Now, though, there’s a noticeable improvement in grip. The original set had been aging well when I handed the XF over to the testers, so without their intervention, there wouldn’t have been any need to consider replacements. I was surprised by the amount of additional grip provided by the fresh tyres. The Jaguar XF was returned to me with a new set of Pirelli P Zeros, which told me all I needed to know about how hard it had been pushed by the testers during the comparison. It has been a busy time for our Jag, which was purloined by the road test team to go up against the new BMW 5 Series in a comparison test. Price £49,995 Price as tested £61,920 Economy 45.8mpg Faults None Expenses Four new tyres plus fitting £810, 10 litres of AdBlue £13.49 Mileage 15,244 It doesn’t provide a ‘low on Haribo’ warning, but we can’t have everything. It will also add directions to a filling station if it works out I’m running low on diesel. When it is working, the system remembers my regular routes and automatically suggests them if I start driving at a specific time of day. The 3G signal occasionally falters and the screen says ‘live traffic not available’. The live traffic function is generally useful, but our nation’s wireless capability appears flaky. But the price can vary wildly according to how much data you use – and that will depend on many factors, such as the type of sat-nav map view you prefer and whether you use the car as a wi-fi hotspot. SIM-only data packages are readily available from as little as £5 per month. For this, however, you need to equip the car with a micro SIM card and sign up for a data package. ICTP offers live traffic updates, as opposed to conventional broadcast-based traffic information systems. The XF’s touchscreen sometimes needs a couple of pokes before it reacts. You can ‘prod, pinch and swipe’ the XF’s screen as you would a smartphone, but using a supplementary dial would feel less distracting and more intuitive. Mind you, I still miss a rotary controller of the kind offered by most of Jag’s rivals. For example, if you’re following the sat-nav and get caught in a snarl-up, the car will text a revised time of arrival to a person at your destination, so they know not to put the kettle on just yet. Price £49,995 Price as tested £61,920 Economy 45.8mpg Faults None Expenses Four new tyres plus fitting £810, 10 litres of AdBlue £13.49 Mileage 18,357Įven after 15,000 miles, I’m still discovering new things about ICTP. And, with just a sentence left to tell you about it, I’ll just say that, in my opinion, it’s better to drive quickly than anything else in this class. I managed to drive the XF as well as playing with all its toys. That said, I’d tick the option box anyway, because the overall experience is so much better than the standard one. On a car that’s already knocking on for £50,000 before options that is pretty steep, especially as Audi charges just £250 for its Virtual Cockpit on the Audi A5 (it can’t yet be had on the Audi A6). The cost of these extra features? Brace yourself: it’s £2095. There’s an uprated Meridian sound system, too. You can choose between three pre-set themes, which alter how the system looks and the information displayed, plus there’s a Map mode which – you guessed it – gives over most of the instrument panel to the satnav guidance and usefully puts it right in your field of vision. The upgraded infotainment set-up also unlocks Jaguar’s virtual instrument cluster. Autocar writers' cars of 2021: Jaguar XF.Jaguar XF and XE back on sale as JLR chip shortage eases.JLR limits production of cheaper Jaguar and Land Rover cars.
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