Jaguar Reviews

For this week's family review I tested the Jaguar XF Chequered Flag edition. It's at the top of the 30t range and looks very swish on the road.Does it work for a family of four or five or will it forever be a 'dad' car. Yes, dare I say it, I know a few dads who drive a sporty sedan while the mums are in the SUVs, carting the children around.

Mercedes-Benz has the C-Class, BMW has the 3 Series, Audi has the A4 and Jaguar has the one people in Australia seem to forget – the XE.Yep, the default setting we seem to have when it comes to buying a prestige car is as strong as buying the same brand of milk every week.There’s a decent choice of milk, but it can sometimes seem that there are only three brands and we tend to zero in on the same one again and again. Same with prestige cars.But all milk is the same, I hear you say. And I’m inclined to agree, and that’s the difference, cars vary greatly despite them having the same purpose.The latest version of Jaguar XE has arrived in Australia and while it’s very similar in size and shape to its German rivals there are some big differences, and some compelling reasons to add it to your shopping list.I promise, there are no more mentions of milk.    

The XE is a mid-sized prestige sedan and the R-Dynamic SE is the entry grade into the range with its list price of $65,670.

The XE is a mid-sized prestige sedan and with its list price of $71,940 the R-Dynamic HSE sits at the top of a two grade range.

The F-Pace SVR is Jaguar's blistering SUV attack on the Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S. But is it too late, or worth the wait?

Jaguar's E-Pace has been here almost a year but is yet to really take off with local buyers. Peter Anderson spent a week in Jag's "Cub" to see why we're not beating down dealer's doors.

Jaguar's F-Pace got off to an excitable start when it launched a few years back. Now it's got JLR's own four-cylinder engines and even comes with two-wheel drive. And you might not know that it starts at less than eighty-grand.

The I-Pace's official driving range is 470km, but what does that mean on the highway in the real world?

A Jaguar wearing a Sport badge is a combination guaranteed to raise an enthusiast driver's heart rate. So, does the mid-size XE 300 Sport deliver an appropriate adrenaline dose?

The $119,000 I-Pace S marks the entry point to the new pure-electric SUV model line, sitting $11,200 beneath the $130,200 SE. The I-Pace S comes standard with 'Luxtec' faux-leather seat trim with eight-way power adjustment on the fronts, 10-inch multimedia and 12.3-inch driver instrument displays, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, Meridian audio system, dual-zone climate control, proximity keys, LED head and tail-lights and 'Style 1022' 18-inch alloys.The S also includes a warranty-length subscription to the 'InControl App Remote' smartphone app, which allows remote monitoring of the vehicle’s status and the ability to pre-condition the cabin temperature before you arrive at the car. Bound to be handy on particularly hot or cold days.Providing electric drive to all four wheels are twin electric motors located on the front and rear axles, with combined outputs of 294kW/696Nm delivering claimed 0-100km/h acceleration in 4.8s. Its driving range is rated at 470km (WTLP) thanks to a 90kw/h battery lining the body's floor, which can be charged from empty in 43 hours via a standard power point, or regain 11km of charge per hour. You can step this up to 35km of range per hour with a Jet Charge wall box installed, which would cut the total charge time down to 13 hours. There’s also the option of charging at public charge stations (currently 150 compatible stations nationwide), but the current best-case charge scenario would be via the first 350kW ultra-rapid charger installed in Victoria, which promises 0-80 per cent charge in around 40 minutes.All I-Pace variants carry a maximum five star ANCAP safety rating.