Test drive Jaguar XJR 2007 - 2010 Sedan
The last stronghold of the aristocracy
There are cars that, evaluating which, in no case can you limit yourself to a boring detailed analysis: they say, this is good, and this is bad; The engine is elastic, but the suspension is harsh This car is from these. It is more correct to evaluate it as a whole, realizing that you are not just successfully compiled nodes, elements and options. Before us is history, style, character. This is Jaguar.
The Daimler brand appeared in 1896 after the English engineer Frederick Simms concluded an agreement to sell the engine in the UK developed by the German designer Gottlieb Daimler. An incredible number of cars was sold to start the twentieth century. 89 cars!
Among the first owners of Daimler's cars was John Scott-Montaegue, a member of the parliament and an enthusiast of automobile equipment. It was he in 1900 that he introduced Edward, Prince of Wales (who later became King Edward VII) with the products of the Daimler of the future exclusive supplier of cars for the British government.
However, the current leadership of Britain chose Rolls-Royce, and Daimler is not the same today. Since 1960, the brand is owned by Jaguar Cars, and the name Daimler today is only part of the name of the car with the jumping beauty of the cat family on the emblem: a union that emphasizes the special elitism of a particular machine. The last generation of Daimler, which has already appeared on sale, looks more modern: one racing bumper with rude air intakes is worth it! And the spoiler on the edge of the trunk? No, Margaret Thatcher, with her conservative views, would not approve this!
However, Tori would rather appreciate our test, truly conservative version. The relief of the long, bent hood is set by the front circles of headlights and the nostrils of the radiator grill. A long, with a swift profile in its own way, the body is planted on a wide wheelbase.
The sparkling polished metal, let not silver covered with moldings, side mirrors, nozzles of a radiator grill, door handles, finished headlights and lanterns. Jaguar XJ Daimler Super-Eight moves like English butler: quickly, but smoothly and silently!
But the dynamic potential of the big d can not be recognized if you do not second the accelerator pedal to the floor. Simply, unlike other machines, whose power exceeds 400 liters. p., And acceleration to 100 km/h does not overlap 5 s, the pleasure of driving on this sedan is distributed in an even layer along the entire working range of the speedometer and tachometer. Soft work of pneumatic suspension tuning to comfortable driving; fast, accurate and perfectly versed in the needs of the driver of the machine; The elastic motor, which needs to only be slightly spurred to accelerate, deprive the driver of the need to put pressure on the floor.
But there is at least one reason. No wonder his name is not just Daimler, but Daimler Super Eight: Super Forest!
May you not deceive the exquisite refinement of his style and the smell of big money from the cabin, XJ Daimler is not only the most luxurious from all Jaguar, to date, it is also the fastest!
To understand this, just find the floor under the right pedal. And the leg does not have time to feel something solid, as the force of inertia will instantly respond to the explosion inside the compressor 4.2-liter heart, pressing all passengers into the comfortable leather chairs and pressing their backs to the monograms of monograms D. By the way, the luxury of the English limousine lies not only in embroidered capital letters. Its salon is finished with a real nut tree, and the armchairs and the rear sofa are lined with high quality skin.
There are so many places for sitting behind the passenger that he can sit, throwing his leg by the leg, not risking the upper foot to the back of the front chair.
The rear seat passenger (most likely, it is here in Jaguar that they intend to see the owner of Daimler) and is kept under control. And it's not only about your own climate control panel!
Even sitting from behind, he can, without bending to push away and tilt the back of the front passenger seat, even if there is someone in the chair! It is enough to run the hand between the right door and the rear sofa and you can feel the remote control from your own half of the rear seat, and at the same time from the chair in front of the seated one. Unfortunately (and maybe fortunately), the rear passenger cannot control the position of the driver's seat Choosing a car, did you think about what you may not correspond to it? Not her for you, but you did not suit her with growth, physique or social status?
Do not be upset if an attempt to associate yourself and Parked under the windows Daimler this time just failed by his time in your life has not yet come. So, you are still far from Jupiter, and in this world you have not seen everything yet
Jaguar XJ
Specifications
(manufacturer data):
Dimensions (length/width/height) 5215x2108x1448
Road clearance 130 mm
Engine volume and power 4.2 l. (400 hp)
Acceleration to 100 km/h 5.3 s
Maximum speed 250 km/h
The average fuel consumption
(city/highway/on average) l/100 km 18.6/9.0/12.3 l
Price
Start: XJ EXEC 3.0 L (200 l. P.): From 2,240,000 rubles.
4.2 Super V8 (400 l. P.): 3 350 000 rub.
Daimler S/C LWB: 3 970 000 rub.
History XJ.
2003 begins the story of the current, seventh generation of the XJ model. For the first time in the history of the brand, this model received a completely aluminum carrier of the monocock type (60% is tougher and 40% lighter than a steel analogue).
2004 - an elongated version of LWB (wheelbase 3034 mm) was presented. For the convenience of planting, the height of the roof above the rear row of seats is increased by 70 mm.
2005 - Jaguar introduced the charged version of the XJ sedan on the basis of its elongated version at the auto show in New York. The car, called the Jaguar XJ Super V8 Portfolio, was equipped with a 400-horsepower version of the new 4.2-liter V8 motor with a mechanical supercharger, which was aggregated with a six-speed manual gearbox.
2006 - Jaguar continued to improve the entire range of sedans XJ. To reduce the level of internal noise, sound -absorbing multilayer side glasses were used, and the modern system of control over air pressure in the tires determines its fall in all five wheels, including the spare. The engineers also improved the brake system, which received increased diameter disks and more rigid calipers.
2007 - the official premiere of the updated Jaguar XJ at a car dealership in Geneva.
The car is provided by an autobiography company, an official jaguar dealer.
Text: Alexander Korobchenko
Photo: Roman Ostanin
A source: Wheel magazine [December/2007]
