Test Drive Jaguar XJR 2013 - NV Sedan
The last stronghold of aristocracy
There are cars, estimating which, in no case cannot be limited to a boring detailed analysis: they say, it is good, and this is bad; Elastic engine, but the suspension is harsh This car is just from such. It is more correct to evaluate it in general, understanding that you are not simply well-well-rescued nodes, elements and options. Before us history, style, character. This is Jaguar.
Mark Daimler appeared in 1896 after the English engineer Frederick Simms entered into an agreement for sale in the UK engine developed by the German designer Gottlib Daimler. An incredible amount of cars was sold to start the twentieth century. 89 cars!
Among the first owners of Daimler cars was John Scott Montaigue, a member of the parliament and enthusiast of automotive equipment. It was he who in 1900 introduced Edward, Prince of Wales (later than King Edward VII) with Daimler products of the future exclusive supplier of cars for the British government.
However, the current leadership of Britain chose Rolls-Royce, and Daimler now is not the same. Since 1960, the brand is in possession of Jaguar Cars, and the name Daimler is only part of the name of the car with a bouncing beauty of the cat's 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 like a lot of modern: one racing bumper with rude air intakes that costs! And the spoiler on the edge of the trunk? No, Margaret Thatcher, with its conservative views, this would not be approved!
However, Tori would rather appreciate our test, really conservative version. The relief of the long, curled down the head of the hood is set by the front circles of headlights and nostrils of the radiator grid. Long, with a rapid profile, the body is planted on a waste wheelbase.
Sparkling polished metal. Let and not silver covered moldings, side mirrors, nozzles of the radiator grid, door handles, edged headlights and lights. Moves Jaguar XJ Daimler Super-Eight as English Butler: Quick, but smoothly and silently!
But the dynamic potential of a large D can not be learned if you do not heave the accelerator pedal to the floor. Simply, unlike other machines whose power exceeds 400 liters. p., And overclocking up to 100 km / h does not block 5 s, the pleasure of driving on this sedan is distributed with a smooth layer throughout the operating range of the speedometer and tachometer. Soft work tuned to a comfortable ride of pneumatic suspension; fast, accurate and perfectly versed in the needs of the driver automatic; Elastic motor that needs to be slightly slightly 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: Superwarm!
Let you do not deceive the exquisite refinement of his style and coming from the salon the smell of big money, XJ Daimler is not only the most luxurious Jaguar, today, he is also the fastest!
To understand this, it is enough just to find the floor under the right pedal. And I will not have time to find something solid, as the power of inertia instantly responds to an explosion inside the compressor 4.2-liter heart, pressing all the passengers into the cozy leather chairs and pressing their napes to embroidered on the head restraints. By the way, the luxury of English limousine lies not only in the embroidered capital letters. His salon is decorated with a real walnut tree, and the chair and rear sofa are covered with high quality skin.
Places for the passenger sitting behind the passenger is granted so much that he can sit, throwing his leg behind the leg, not at risk reaching the upper feet to the back of the front chair.
The rear seat passenger (most likely, it is here in Jaguar suggest to see the owner of Daimler) always and keeps everything under control. And it's not just about your own climate control panel!
Even sitting at the back, he may not bended to push and tilt the back of the front passenger seat, even if someone is in the chair! It is enough to run the hand between the right door and the rear sofa and you can find the remote from your own half the rear seat, and at the same time from the chair ahead of the sitting. Unfortunately (and maybe fortunately) control the position of the driver's seat rear passenger cannot Choosing a car, did you think about what you can do not fit? Not she, and you did not come to her tall, physique or social status?
Do not be upset if an attempt to associate yourself and parked under Daimler's windows this time failed just his time in your life has not come yet. It means you are still far from Jupiter, and in this world you have not yet seen
Jaguar XJ.
Specifications
(manufacturer data):
Dimensions (Length / Width / Height) 5215x2108x1448
Road clearance 130 mm
Engine volume and 4.2 liters. (400 hp)
Acceleration up to 100 km / h 5.3 with
Maximum speed 250 km / h
Middle 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.): From 2 240,000 rubles.
4.2 Super V8 (400 l. P.): 3 350 000 rubles.
Daimler S / C LWB: 3 970 000 rub.
History XJ.
The history of the current, seventh generation of the model XJ begins 2003. For the first time in the history of the brand, this model received a completely aluminum carrying body of a monocook type (60% tougher and 40% is easier than the steel counterpart).
2004 - the elongated version of the LWB was presented (3034 mm wheelbase). For the convenience of landing, the height of the roof over the rear side of the seats is increased by 70 mm.
2005 - at the auto show in New York, Jaguar presented the charged version of the XJ sedan on the basis of its elongated version. The car, called the Jaguar XJ Super V8 Portfolio, was equipped with a 400-strong version of the new 4.2-liter V8 motor with a mechanical supercharger, which was aggregated with a six-speed manual transmission.
2006 - Jaguar continued the process of improving the entire gamut of XJ sedans. To reduce the level of inner noise, sound-absorbing multilayer side windows are used, and the modern control system for air pressure in the tires determines its fall in all five wheels, including the spare. Also, engineers improved the brake system, which received disks of increased diameter and tighter calipers.
2007 - the official premiere of the updated Jaguar XJ on the Geneva Motor Show.
The car is provided by Autobiography, official Jaguar dealer.
Text: Alexander Korchenko
Photo: Roman Stunnin
A source: Magazine "Wheels" [December / 2007]