Jaguar XF test drive since 2007 sedan

Treasure of India

One friend of mine compares a modern car with Russian television. You, they say, press the Japanese apparatus button, and French cosmetics, Italian pasta, Polish canned food, Chinese jeans, American music and German porn are falling on you. And nothing, he says, has no pure, original, authentic in this world. Recently, I tested the modern Jaguar XF 4.2 SuperchaRged car in the case and realized that the acquaintance just watched the wrong television channels and went not on what to ride.
Hook with soft paw. I, perhaps, agree with the thesis that Jaguar of the 21st century is not the car that it was thirty, or even forty -five years ago. Yes, this is not the car for which 650 thousand euros are asking for today, I mean the 1962 car. And what is the one that he is not the same. It is really different, and it should be so. Jaguar of the 21st century is Jaguar XF 4.2 SuperchaRged, which is called after Ford I decided to catch up with Aston Martin. Looking at the last Jaguar model, you clearly see that Jaguar not only does everything possible to catch up and overtake Aston Martin. You see that he succeeds. Jaguar 4.2 SuperchaRged - already in a hemisphere from Aston Martin.
Thank God, the temporary connection with Ford did not spoil Jaguar. This is still an English car. I'm not talking about genetic purity now, but about the style. The English car, in my opinion, although it is made by robots, is done according to the canons of the Old Road Covetant. The canon of the new automotive covenant assigns to the driver a smaller role. The role, in fact, is simple - to twist the steering wheel. The role is the steering wheel. The primitive is complete. Jaguar makes the driver follow the road, reminds him of responsibility for himself and others.
Meanwhile, the modern driver is a weak, sinful, acute comfort and laziness. That is why Jaguar XF is a car with a characteristic softness in management. The driver experiences a pleasant relaxation at the wheel of this car. Comfort is good, unless of course the driver does not forget that the car under it is comfortable, but still very powerful. The softness in management is also good if she does not deceive you. No matter how the appearance of some mattress, which is actually a current master of sports in boxing and who with one sharp hook can send you a smug-free dad to knock out.
XF with a 4.2 SuperchaRged engine can easily knock out an inexperienced driver. The slightest oversight or negligence - and he will fly off the road, and up to ten will be counted above it, and then they will take their hands under the white. All the horror is that XF 4.2 SuperchaRged itself provokes a fight. He forces his driver, forces him, he calls him to go faster. Extremely go. And I do not advise you to do this.
Protection from a scorch. In typical English machines - for example, I take the Jaguar XKR and Aston Martin DB9 - the rear bridge slightly slides during the aggressive turning. If you drive up to the rotation aircraft and open the gas, then you feel that the rear axis XKR or DB9 in the acceleration phase on the apex is slightly starting to slide. The front axle holds the track, and the back, as it were, twists you into a turn. The car seems to be opened with a light fan. XF behaves differently. Otherwise, than the XKR related to him, probably because he has more and he has another wheelbase. XF has a problem in the bend called Jumping in motorsport - light bouncing of the rear axle. For the undead for this, the Jumping driver is fraught with a clear danger. Meanwhile, as the back axis breaks and lands - a share of a second passes, the moment. And for this moment-at a speed of 120-140 km/h-you must compensate for the bouncing of the car, you must work out with the steering wheel. It is difficult for a person without experience. This is dangerous for a person without experience, but ...
I will not be afraid of anyone and say in advance: everything will be fine, because the Jaguar XF car has protection in case of danger. The protection is that the ordinary driver will never feel Jumping, he simply will not reach the red line. Even if his nervous system is in a light adrenaline buzz, and he wants and, having wanted, unexpectedly whilly presses the gas pedal - everything will end safely. The car, before it to suffer, gives the driver half a second. And during this time the driver will have time to understand that he is not ready. He is scared. The sound of formidable and incomparable in its anger V8 4.2 SuperchaRged.
This motor of murderous power and beauty. Now he works in the European GT European Championship on XKR and there he is officially homolog for 520 horsepower. Accordingly, in the race, he is able to open up to all 600 horses. And theoretically able to give out, probably, and all 900 hp. And you want to leave an amateur alone with this monster?
