2007 Jaguar XJ Details

Press Release

Jaguar's award-winning XJ range retains its status as the most beautiful and value-for-money collection of luxury saloons on sale today thanks to a host of updates and additional features for the new 2007 Model Year.

To complement the XJ range's graceful looks, Jaguar's design team have created a distinct palette of new exterior colours and interior trim options to ensure increased choice for customers. The 400bhp (DIN) 4.2-litre supercharged XJR model now comes with a 20-inch Cremona alloy wheel as standard (19-inch Sabre for North America and Germany), while the stunning 20-inch Callisto wheel is available as an option across the range.

Furthermore, 19-inch alloy wheels are offered as standard on all XJ models (outside North America), sending a powerful visual statement to match the power and performance of the XJ range's four acclaimed non-supercharged engines - a 2.7-litre twin-turbo diesel, 3.0 petrol V6, and 3.5 and 4.2-litre petrol V8s.

Inside the 2007 Model Year XJ a new range of trim and veneer options create a luxurious yet contemporary feel, while a series of state-of-the-art, user-friendly, optional technology systems such as a rear-seat entertainment system or satellite-based anti-theft device make the new XJ as advanced as it is beautiful.

"The aluminium XJ is an agile luxury car that is beautifully crafted, exceptionally well built and a joy to live with," commented Dermot Harkin, Jaguar XJ Brand Manager. "The new 2007 Model Year XJ is even more attractive to our customers thanks to higher levels of standard specification and a greater choice of interior finishes."

The XJ range's 2007 Model Year updates reinforce the much-admired quality of the car's advanced engineering. The first of Jaguar's current model range to be constructed with a lightweight aluminium monocoque structure, every XJ enjoys significant performance advantages over its rivals thanks to its stiff yet ultra-light body.

Weighing as little as 1539kg (in 3.0-litre V6 specification), the XJ accelerates faster and stops more quickly than an equivalent steel-bodied car. It also boasts excellent fuel economy and range - the diesel-powered 2.7-litre twin-turbo, for example, returns 35.0mpg (8.1 litres/100km) on the combined cycle.

The aluminium monocoque design of the XJ also translates into improved comfort and handling. The XJ's body is 60 percent stiffer than its steel-bodied predecessor, therefore ensuring the XJ's self-levelling air suspension (which comes with enhanced Computer Active Technology Suspension as standard) can easily counteract body movement and vibration on poor road surfaces.

Consequently, customers not only benefit from the weight savings associated with aluminium, but get the added bonus of exceptional ride, handling and comfort in a car that is extremely quiet and relaxed.

Passive safety measures are equally impressive. The energy-absorbing advanced body structure and Jaguar's A.R.T.S. safety restraint system have been designed to meet the world's most stringent safety standards. To optimise protection, the renowned Advanced Restraint Technology System senses the severity of a crash, the position of the driver and the usage of the seatbelts to provide tailored protection. The occupancy sensing system uses ultrasonic technology combined with a seat weight sensor to detect the presence, position and size of a front seat passenger. A.R.T.S. uses this information to determine the airbag energy levels most appropriate to the individual occupants during a frontal crash. This is combined with the standard side thorax and full-length side curtain airbag protection utilised in the event of a side impact.

NEW EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR TRIM CHANGES

As well as offering an extensive collection of new alloy wheels across the XJ range, Jaguar's design team has made subtle changes to the exterior of all non-supercharged XJs. All 2007 Model Year cars now feature the distinctive mesh radiator grille, previously only seen on Jaguar's most powerful cars, as standard. These exterior trim changes follow on from the removal of the front and rear windscreen finishers and body side mouldings in 2006.

Four new exterior colours have also been added to the XJ palette. Customers will be able to specify Porcelain, Lunar Grey, Blue Prism and Frost Blue in addition to 10 other colours already available.

Inside the XJ's cabin, customers can choose from a new Champagne and Charcoal leather trim option. A new lighter Elm Gloss veneer has been added alongside the current Burr Walnut and Aluminium trim finishes. Further changes have also been applied to the 2007 Model Year XJR, which will feature contrast stitching to its seats as standard and will also have a new Satin American Walnut veneer (optional in the UK/not available in the US). Heated front seats are also now standard fit to all XJs worldwide.

"When we launched the new XJ, I described it as being a luxury car with a true sense of gravitas," says Jaguar's Design Director, Ian Callum. "Now we are adding a sense of power and purpose to its undeniably graceful shape by giving it a bold mesh grille that sits so well between its four headlights. Similarly, the stunning 19 and 20-inch wheels that customers can choose from are very special indeed - exactly the sort of wheels needed to accentuate the powerful lines around the car's flanks."

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR COMFORT, ENTERTAINMENT AND SAFETY

Every XJ model boasts a range of advanced technological features designed to ensure that driver and passengers alike are comfortably and safely cocooned within the car's luxurious interior.

Widely regarded as being the most refined premium saloon on sale today, significant advances to all XJs over the past 12 months have ensured that the car retains that position.

Jaguar was the first manufacturer in the premium vehicle sector to introduce acoustic laminated glass as standard fit. This glass reduces wind and engine noise intrusion to the cabin by up to 5 decibels when compared with standard laminated glass. Jaguar was also the first manufacturer to feature a bonnet liner with integrated side seals which further improves noise levels in the cabin. Similarly, the driver's airbag is isolated from the steering wheel, significantly reducing the level of vibration transmitted through to the driver.