Jaguar Xtype - More Than A Luxury Car

The Jaguar X-Type is the First Mid-Range Model of the Luxury Manufacturer

With the Jaguar X-Type offered Jaguar as a traditional manufacturer of luxury cars in 2001 for the first time a vehicle in the price segment of the middle class. The subsequently adopted by Indian company Tata British car manufacturer developed its first small model under the direction of the then owner Ford. While the design of the X-Type leaned against the body shapes of the luxury Jaguar XJ and thus demonstrated the brand affiliation, came the technology of the Ford Mondeo. With the introduction of the X-Type existed in the companys history of Jaguar at the same time two other firsts:

 

Two years after the start of production, the British offered for the first time a car with a four-cylinder diesel, and was founded in 2004 with the Jaguar X-Type Estate of first combi presented. With the introduction of more fuel-efficient diesel engines, the British managed to boost the hitherto somewhat sluggish sales of the X-Type.

 

With The All-Wheel Drive Sedan Starts 2001, Production of the X-Type

With production starting in Year 2001 Jaguar X-Type was initially only available as a sedan with all-wheel drive on the market. It is available to the big V6 engines were 2.5 liters and 3.0 liters of displacement between 144 kW (196 hp) and 170 kW (231 hp) unfolded performance and its sedans brought up to 235 km / h. The three-liter top model accelerated within seven seconds from zero to one hundred and maintained an average fuel consumption of 10.5 liters Super (249 g / km CO2). Was filed as an entry-level engine is a V6 engine with 2.0 liter displacement and 115 kW (156 hp). After the facelift of 2007 brought a little touch-up at the front and at the rear, left only the 3.0-liter model in the program that was available for the sedan and wagon. The newer Jaguar X-Type was available in petrol engine with a five-speed automatic only.

 

Combined Diesel and Complete The Program for the Jaguar X-Type

Two years after its launch, there was the Jaguar X-Type then for the first time with front-wheel drive in conjunction with the newly admitted into the program diesels. To select initially on a 2.0 liter engine with 96 kW (130 hp) and a diesel engine with 2.2 liter displacement and 114 kW (155 hp), which powered the X-Type up to 220 km / h in less than nine seconds applied to one hundred kilometers per hour. Consumption was the manufacturer with 6.0 liters of diesel fuel, equating to CO2 emissions of 159 g / km corresponded. From the Year 2007 then accounted for the small 2.0-liter diesel and the larger engine was modified to 107 kW (145 hp). It was switched diesel models with a six-speed manual transmission or a six-speed automatic optionally available.

 

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