All new Jaguar XF revealed!

Jaguar Land Rover has officially unveiled the all new XF luxury sedan. As expected, the styling is along the same language as that of the smaller XE. The new car is built along Jaguar's aluminium intensive architecture and the car is lighter than the outgoing XF by around 190 kgs. Torsional stiffness is up 28% and while the car is 7 mm shorter and sits lower by 3 mm, the wheelbase has been stretched to 2,960 mm i.e. an increase of 51 mm. Jaguar claims the new design enables "class-leading" rear seat space with more leg-room, knee-room and head-room.

Power comes from 2 diesel and 2 petrol engines in a total of 5 states of tune. Given below are their details:

Diesel:

- 2.0L diesel that produces 161 BHP and 380 Nm of torque. The same engine is available in a beefier state of tune that makes 178 BHP and 430 Nm of torque.

- 3.0L, V6, twin-turbo diesel that produces 296 BHP and 700 Nm of torque.

- The 2.0L engines are available with a 6-speed manual or an 8-speed automatic gearbox. The 3.0L variant is offered only with the 8-speed automatic.

Petrol:

- 2.0L, turbo-charged, direct injection petrol that makes 237 BHP and 340 Nm of torque.

- 3.0L, V6, super-charged petrol that makes either 335 BHP or 375 BHP. Both states of tune deliver 450 Nm of torque.

- The petrols are offered only with the 8-speed automatic transmission.

The new XF sits on a double wishbone and integral link suspension and gets a near 50:50 weight distribution. For improved ride comfort, the car gets advanced passive damper technology as standard. The British automaker is also offering Jaguar's configurable dynamics system, which was first developed for the F-Type. This system enables the driver to individually adjust settings of the dampers, steering, engine and eight-speed automatic transmission.

For select markets which require all-wheel drive (AWD), Jaguar has engineered a new torque-on-demand system. The transfer case uses a chain drive instead of gears and is claimed to be lighter and more efficient.

On the inside, the feature list includes the InControl Touch Pro infotainment system that features a 10.2-inch touchscreen and Dual View technology (DVT). The DVT technology simultaneously allows the driver to see information such as navigation, while the front seat passenger watches TV or a DVD. The XF also gets a 12.3-inch TFT instrument cluster.

The all-new XF will be manufactured at Jaguar Land Rover's Castle Bromwich plant alongside the all-aluminium F-Type and XJ. The XF will be the first Jaguar to offer full LED headlights and the car will make its public debut at the New York motor show on April 1st. The car will be launched in India as well and sales in our sub-continent could begin in the 1st half of 2016.