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BORROWING from your neighbours is keeping Jaguar in good stead as it this week announced it was lifting one of Land Rover's engines for its new sedan. The Land Rover 2.2-litre turbo-diesel, seen in Australia in the new Freelander, will become the fifth engine option for the XF range.
More importantly, it is seen as being the primary engine for the rumoured XS sedan that appears in 2013 as the delayed replacement for the X-Type.
Announced this week in the UK but not for sale there until later this year - and yet to be confirmed for Australia - is the heavily revised four cylinder diesel.
Unlike the Freelander, Jaguar places the engine in the north-south position to drive the XF's rear wheels through ZF's new eight-speed automatic that includes an advanced stop-start system. The engine has 140kW/450Nm and Jaguar claims 5.4 litres/100km and 149 grams/km of CO2.
Aside from the inclusion of the small-bore oiler, the XF will also get a new face - with more resemblance to the XK range - and tail in its updated specification across all models. Further details of the engine and the new-look XF will be announced at its debut at the New York motor show next month.
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