2013 Jaguar XF Adds New Engines, All-Wheel-Drive Option
Jaguar has revealed details of its new powertrains for the recently facelifted XF range, dropping the V8 while adding two new engines and the option of all-wheel-drive. Expected in Australia later this year, the updated XF gets Jag's bran
Jaguar has revealed details of its new powertrains for the recently facelifted XF range, dropping the V8 while adding two new engines and the option of all-wheel-drive.
Expected in Australia later this year, the updated XF gets Jag's brand-new supercharged V6 - replacing the 283kW atmo V8 - and a Ford-sourced turbocharged four-cylinder.
The new 3.0 litre super-six is available in two states of tune: 250kW/450Nm and 280kW/460Nm. It's the 250kW version that now powers the XF, while the latter will drive the F-Type roadster that will debut in Paris next month.
Power may be down when compared to the big V8, but so is fuel consumption: where the eight-cylinder unit slurped through 11.3 l/100km, the supercharged six promises a drop to 9.4 l/100km.
Those savings are also thanks to a stop/start system, and the addition of ZF's eight-speed automatic transmission, replacing the existing six-speed unit in the XF.
At the entry-level end of the line-up, you'll find a turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine - the same unit driving the Range Rover Evoque and Ford's European Mondeo.