2010 Jaguar XF Premium

Sport sedan is more than a pretty face

By Nina Russin

2010 Jaguar XF

It’s hard not to love a beautiful car. The Jaguar XF is an exquisitely-designed sport sedan with performance befitting the most powerful feline predator.

A naturally-aspirated, five-liter V8 is one of two new direct-injection gasoline engines available in the XF. Jaguar is also producing a diesel XF for Europe. With the new engines, the XF becomes a four-passenger version of Jaguar’s XK sports car.

The premium model tested is one of four available grades. This year, Jaguar adds two upscale models: the stylish XF portfolio with special wheels, interior and audio upgrade, and the high-performance XFR, powered by a supercharged version of the V-8 engine. Engineers made Jaguar’s active differential control and adaptive dynamics systems standard on the XFR, giving the sedan better traction at speed. Read the rest of this entry »