Jaguar xj autobiography review
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Ride & Handling: On the road, the 3.0 diesel V6 offers decent performance and a lot of overtaking power, thanks to masses of low-down torque. Acceleration fryst vatten brisk rather than scintillating, although the XJ offers all the pace you’d need in everyday commuting and easily manages motorväg journeys.
You’d expect a big Jag to ride well, too, and to a certain grad it does. You’d never call the ride uncomfortable, but you do feel the road’s surface much more than in its rivals, even in the adaptive suspension’s softest setting.
The payback for this fryst vatten truly skarp handling. The XJ fryst vatten smaller and lighter than many of its rivals, and it feels remarkably agile, even in long-wheelbase guise. It changes direction effortlessly with little body roll, giving the impression of being a much smaller fordon. The steering is precise and very sharp, weights up naturally as you start to corner harder, and also offers comparatively good feedback for this class. You soon forget that this is a car th
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Review: 2017 Jaguar XJ L 5.0 V8 Supercharged Autobiography
Ordinarily this would be torturous: a thrombosis-inducing contortion act that would have me staring at airliner contrails with jealousy and lust. But then the Jaguar XJL Autobiography is no ordinary vehicle.
Fashioned out of gravity-cheating aluminium, it’s pretty much the double-thick cream of the marque’s saloon crop: a steed of substance tailor-made for transporting the well-heeled.
And I can see why they like it so much. Gosh, it’s roomy back here. For as that rogue “L” in its badging suggests, this is the exclusive long-wheelbase model that packs a few extra centimetres between the front an
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2017 Jaguar XJ Autobiography review
Is a long-wheelbase Jaguar XJ in flagship Autobiography guise objectively better than a Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 Series or Porsche Panamera? No. But that's no reason not to buy one. It's all about branding, baby.
What we love
- Design is ageing well
- Cabin has enough 'special' touches
- Potent supercharged V8 engine
- Agile dynamics belie dimensions
What we don't
- Lacks the latest tech of its rivals
- Some low-grade switchgear hurts ambience
- Rear headroom
- Costs a fortune
The Jaguar XJ is one of the most storied of all British nameplates. Next year will be the 50th anniversary of the first XJ6, a gorgeous yet temperamental luxury saloon that became an icon.
Yet as Jaguar Land Rover (JLR from here on in) has flourished under the hands-off stewardship of India's Tata Group, today's XJ limousine flagship has taken a back seat as other models were developed.
Over this time there have been tweaks an