Jaguar makes some seriously nice cars, but without breaking the law, it's hard to unleash them on your everyday roads. This is where the Jaguar Experience comes into play. Usually open for Jaguar customers or potential buyers only, 20 lucky CarAdvice competition winners got to experience the best of Jaguar at Sandown Raceway...
What's blue, British and loud? The Jaguar XJR replacement — the XJR575. Paul Maric jetted off to Portugal to see if the Jaguar XJR575 lives up to its name as the toughest Tom in town.
Is a long-wheelbase Jaguar XJ in flagship Autobiography guise objectively better than a Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 Series or Porsche Panamera? No. But that's no reason not to buy one. It's all about branding, baby.
Big, fast and a little old-school. Does the Jaguar XJR still hold its own against the Germans?
While it stretches the notion of a track car, the stretched Jaguar XJR is more than just cut-cat-quick...
Downsized engines - including a four-cylinder turbo also found in the Ford Falcon - form key part of 2013 update for fine-driving limo.
The XJ is a big beast, no matter which way you look at it. At 5122mm long, our test XJ only just fits in most garages...
Models tested: 2011 Jaguar XJ 5.0 litre V8 supercharged, ZF six-speed automatic transmission (346kW & 575Nm) - $311,000 2011 XJ 5.0 litre V8, ZF six-speed transmission (283kW & 515Nm) – $259,000 Location: Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the Valley of Fire – Nevada The last time we got to test the latest Jaguar XJ was around the streets of Sydney, and that’s hardly appropriate for a limo size hotrod with a cracking 346kW and 575Nm on offer...
Model tested: Jaguar XJ Supersport LWB (Long Wheelbase), 5.0 Litre Supercharged V8: $367,800 I’ve got my right foot buried deep into the footwell of the Jaguar XJ Supersport and the acceleration from a lazy 60km/h is huge. Pity we’re not in Germany for this test, on an unrestricted German Autobahn mixing it up with the German V12 club for some proper high-speed testing...
