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By
EWAN KENNEDY
13 August 2007
Despite being in its sixth year in Australian market, the Jaguar X-Type
is still looking young and fresh; thus vindicating its stylists’
decision to give it a traditional Jaguar appearance. But the British
company has just given its smallest car a fresh new face to keep it in
the forefront of buyer interest. The X-Type now comes with a bright mesh
radiator grille, combined with the quad-headlight theme the new front
works particularly well.
As well as the new frontal appearance, the latest Jaguar X-Type
has additional equipment. There has been a particular emphasis on
providing excellent value in the Jaguar X-Type in its V6 2.1-litre
LE format, the LE being the lowest cost model in the Jaguar range.
The LE comes with a modest price rise of $1000, to $53,990,
despite the fact that Jaguar calculates there's $9000 extra value
in the car.
Additional gear on the X-Type LE includes ESP (Jaguar calls its
system DSC, for Dynamic Stability Control), power seats for the
two front occupants that gives an impressive 10-way adjustments.
Three memory settings are fitted to both seats and it also sets
the requested positions for the two door mirrors. Lumbar control
is now standard on the front seats.
Seventeen-inch alloy wheels to a new design complement the new
bright grille on the Jaguar X-Type LE.
The X-Type, even in LE guise, was already a well-equipped car,
with the traditional Jaguar leather and wood cabin decor,
automatic air conditioning, Bluetooth connectivity and an
automatically dimming interior mirror.
Convenience features include automatic lights and windscreen
wipers and reverse parking sonar.
These big additions to the equipment levels coming in at such a
modest price would indicate that the X-Type is nearing the end of
its life. This is always a good time for canny car buyers to pick
up a well-sorted last-of-the-line car at the right price.
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