I hate to say this, but I think the Jaguar XF is going to die very soon without a direct replacement. Bad news out of the way, the XF is a severely underrated luxury sedan that I am BEGGING people to stop sleeping on. Everyone has an E-class, and a 5-series can be seen on any street corner. A Lexus ES? Great, but basic. Audi A6? Same old, same old. But the XF? If you pull up to your board meeting in an XF, you mean business. Yeah, for a while it had the same 'terrible' interior as the F-PACE, an incredibly underrated SUV from the same brand, but Jaguar has got it together and studied the interiors over at Land Rover long and hard. Even before, the XF was London chic in a world of Berlin, Tokyo, Detroit and Seoul monotony. The XF's 35t V6 made it a true sport sedan, and yes, it too could be had with AWD. Before, long ago, the V8-powered XFs were effortlessly cool. Hell, they even made a Sportbrake. Sadly Jaguar is making the dumb decision to not stuff the excellent Ingenium I6 into their sole sedan in the US, and it has already made the even dumber decision to never put a V8 in this thing. The SE trim can't even be had with AWD anymore. However, it undercuts many of the other more widely-known sedans by a significant amount and represents a total steal. Before you walk into that BMW dealer, go check out an XF. You won't regret it. Buy them before Jaguar kills it.
by henryfromny2.0 October 4, 2022
Easily the most slept on luxury car of all time. While Mercedes pumps out E-class sedans, wagons, coupes and convertibles by the second, Jaguar's big wagon was left to languish. While no one bought them, probably due to how terrible the pre-facelift XF interiors were, they represented a uniquely British estate car with drop-dead gorgeous styling and decent performance. Rest in peace XF Sportbrake.
by henryfromny2.0 October 24, 2022