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Luxury about two liters

Jaguar went to an unprecedented experiment and equipped the representative luxury sedan XJ with an ordinary 2.0-liter engine. True, she managed to remove 240 liters from him. With. and 340 Nm of torque and maintain the previous level of comfort and equipment.

Own motors, as you know, the basis of the image, prosperity and power of any automobile brand. You can draw an arbitrarily beautiful cars, cram them with all kinds of electronics, put soft chairs and lamps with a lampshade in the salon. But all this will not matter in the eyes of the consumer if the company does not have its own worthy motor. It is no coincidence that the most popular are brands that have well -developed own motor construction. Among them is Jaguar.

On a new car with a two -liter engine, I drove more than two hundred miles in various modes. Jaguar remained Jaguar. A huge sedan even with an elongated base with this engine accelerates easily and naturally. Two liters carry a representative car like a fluff: all dynamic characteristics within the class. Comfortable and equipment of the machine too. The salon is quiet and comfortable. XJ according to the first signal performs all commands. Acceleration to a hundred 7 (!) Seconds.
The maximum speed is limited by electronics (!) And reaches (according to the plant) 250 km/h. At the same time, the fuel consumption was only 8 liters per 100 km, and the release of harmful substances into the atmosphere as in small and low -power brothers. Jaguar XJ lost nothing from what the car of the representative class and the legendary brand is red and noble. Engineers of the famous company remove almost as much capacity from this low -volume motor as atmospheric six due to a minor turbocharger, direct fuel injection and variable gas distribution phases.

Moreover, the two -liter Jaguar XJ has the Switter S (Sport) and the finish button, which still significantly change the character of the car, its settings, making the car cooler and sports. And all this was achieved due to the fact that the XJ body is a single aluminum monocock, the streamlines are close to the ideal and aluminum, the engine itself has become, due to which only 138 kg weighs.
A new eight -speed gearbox is also amazing in the car. It is so perfect that it does not show itself in work. There are no delays, no failures, no audible or felt at least somehow switches. The machine like an electric car simply rides, accelerates, changes the pace and nature of movement, as if there are no boxes in the car at all.

The plant can be congratulated on the experiment. Such a machine changes the culture of consumption of luxury representative cars without losing their consumer properties, accustoming to savings and prudence, new thinking. It turned out a democratic, but still aristocratic car, with which you do not have to overpay for extra power when buying, paying increased taxes, spending excess on fuel and pollute the atmosphere in excess of measure.

It is noteworthy that the company does not install the nameplate, clarifying to others, which motor is installed in the car. In fact: who cares, with which motor I go, even if among brothers in the class I don’t feel deprived.

Source: Cars