JAGUAR XF
Resolutely fossil-fuelled four-door saloon takes a seat at the Autocar table
FIRST REPORT
FEATURED THIS WEEK
CUPRA FORMENTOR
FORD MONDEO
JAGUAR XF
KIA SORENTO
MINI CONVERTIBLE
PORSCHE 718 BOXSTER GTS
Overhauled cabin and updated infotainment are big draws for XF
WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT
The Jaguar saloon is endangered. Can an updated XF leave a lasting legacy?
G oing all-electric: it’s rather the done thing at the moment. Everybody is doing it, from Alfa to Alpine and Vauxhall to Volvo, and those companies that have yet to unveil their bold plans to ditch combustion over the coming decade are starting to look more than a little bit unfashionable.
We have had a good few heavyhitting headlines over of the past few months on this very subject, among the earliest and most impactful of which was ‘Jaguar to become allelectric brand from 2025’. Other manufacturers will beat them to the punch, of course, but here is a name so intrinsically associated with big-engined sports coupés, snarling race weapons and driverorientated saloons that the concept of a completely engine-less build hall at Castle Bromwich seems almost unimaginable.