I will probably speak against the 420-horsepower Jaguar XF 4.2 SuperchaRged. You do not need such a powerful motor to the sedan. There are many horses and moment for him. Two tons fly too fast, overclocked by V8 SuperchaRged. The aggression that is in the engine has nothing to restrain the car. Both the brakes and the gearbox are too sediment, they have the status of a sedan, not a sports car. The motor is much ahead of the rest of the structure. This arises from this. Here are three liters - this is in XF. On a car with a 3-liter engine, we will also easily feel like tired men. In addition, the 3-liter engine itself can easily be pulled and twisted. And do not lose anything from the point of view of the dynamics, as we understand when they compete in the race, who will quickly slip through the traffic light and rush into the cork on the ring.
Jaguar XF is a continuation of the company's project, first presented in the beginning of 2007 in Detroit called C-XF. In the Detroit, the Jaguar C-XF concept car has become, according to Autoweek magazine, the best and most sexy 4-door car for a car show. The debit of the serial version of the Jaguar XF, which differs from the prototype by other headlights, ventilation slots in the front wings and rear lights, took place in the same year in Frankfurt on September 11. The car was built on a deeply modernized S-Type platform and became 12 centimeters longer than its predecessor.
The finger is pointing. According to the Testament of Benjamin Franklin, I washed my finger before I point out the shortcomings of the Jaguar XF. He has technical disadvantages, but they are so far from an ordinary consumer that, most likely, he will never know about them. I am making complaints about this car because it is too good. If he was like a rhino, then there would be nothing to talk about. I would like to make complaints about the car, very high claims. And Jaguar XF practically withstands them all. With the exception of the little things. This three -spoke steering wheel, which makes two and a half turning from the stop to the stop, these transfers, the sports mode of the box is all that is fine. But I want the box to be like Ferrari 430. she worked of my own free will, and not by her own verified algorithm. This button on a tunnel with a plaid flag, turning off the DSC course stability system and exacerbate gas and steering wheel settings, is also good. But this is just a hint of sport. This is a little. And this is not what I would ideally like. The Jaguar XF 4.2 SuperchaRged fault is that he forces him to approach him with strict sports standards. Which, of course, is wrong. He is too good for an ordinary sedan. This car is generally too good. I can’t believe that he now belongs to India.
Who dared to give them this treasure?
The appearance of the new XF is the work of the design of designers led by Iana Kallum, who called the XF stage of his life. The purpose of my career, ”said Callum, was always to return Jaguar to his rightful place of the leader of the automobile design. Cars like the first XJ6 model left a rich inheritance, and my desire is to create something original. XF is such a car. Michael Kuinna, the grandson of Sir William Lyons and the owner of one of the dealers of Jaguar in Kensington, liked the car: the new Jaguar XF is a magnificent addition to the Jaguar model range. He is faithful to the values \u200b\u200bthat were dear to my grandfather. All the cars that he designed were special, and I am sure he would be happy to see this model.
Oh, how many wonderful discoveries are we. I was surprised by the price of a car. It does not correspond to its quality. Riding on XF is much more correct than on its competitors. Say, Mercedes E-Klasse is not suitable for the Objects. Everything related to design, decoration, configuration, which includes active pneumatic suspension, active headlights, Bluetooth and all-all-all here at the highest level. Any material: Softgrain skin, American satin tree, Morzine technology and fiber confirms the high class. Finishing - Schikornissima, I would say so.
I really liked the idea with a greeting to the driver, when the joystick of the gearbox leaves his arm, ventilation channels open and instrument panels, tunnel and doors flash. The sound of the Bowers & Wilkins audio system did not disappoint me. I discovered that a lightweight touch on lights to turn on to turn on the light. They are found not by buttons, but by touch sensors.
I was delighted with a button to open a glove compartment or glove box, to whom. She is charming with her little secret, her invisibility. I called it the point G. How many men tried to find this mysterious point of Ji - but it turns out where. In the Jaguar XF car - a car for thin natures.
