Test Drive Jaguar XJ since 2012 Sedan

Black ice

So in Canada is called a thin, transparent and barely noticeable film of ice, which covers the asphalt with temperature fluctuations near zero. Better and time to check the All-wheel drive transmission Jaguar XJ is not found. Here you need to be not only the driver, but also all smart electronically controlled systems of the car, which have long been a complete drive. It was his work on Jaguar XJ interested me in particular. Canadian Quebec Province. Driving all-wheel drive Jaguar XJ was to drive from the town of Mont-Tremblan to a huge Montreal. For a fan of motor racing, these places are so far geographically and so close emotionally. At the end of the sixties, Formula 1 came to Mont-Tremblan, and since 1978 she was spelled in Montreal. The first race here won the legendary Canadian housing Villune. He was born near 35 km south-east of the center of Montreal, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. And in 1976 in Troy-Rivière (135 km from Montreal on the river of St. Lawrence), he flashed on the whole world in the outline racing of the Atlantic formula. There are constantly road signs that warn about the possible appearance of a snowmate as if it was purposely reminded of an early career of Villenev-Sr. and not allowed to focus on the car. Pull yourself together! But the flagship of Jaguar is good. Why are they so little on our roads, in comparison, for example, with a bmw seven? In the Englishman more pleasant pendant. As with the Bavarians, to whom we will return, in the XJ in front of the multi-dimensions rest on the springs, and behind the pneumatic elements, but the behavior is fundamentally different: softer, smooth, and at the same time without unnecessary rolls. The steering wheel also makes smile unusually light, but very accurate, it is perfectly isolated from vibrations and at the right moment delicately discarded excessive help of the hydraulicel. In the interior, the soft skin and an interesting architecture. A steering wheel with a pseudo-phoned hub, the dynamics of the Bowers & Wilkins audio system, elegantly inscribed in the door panels, which flows into them the huge wooden insert under the windshield, the massive washer of the machine gun, the nozzles of the deflectors, and conquers xj: there is no smallness of the tired German pragmatism and the correctness of the forms only masterfully Made of a cocktail from high-tech and retro. Simon Barnes, one of the creators of the All-wheel drive transmission of Jaguar, at the beginning of the career gave 8.5 years twin by Land Rover, where he was engaged in a pneumatic suspension, and then delayed for half of the years in Aston Martin, where his crown was the chassis of the DB9 sports car. With Jaguar Barnes only 14 months. Our main task in the development of a full drive was the preservation of the jaguar rear-wheelful nature, explains Barnes. We are talking about the rotation of the car (the preservation of the same balance between its excess and disadvantage) and about his response to the actions of the driver. After all, in terms of the dynamics of the car in the All-wheel drive version, everything happens quite differently, despite the full external identity (the exclusion of the Robust Badge AWD (All-Wheel Drive all wheels are driven) on the trunk lid). The front axle from the slave becomes the presenter, and the additional details of the dispensing box, the second cardan shaft, the semi-axes of controlled wheels are changing the weight. It is no coincidence, the bunch of the Barnes system of subressing. In many ways, using its configuration, the engineering team solved the task. In the front suspension, new swivel fists and a new subframe were naturally applied, in addition to accommodate the semi-axis, it was necessary to modernize and steering rack. Further thinner: in front and rear changed shock absorbers and elastic elements. Both new stabilizers. Even the software of the damping adjustment system and then rewrote. The Heart of the Jaguar AWD system elected an ATC-controlled ATC coupling 350 Austrian company Magna. It is she who works on most BMW with the XDRIVE console for example, on the same seven. And in principle, any automaker can purchase it. What does Jaguar give a unique? Simon Barnes says it's all about the specifics of the coupling. Its configuration is completely our merit, he continues, and unlike the BMW rear drive in our case more. In the usual mode of movement to the front axle, only 5% of the total motor thrust is served, but in the case of slipping, the electronics can completely block the clutch. In addition, the preliminary support of the coupling discs is accompanied by each start from the place. Engine for all-wheel drive Jaguar XJ Only a 340-strong 3-liter V6 with a supercharger. KP 8-step automaton ZF. Select a short or long base. Last year, BMW was sold in Russia of 1329 cars of the 7th series, and about half with a full drive. Result Jaguar 406 X-Jeys. Of course, a four-wheel drive in a pair with a powerful engine is excellent and, the main thing that has long expected proposal for the Russian elite. A wide advertising campaign has already begun. I am sure, now Jaguar XJ woves on the roads more often, and black ice, he gets to us, not at all a hindrance.  

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