Hereford Times - 7th January 2016 - Page 136
Hereford Times - 7th January 2016 - Page 136
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| Date of Publication | 7th January 2016 |
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136 THE HEREFORD TIMES Thursday, January 7, 2016 herefordtimescom Mighty Jaguar XJR has the power to impress motorists APART from the grille and headlights, which are now full-LED. the main news is inside the mighty XJR. There are new leathers. a new Meridian Digital Refer- ence audio system with no less than ‘26 speakers and 1,300 Watts of power, and a new lnControl Touch Pro interface. The XJR wears deeper bodywork, more cooling rents, four exhausts and. for the keen~eyed, red- painted brake calipers. It looks the business, blending aggression with sleek elegance and hidden pctential. Its sheer dimen- sions only exaggerate the additional statement the styling details make over anti above that of the stand- ard XJ. Any car the size of the Death Star is going to have plenty of space in it, and the XJR doesn‘t disap- point. A huge boot is great, but the step above the rear axle could be a blessing or a curse depending on your needs. Rear passengers have acres of room on the face of it, but the front seats have no gaps beneath them so you can't push your feet as far forward as you'd like. Front seat occupants can relax in sporting opulence, with seats you sit in rather than on. contrasting stitch- ing anti handy places to put documents or music play- ers. The materials are argu— ably a bit too nice to subject to the hardships of family life. but the R isn't likely to see that kind of use anyway The XJ feels big. It‘s part- ly down to the stepped effect of the dashboard, but there‘s no escaping the feeling of size. That huge footprint on the road helps give it stability. bol- stered by superb suspen- 51011. More imposing than the size, though, is the torque. Jaguar must have squeezed some kind of jet engine into the car, because a brave push of your right foot brings about biblical accel- eration from more or less any speed, way in excess of what the figures suggest. If you’re on the derestricted autobahn you‘ll hammer past 150mph without break- ing a sweat. Straight-line stability is very good, and the steering calibration here feels far more natural than that of the diesel XJ. Considering the XJR has enough straight-line punch to swat other cars on the road into the middle of next week, as well as allday com- fort and a pantheon of top- drawer materials, an epic Meridian audio system and a general, all~round feeling of tautness and capabil- ity, £91,755 isn't such a bad starting price. Mind you, £1575 for adaptive cruise control and Queue Assist for slow~moving traffic seems a bit steep. There’s something about the XJR that separates it al- most completely from other large luxury cars, and the general feel from the driv- ing experience is one of heavyweight performance. 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