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Jaguar XF Saloon Now Made in India as Well

Thursday, January 24, 2013

For the first time in its history, the Jaguar-Land Rover group has commenced production of the Jaguar XF outside the United Kingdom at its facility in Pune, India.

The premium saloon is assembled from components sourced from the company’s Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham, UK, alongside the alongside Land Rover Freelander 2 vehicles which have been in production at the Pune factory since May 2011.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

A Jaguar with a carbon fiber rear wing that would make WRX owners salivate with jealousy? Sure, why not, especially since there's a perfectly good reason for its presence on the boot.

If you haven't done so before in our previous postings, meet the XFR-S, which Jaguar never fails to mention that it's the brands most potent performance sedan ever.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

We've already had the opportunity to show you what the brand-new Jaguar XFR-S looks like before its world premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show, so now it's time to tell you what lies under its sported up body.

Billed as an "ultra-high performance" version of the XF series, the XFR-S is the fastest and most powerful production sedan in the history of Jaguar.

It makes use of the same souped-up 5.0-liter supercharged V8 as the XKR-S, producing 40hp and 41 lb-ft more torque than the standard XFR's V8 for a total of 542hp (550PS) and 502 lb-ft (680Nm). An 8-speed Quickshift automatic transmission with steering wheel-mounted paddles drives the rear wheels.

Jaguar quotes a zero to 60 mph acceleration time of 4.4 seconds1 (0-100 km/h in 4.6 seconds) and an electronically-limited top speed of 186 mph1 (300km/h) – an improvement of 0.3 seconds and 31mph (50km/h) respectively over the plain-Jane XFR.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

For the past couple of weeks, Jaguar has been feeding us samplers of its upcoming XFR-S through cropped pictures, but there's no more need for that as the first complete images of the brand's fastest and most powerful sedan ever made their appearance online. Read more »

One More Teaser Photo of New Jaguar XFR-S, Only 200 Cars Coming to the U.S.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Billed by Jaguar as an "ultra high performance" sports sedan, the all-new XFR-S will make its world premiere this Wednesday at the opening (press) day of the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show.

The Indian-owned British automaker has followed up on last week's initial announcement about the debut with a second teaser image that shows the car's flamboyant rear wing with a carbon fiber center section.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Next week's Los Angeles Auto Show will host the world debut of the XFR-S, Jaguar confirmed today. The wildest version of the British firm's mid-size saloon will be joined by the U.S. premieres of the new F-Type roadster that will be displayed for the first time in Black Pack performance trim and the 2013 Range Rover.

"This year’s Los Angeles Auto show is one of the most significant U.S. shows in years for Jaguar Land Rover as we introduce three breakthrough new products," said Jaguar Land Rover North America President, Andy Goss.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

U.S. owners of certain model year 2010-2012 XF sedans equipped with a 5.0-liter V8 gasoline engine will soon be receiving a letter from Jaguar informing them about a voluntary recall regarding their vehicles. Read more »

Jaguar Designs a Concept Speedboat to go with its New XF Sportbrake

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

On the occasion of the international driving debut of its brand new XF Sportbrake that took place only a few weeks before the car arrives in European showrooms, Jaguar unveiled a bespoke speedboat concept to showcase the brand's design DNA on a completely different product as well as to inspire buyers of the estate model.

"We recognise that both our existing and future customers enjoy diverse and active lifestyles," explained Jaguar Director of Design, Ian Callum. "With the launch of the new Jaguar XF Sportbrake, we had an opportunity to create a vision of how our design philosophy might be applied to an alternative product, in which speed and beauty are also priorities."

Friday, October 19, 2012

Jaguar's upcoming XFR-S high-performance saloon is fast and powerful and it has no problem showing off its prowess.

Unlike the tamer-looking XFR that gets by a 5.0-liter supercharged V8 rated for 503hp (510PS), the flagship "S" model will flaunt its muscle through an aggressive body kit, which as these fresh spy pictures reveal for the very first time, will include an eye-catching rear wing of the sort you usually find on EVOs and STIs and not on Jaguar models…

Monday, August 20, 2012

It's been about a year since our spies captured a mildly modded prototype of what we believed to be at the time an early test mule of a hardcore version of the XFR, much in the likes of the XKR-S.

