New Jaguar XF 2.0 diesel review, test drive

 

If the thought of a fairly big Jag has ever popped up in your head before, but has been drowned out by the sense made by the alternatives — then, yes. The XF’s wider appeal is merely a case of the manufacturer doing its homework properly and then following through. This second-generation car is better made, more spacious, more efficient and better appointed because it needed to be given the standard of its major rivals.

 

On the second level, the one about which we typically get excited, Jaguar has done what it does best by making a car that not only performs assuredly well but also does so in a way that leaves its driver in no doubt that their continuous engagement was an explicit part of the development process from day one. This second-generation XF sure does tick the other boxes required of a mid-sized exec.