a traseira desse carro é absolutamente brutal!
a parte da frente é que parece.me um pouco americanizada...mas a jaguar tem de agradar a gregos e troianos...n se pode ter tudo xD
Job done. In the XF Jaguar has delivered what it so desperately needed: a world-class product. It’s not quite perfect — the packaging is slightly compromised, some niggling fit issues remain, and with just one diesel the range is limited — but even considering these concerns the XF is not only good enough to bring Jaguar success, but also good enough to better the 5-series.
This is due in part to the styling, which is bold and distinctive, and to the slick interior. But mostly it’s because the drivetrain and dynamics shame even BMW and Mercedes. Yes, the diesel engine is not the most potent, but it is refined and precise, and the gearbox works brilliantly with it.
Above all else, though, it is the chassis tuning that defines the XF’s success; the blend of ride comfort, poise and agility is nothing short of a triumph.
"WE have a new executive class leader. The XF is brilliant: superbly designed inside out, as well as fantastic to drive in all conditions and cost effective to buy and run. Jaguar should be immensely proud of its achievement.
In comparison, the Mercedes is a bit plain. While it’s comfortable and easy to live with, the E-Class has none of the Jag’s sense of occasion. The lines are starting to age, it’s expensive to buy and run, and lacks personality.
The BMW comes closer to rivalling the Jaguar. It has a great engine that helps minimise running costs, plus a spacious, well built cabin and real driver appeal. Yet it’s let down by an austere interior and intrusive ride.
But the sleek, stunning Jag hasn’t won because of its rivals’ failings. It surpasses our high expectations by being the best to drive, look at, live with and own. We’re proud to say that the XF is a British world-beater."
Estou a habituar-me ao design. É vertiginosamente inspirado nos Lexus.
E pensar que há 40 anos andavam os japoneses a imitar descaradamente os ocidentais...
There’s a nice irony about my first time behind the wheel of the Jaguar XF. It rolled up outside the doors of the Hyatt hotel in Dearborn, Michigan, on a very cold and grey morning, and I drove it along the pockmarked freeways to central Detroit. Dearborn is, of course, the global headquarters of Ford, the company that is within weeks of off-loading Jaguar to Indian industrial conglomerate Tata.
It’s just short of two decades since Ford swooped in to snatch Jaguar. The Blue Oval paid a huge amount of money for it in 1989, only for company bosses to famously condemn the factory facilities as the worst outside the old Soviet Union.
Well, finally - and after a huge amount of Detroit dollars - Jaguar has nailed down what a compact, executive sporting saloon should be.
On the way along the freeway, we turned more than a few heads. The headlamp treatment might still raise eyebrows, but the XF looks modern and distinctive. And it does look like a Jaguar should.
The driving characteristics are a surprise. It follows in the footsteps of the XK by delivering a surprisingly firm, direct and even uncompromising drive. And the car's cabin feels snug and the driving position tightly cocooned between the door trim and high centre console. Although this car is priced to rival the BMW 5-series, it feels more like a sporting 3-series to drive. Actually, it feels like a good, driver-focused coupe might.
Ford and Jaguar have finally achieved what they singularly failed to do with the 1999 S-Type. That lost decade means Jaguar has to prove itself again with a new owner.
40 years after the company was forced into British Leyland, Jaguar might finally pick-up where Sir William Lyons left off.
Acabei de privar um pouco com o novo XF, embora não o tenha já conduzido.
o carro está muito agressivo e rompe claramente com o passado. bem diferente do meu S-Type a todos os níveis do desenho, como já sabemos, e também um salto muito importante na qualidade (para já, a aparente).
os interiores, não tenho dúvida, são de referência! impressionantes. a senhora que os desenhou fez um trabalho sublime. esta unidade pecava apenas por ter a madeira menos ao meu gosto (seguindo as imagens do site).
a linha lateral do carro faz lembrar o Lexus GS, mas ao caminharmos para a traseira todas as dúvidas se dissipam. é esta a zona que mais me agrada no exterior do carro.
a frente ainda me deixa algumas dúvidas, terei de me habituar, mas resulta bastante melhor que nas fotos. aliás, nas fotos tinha a ideia de um carro alto e estreito, na realidade são exactamente opostos.
o preço adequa-se claramente à realidade e enquadra-se naquilo que um Jaguar pretende ser.
concluindo, gostei bastante do que vi e senti. não será o automóvel para trocar o meu S, mas também nenhum o será. são ambos tão diferentes que a vir um para cá, será para ficar ao lado e não substituí-lo.
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