that they were worth less than the annu

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