Jokes to the side: This car is for a worthy person. This person does not buy XF in order to be closer to Abramovich, not to demonstrate something to someone. He boughts him to taste. The owner of Jaguar XF is a person who has a good collection of music at home. Which happens in the theater. He knows where London is. And for him, Bowers & Wilkins is in the order of things. For him to have a car like Jaguar XF is pleasure. You can ride it on a day off, moving from one pleasant company to another, from one social event to another. And on weekdays you can rush to work on it. Both that and the other is appropriate. But the Personant for this car is like a plush bear to the zoo. This is a car for a cultural, active person.
I know that Jaguar already has a lot of worthy fans in the country. And I hope that this brand will continue to fulfill a special culture -gas mission. I believe that the children of people who travel to Jaguar will not say: Cho?, Fucking, bull ... And they will speak human language.
And the more such cars on the road will be, the more our Russian redemptions will be shy.

It turned out that XF reacts more calmly to the steering wheel than S-Type, although it is noticeably sensitive than the five BMW. But after the five with her heavy steering wheel, it seems that it is difficult to keep the Jaguar on a straight line, it is difficult to accurately choose the angle of rotation of the steering wheel in a fast canopy. As if the only way to truly feel the car and load the steering wheel with a stabilizing effort-to push XF into a turn faster and abruptly. In fact, just the overall level of effort is small: the British assure that a heavy steering wheel is a sophisticated driver is a hindrance. Although, in my opinion, the top model of the XF SV8 with electronically controlled shock absorbers combined into the CATS system still sins with nonlinearity of responses in small corners. And there were no such claims to the atmospheric version with a passive suspension.
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High -strength and ultra -resistant steel, which were submitted to the disposal of automobile engineers, recently found the body. The newfangled enthusiasm for the strongholds who had reached the metallurgical high -tech, which had so necessary for them, has already allowed to stop the weight of cars of all classes today. However, the innovations of the technological sense do not mean at all that a fashionable ne English suit is sewn from German cloth. XF, with all its qualitative differences, not a revolution for Jaguar. It is based on the development of S-Type solutions. Immediately, XK comes out of the shadow: the wheels of our conversation reached the first turn, which in Arizona so few that for this had to be specially turned off from highway to the mountain road leading to Tortilla Flat. In the bends of the serpentine, it is easier to talk about the XF chassis, which has much in common with the cart that formed the sidelines of the XK sportkup.
Cars
In the light of today's problems of Jaguar, it is obvious that the new, long-awaited model of the XF business class model will either bring the brand to a qualitatively new level, or leave the situation unchanged or even aggravate. It's unavoidable. So far, officials about future sales are expressed carefully: in the plans at first to produce 50,000 cars annually, which, against the background of the volume of BMW and Mercedes-Benz products, looks completely pale. But if the project is successful, the case will go uphill. So, the Jaguar XF model is vital. Forget the retrostille to which the designers Jaguar are so devoted. The new XF is futuristic, and you can find out the true Jaguar in it only by nameplates.
Whatcar?
After the sensational HC new generation for the British, the novelty became another step forward-to return to the old position in the premium segment. But with the design, something is amiss in the British kingdom ... It is very likely that many will look indifferent to the new XF. At least drivers passing by cars. From the upper angle, and at three quarters, the car looks very impressive, but from the bottom point ... The impression is that the whole appearance of the new Jaguar literally crumbles: either Lexus will see it, then Mercedes, then some kind of Korean (not to Nights be remembered!). And from behind - in general, a continuous set of quotes from Aston Martin. However, you should stand in front of the hood and look down from top to down, as Jaguar again becomes itself: concise, strict and swift. Maybe it was worth sitting with Kulman longer?
Wheels
Jaguar XF
Engine8 S/C
Working volume (l) 4196
Power (l. P. At rpm) 420 at 6250
Moment (nm at rpm) 560 at 3500
The rear drive
Gearbox 6-speed automatic
Length/width/height (mm) 4960/1877/2047
Full mass (kg) 2330
Maximum speed (km/h) 25
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) 5.5
Fuel consumption, medium (l/100 km) 12.6
The price of the tested car in Moscow (rub.) 3 160,000
We thank the Jaguar Land Rover Russia Representative Office for the help of the filming. (495) 777-8500.
Text: Nikolai Fomenko
Photo: Andrey Danilov
 

Source: "Autopilot"