The Jaguar XF has been awarded the ‘Best Executive Car’ title at the 2009 Fleet World Honours. The awards are judged by a panel of experts representing the leasing industry, fleet managers, motoring journalists, residual value guides and Fleet World’s own editorial team.
The judging panel, chaired by industry professional, George Emmerson, who has managed fleets at IBM, NHBC and Black Horse Agencies, considered residual values, maintenance costs, reliability, driver appeal and manufacturer back-up.
Geoff Cousins, UK Managing Director of Jaguar Cars, said: “We now have a fantastic new 3.0-litre diesel engine which has been critically acclaimed for its looks and superb driving experience. When combining this with strong residual values, competitive pricing and a wide range of standard specification, the XF really is a great product for the corporate customer.”
Editor of Fleet World, Ken Rogers, said: “The Jaguar XF is a truly dramatic executive express. Whilst drawing on design cues from Jaguar’s illustrious heritage, it is very much a contemporary product with all the style, luxury and performance traditionally expected from the cars bearing the badge of this charismatic marque.
“Ride and handling combine sportiness with refinement – and equipment levels are generous. The Jaguar XF brings traditional British individuality and style to a market segment dominated mainly by products from the German premium manufacturers – and it brings the same aura to the executive slots in the company car park. Increasingly important from the fleet perspective is that residuals are good too.”
The 2010 Model Year Jaguar XF is available to order now and customers can choose from two versions of the 3.0-litre diesel engine – a 240PS engine, simply named the XF Diesel and a 275PS engine known as the XF Diesel S.
The XF Diesel S is a stunning new high-performance diesel distinguished by 19 inch wheels, an aerodynamic boot lid spoiler and discreet ‘S’ badging. Powered by the 275PS engine, it gives outstanding levels of performance, accelerating from 0-60mph in just 5.9 seconds, 1.8 seconds quicker than the 2.7-litre model.
The equally impressive 240PS version of the new 3.0-litre engine produces 16 percent more power and a 15 percent increase in torque over the 2.7-litre diesel, allowing the XF to reach 60mph in 6.7 seconds.
These new 3.0-litre diesel engines produce 10 percent less CO2 than the 2.7-litre, while power has increased by 33 percent in Diesel S guise. As well as tackling CO2, the new 3.0-litre engines meet the forthcoming EU5 regulations, due to come into force at the start of 2011. And these great performance leaps are achieved with combined average fuel consumption in both models of 42.0mpg – an improvement on the 2.7-litre engine of 12 per cent.
Rated at four and a half stars on RoadTestReports.co.uk, the XF has long been a favourite company car choice.
