Jaguar XJ Saloon (2003 - 2009) 2.7 TDVi Sovereign 4d Auto Owner Review

It's the opitomy of luxury. Yes it has its faults and they can be annoying and a bit costly but it's a Jaguar and not a hatchback (and a bit old!). I originally bought it purely for a commute to work just for a year to say I'd owned a Jaaaag and decided I was going to do it in comfort. 18 months later and I still have it and I'm keeping it. You don't realise just how quiet and smooth it is until you get into another car and have to suffer road noise and plastic squeaking ( brand new Mercedes hire car!). The engine is a peach, silent and smooth and surprisingly frugal ( I've had just shy of 50mpg (average) out of it on a nice long run and that's from a 2.3 tonne car!!) It's one of those cars that when you get out of it you can't help looking back every time to confirm to yourself of it's sheer elegance. For such and old car the equipment level is astounding, heated steering wheel, heated front windscreen, CD player, Bluetooth phone connection, electric heated seats, built in SATNAV to name but a few that 14 years ago were well ahead if their time. You can even retro fit an android tablet if you so wish! Love it.