Jeremy Clarkson Reviews the Jaguar XF - Flawed and Fantastic!

Anyone who has read Jeremy Clarkson’s articles in the Sunday Times knows how these things work.  Six paragraphs of Jeremy putting the world to rights followed by a few sentences on the car.

And Mr Clarksons review of the jaguar XF is no different.  He first launches into a probably justified diatribe about Jaguar as a whole and the mismanagement of the brand over the last few years -

“…in the past few years, we got the new XJ, which looks like a fatter version of the old XJ. We got the X-type, which was an expensive way of buying a Mondeo, and we got the S-type. Which was a Lincoln dressed in Mallory’s tweed suit. And fitted with Danniella Westbrook’s idiotic nose.”

For those non UK readers Danniella Westbrook is an actress famous for destroying her nose with cocaine.

He then roasts the XF - not as nice as the concept car (are they ever?), too many gimmicks, poor gearbox, starter button not working properly.  So a pretty poor review, but as with most of Jeremy Clarksons reveiws there is a kicker -

“Strangely, however, despite all of this, I enjoyed my time with the XF enormously. I’d have one over an equivalent BMW, Audi or Lexus any day.”

He loves the interior, modern and hemmed in - safe , the ride quality  and overall

” This, then, is a car that’s flawed and fantastic, irritating and rewarding, mad and bad. But when all is said and done – and this is the nonsensical joy of cars – I liked it. I looked forward to driving it. I’m sad it’s not here any more.”

Read the full review here