Jaguar XF Wins Design Award at Autocar Awards 2007

21 February 2008 · posted by Staff

The new Jaguar XF has won the ‘Design Award’ at the Autocar Awards 2007 which took place at The Royal Horticultural Halls in London last night. This prestigious prize is part of Autocar’s annual tribute to outstanding achievements within the automotive industry and the people who work in it.

Ian Callum, Jaguar’s design director, picked up the award commenting: “This is the first time Jaguar has won this highly respected Autocar award for a production car and I’m absolutely thrilled it has been given to the new XF. It’s wonderful to receive recognition for our efforts within the industry and from our ultimate critics – the motoring media.”

Editor of Autocar Chas Hallett said: “What most impressed Autocar’s judging panel is Jaguar’s success in producing a car that looks elegant, graceful and ‘Jaguar-like’. This is a car, we believe, of which Sir William Lyons, founder of Jaguar would thoroughly have approved.”

Available to order now, the XF made its public debut at the Frankfurt International Motor Show in September and is officially on sale from March next year.

Priced from £33,900 for the 2.7-litre diesel luxury, buyers of Jaguar’s new sports saloon will enjoy class-leading residual values* in addition to owning a very well-equipped vehicle with a driving experience that matches the excitement of Jaguar’s bold new design language.

All XF’s feature a sophisticated six-speed automatic transmission that includes a unique, all-new JaguarDrive Selector – an industry first rotary shift interface – and the Jaguar Sequential ShiftTM System with steering-wheel mounted paddles for one-touch manual control.

Other notable awards for the XF include ‘Most exciting car to be launched in 2007’ voted for by readers of What Car? magazine and ‘Interior of the Year Award 2007’ from CAR magazine.

Jaguar last won this accolade in 2001 for the R-COUPE concept, another design led by Ian Callum.

*The Jaguar XF 2.7-litre diesel Luxury has been given a residual value of 50.7% (36 months / 36,000 miles) by CAP and is best-in-class versus figures of 45.3% for the BMW 525d SE auto, 44.4% for the Audi A6 3.0TDI Quattro SE and 41.6% for the Mercedes-Benz E280 CDI Classic auto. EurotaxGlass’s has given the 2.7-litre diesel Luxury a figure of 50% after 36 months / 36,000 miles and is best-in-class over the BMW 525d 2.5-litre at 48% and the Audi A6 3.0 TDI at 49% and the Mercedes-Benz E280 CDI Elegance which has a residual value of 44%.

XF at a Glance

XF is the first expression of Jaguar´s new design language in a saloon car.

Coupe-like lines belie the amount of space. There is room for five adults in comfort, generous interior stowage and a boot capacity up to 540 litres (with Tyre Repair System fitted).

Interior design theme expresses contemporary, sporting luxury – emphasised by ´surprise and delight´ features such as the JaguarDrive Selector™ and the rotating vents; through the use of sophisticated new materials and lighting systems.

The best torsional stiffness in class delivers both refinement and dynamic performance.

A choice of six derivatives

A range of four engines, all featuring Jaguar´s proven six-speed automatic transmission with steering wheel mounted ´paddles´ for manual gear selection.

Three trim levels are available, Luxury, Premium Luxury and SV8.

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