Now, we can show you the first images of the XFR-S wearing its production body armor, which includes a newly designed front bumper with massive air vents and a lip spoiler, side skirts and a larger boot lid spoiler than the one found on the regular XFR.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Just last month, Jaguar detailed the 2013MY versions of its XF and XJ saloons, both of which benefit from new engines including a 335-horsepower (340PS) supercharged V6 for the XF and XJ and a 237hp (240PS) 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four for the XF, as well as the widespread use of an 8-speed automatic.

But the British brand wasn't done yet with the model year changes as today, Jaguar announced the introduction of all-wheel drive to the 2013 XF and XJ ranges.

Friday, August 10, 2012

If you are planning to rob any banks and make a quick highway getaway in Romania in the near future, don’t. The country's highway patrol division just received a 510bhp XFR.

Like we’ve seen before, the Romanian boys in blue get all the cool toys. A 350bhp Lotus Evora S was given to them last year making it their fastest police car ever. Now, the new XFR comes into the station as their most powerful car ever.

Monday, July 16, 2012

The shift in consumer preferences to less thirsty, lighter and more CO2 efficient powertrains has resulted in Jaguar's response by confirming the availability of its new 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder and 3.0-liter supercharged V6 gasoline engines for the United States. Read more »

2013 Jaguar XF gets New 2.0-liter Turbo and 3.0-liter Supercharged Gasoline and 2.2-liter Diesel Engines

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Jaguar's 2013 model year-mania continues with the XF series that gains a similar suite of updates to the larger XJ saloon that we told you about in a previous posting and then some more, including the introduction of the new Sportbrake that will start from £31,940 when it goes on sale in the UK later this year.

As with the XJ, the XF continues without any alterations to its design for the new model year, but with many changes under the hood.

Friday, June 8, 2012

All automakers create real-life size clay models of their upcoming production and concept models. Most of the times, once they have served their purpose, these prototypes are destroyed under secrecy.

In a eureka moment, Jaguar decided to make something out of the destruction of one of its older XF clay models by filming the designers and sculptors going primitively wild on the prototype and sharing the video with us.

Head past the break to take a look at it.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

On the occasion of the Auto China 2012 in Beijing, Jaguar announced the introduction of two new force-fed gasoline engines, including a supercharged V6 that will find its way under the hood of the upcoming F-Type roadster.

The first engine is a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder petrol derived from the Range Rover Evoque that will be offered in both the XF and XJ saloons replacing the existing naturally-aspirated Jaguar 3.0-litre AJV6 engine from this summer.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

If you live in Europe and are interested in an executive station wagon, you will soon be able to add one more vehicle to your shopping list as Jaguar is attempting to draw customers away from the Audi A6 Avant, BMW 5-Series Touring and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate with its new XF Sportbrake.

Jaguar's second ever estate model is based on the XF sedan riding on the same wheelbase but it adds 48mm of rear headroom for the rear passengers while there's also 550-liter of boot space with the seats up and 1,675 liters when they're lying flat.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

A station wagon model probably isn’t what comes to mind when you think about Jaguar but times and attitudes changes and the British brand is willing to give it another try after its hapless X-Type Sportwagon.

At a first glance, Jaguar's new XF Sportbrake is a handsome creation, although those abnormally large LED tail lamps look somewhat odd from certain angles.

Jaguar says that every panel on the XF Sportbrake, from the B-Pillar and back, is completely new. Added touches include the silver signature line running the entire length of the car while the gloss black C-Pillar is reminiscent of the XJ limousine. The polished roof rails will be offered as an option.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Jaguar is doubling the XF's four-cylinder diesel offerings with the presentation of a new base version of its 2.2-liter unit that produces 163PS (161bhp) and supplements the 190PS (187bhp) variant already on sale in Europe.

The new lower output diesel accelerates the XF from zero to 62mph (100km/h) in 9.8 seconds en route to a top speed of 130mph (210km/h), while returning a combined fuel economy of 52.3mpg UK (43.5mpg US or 5.4lt/100km) and emitting 149 g/km of CO2.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

We assume that it won't be long before Jaguar pulls the final wraps off its new XF Sportbrake, especially since the British carmaker has just posted on its Twitter page that "all will be revealed in the New Year".

In addition, Jaguar seems to have embraced the…marketing spirit of Christmas releasing one more shot of its executive estate model, this time with Santa Claus filling its boot with gifts.