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Collectible I don't know, but very cool looking and charming. [nt]
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Jaguar X Type AWD V6
Still looking cool... The 'good Jags' seem to be seen less and less these days and the X Type alongside the XJ are the coolest. Latest production 2008-2009 for both. They will definitely become collectibles and I am hanging on to this one.. Interior and e...
Isn't this a Ford Mondeo with Volvo AWD with Jaguar in- and exterior?
Or is this car not from that area? How do you like it? I’m assuming it is very reliable?
I had a Mondeo and a x type back then .
Have to admit that the mondeo was a better car 😬. I love Jags , owned a lot of them but this Xtype wasnt my fav . Sorry !
...love this car..
True, based on the Mondeo but totally different and nice to drive. What Jaguar needed was that reliability and they got it when Ford helped out. I think for the money you pay, you get a lot of pleasure and car!!
Very different from a Mondoe though it shared the same platform.
Engine wise the V6 had reworked cilinderheads, completely different interior and finish. I talked to a guy who was involved in early stages of development at Ford Genk Belgium, it was a Mondoe platform and they gave it the feeling of a true Jag. But back ...
History's been more kind to this one than contemporary road tests
I remember that there was a good deal of chuckling in the auto press when this one arrived (Mondeo platform, blah, blah), but you're absolutely correct about the X-Type looking better every day relative to Jaguar small cars like the XE and E-Pace. Those f...
I am curiously unmoved by the new Jag sedans and SUVs
not for want of trying to love them. Too bland in styling, too high in price.
Always loved our 2,5 X-type.
For a fraction of the price it gave us 90% of the true Jag spirit. Me and my best friend each bought one in the UK. Our silver 2,5 was not really a fast car and had some transmission issues (we eventually had it properly fixed), my friend's 3 liter wasn't...