From the beginning there was 1 car that again changed the attitude of the fans of the Jaguar brand to the English auto industry, as to the faithful but old plaid, which was pulled out of Naftalin, the times of the Victorian era. The new Jaguar XF was fresh, not gripped and moderately impudent. It was a car for neo -rel athrates, not constrained by obsolete moral frames. But there was another car — xj. For a long time he served as a stronghold of conservatism and snobbish attitude to rapidly changing reality outside the windows of this car.
On the one hand, it’s good, t. To. Old clients always knew what they bought: whether it was astrolabia from the times of great geographical discoveries or the good old Jaguar XJ, which almost did not evolve.
But this played an angry joke with the manufacturer, t. To. In the phrase «old clients», the key was the word «old». The fact is that many of them over time began to put their dentures on the shelf, while others went into another world, so the sales began to fall rapidly, because young people do not need a Victorian chest of drawers, which is not capable of hard drifts and externally Almost unchanged since the landing of allies in Normandy.
And now he was replaced by a new XJ, which you can see in the photo. Yes, of course it has changed, both externally and internally, and even more than that, it has become innovative! Mol does not fly out of it when you open the doors. But with the design a small such pun came out. Or rather even say, compilation.
Only the sidewalls of the car turned out completely authentic, if they do not find fault with them. The front of the car is very much like a XF, only more noble and smoothed, but this does not deprive him of some degree of evil aggression, if you look at it for three quarters. Head optics, without a doubt, became much more expressive with so cunning, predatory squint. But the grille of the radiator remained massive-metallized. But this is a tribute to tradition and a hint of “blue blood”, this car. And I must say — it goes to him. The back, this is how a collection of quotes is generally: in the proportions and lines of the roof, this is undoubtedly Audi A6; rear lights, this is something between Maserati Quattroporte and Lancia Thesis. Although there is still something purely Novoyaguarovskoye-a completely fresh trunk cover. In addition to the beautiful emblem of the jaguar and the inscription XJ there is absolutely nothing in it.
It also raises the question of why the pylons of the rear rack racks were painted black? The paint was not enough? They are made of composites? Or just a desire to beat the panoramicity of the rear window? Then why is there a silver edging? In general, the exterior of the new XJ cannot be called the reference, but he will no doubt attract his eyes and even more so — he is new. New in almost everything.
But just as much as the exterior raises questions, they disappear looking at the interior. He’s not just good, he is magnificent! And almost all automobile experts converge in this. There is everything that should be. And not just in a large modern luxury class, but in a large, modern jaguar! Here, designers and engineers managed to realize synergism between the best ideas of traditionalism and the innovative solutions of our time.
So, the traditional “circular” department with a purebred wooden veneer is adjacent to the opteston moon-blue lighting of the devices and panels. The central climate control deflectors involuntarily impose not superfluous associations with Pagani Zonda by no means. The uncompromising species leather seats are in perfect harmony with the servo -drive puck of control of the on -board media center, in the likeness of IDRive from BMW.
The number of expensive options is generally difficult to calculate. For example, the central display has a DualView system, the same as on the new Mercedes S-Class. She shows two different pictures to the front passenger and driver. Hearing Sedokoks will delight the most powerful audio -symbol of the Bower Audiophile level & Wilkins with 20 speakers on board.
Of the new, purely technical solutions, which is also a great many, we can safely distinguish an aluminum body, which has become longer than that of the predecessor of 31 mm and is now a record 5122mm. By the way, this is longer than all the sedans of the representative class. After all, there is also a body in the version of LONG.
In addition to all possible systems of active and passive safety, there is also an active, electronic control of the rear differential of ADC. The suspension is pneumatic and naturally also controlled.
Power units also affected the update. There are now a whole gamut and the most “weak”, basic engine, this is a 3 -liter biturbodiesel with a capacity of 275 liters. With. and 600 numbers of torque. Then there is a 5-liter gasoline atmosphere V8, which produces 385 liters. With. and 515 Newtonometers.
And there are two modifications of the same engine, but with drive superchargers, issuing 470 and 510 liters. With., The last of which gives out 625 noms and shoots not at all a light car from zero to hundreds in 4, 9 seconds. But the transmission provides only one — 6 t. ZF machine gun.
The price tags will be drawn from 72 to 112 thousand US dollars, depending on the configuration.
No doubt the new XJ is a huge and I must say a very high -tech step into the future.