Jaguar XF long-term test Part 1 - What Car?

We're running a Jaguar XF for 12 months as part of a long-term test. Euan Doig reveals what life is like with the car.

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[tartanvdl]

You obviously have not sat in one with that comment! Leather dash (a £945 BMW option) Real wood veneers, highest quality leather seats. It has a great mix of modern meets traditional Jaguar and the interior was one of the things that blew me away most with the car and a major factor that I bought one. It’s as beautiful as the exterior. 4 years on and 68k miles, still looks beautiful and NO creeks, squeaks or rattles. I was a huge BMW fan but I've been really won over by this car. I love it!!

[farfromberlin]

Fell in love with this car when my airport transfer picked me up in one... Made my German car look boring inside and out. Thumbs up!

[maciejlegowicz]

Nice one, but on the other note - 91 miles one way to work ... I'd think about changing career

[richa]

Nice car! Love one myself. Good luck with it!

[compadre]

91 miles that's like 150Km + 150Km the way back. This guy must really like to drive...addicted if I may say.

[overhansable]

91miles one way doesnt mean u need a special reliable car, it means you should change something bigger in your life.

[vika]

mpg on the xf is amazing on all engines, especially on the diesels

[eddiebaby]

It's not that comfy, the seats are hard, even though the ride is fairly smooth

[ianrkav]

Had any problems with fuel filters blocking up?

[peteryoungpeteryoung]

Hope you did'nt get the limp mode problems that I got after about 70, 000 with my 3.0d portfolio, bloody nightmare, forever in dock, Jaguar could'nt sort it. Traded mine for a 5 series Gran Tourisimo 3.0d

[strategy]

Jaguar really needs to step up their game if they want be competitive with other cars in its class. Especially in the interior department they could use some room for improvemts.

[hsbcgeoff]

Good appreciation of the car, but I struggle to understand why anyone, in this day and age, has to travel 91 miles to get to work! It just seems ludicrous to my mind!

[ohalpin]

Christ, "crystal blue metallic paint", thats what my grandad has on his fecking nissan micra!

[peterjohnson]

It would makes sense to move nearer the workplace, or get a another job.

[TopGearrules]

0:33 ... I swear that is in twickenham??

[kirbyd]

Firstly, that journey must be exhausting no matter what car you have or even if you're chauffeured to work in a Bentley.

Secondly, Peugeot's have had folding mirrors when you lock them for about half a century. The costs of those options are quite frankly about as wasteful and pointless as putting you're paper with the queens head on in a working toaster for 4 minutes.

[kasugayuuki]

Umm 91 miles going to work and home. Unless you got a good job and good hours and days working. You lose money on earnings and the cars life itself.

[papagen]

Nice car color for a man to drive to his facial and manicure appointments.

[kirbyd]

I agree but Jag's shouldn't be silver or black, and they all seem to be these days. Hard to tell them apart from the Audi's and Beamers.

[rhythmtown]

bit more looking at the road and not the camera would be useful