The 2018 Jaguar XF Sportbrake is a right-sized, premium, cargo-hauling piece of luxury. We came away thoroughly impressed after our road test. Find us on your TV @ www.motorweek.org/about/statio...
Having lived in Europe for almost two decades now, I'm a big fan of station wagons. (I've always liked them, especially as a kid on road trips across the U.S.!) This is probably one of the nicer ones I've seen in a while. Mercedes has some nice wagons, but they're just *too* European for my taste if that makes sense.
[Aegus] The E-Class wagon has 2 American touches! The gear stalk on the column and optional rear-facing jump seats! The C-Class only has the gear stalk!
I'm having a hard time deciding which would be the better buy, one of these or a Volvo V60 Polestar (only the 2015 & 2016 have the inline 6 - the 2017+ have the 2.0 I4 that is both super & turbo charged & is actually faster than the 6 cylinder!). Both have very similar power ratings, I haven't checked out the weight & performance comparisons yet. Prices are fairly close for but the Volvo I6 is usually less expensive b/c it's a little older but if it has low miles like 15-30K miles, it seems to be about on par with the Sportbrake.
Congratsz for Jaguar having the Ugliest sports Logo Ever. That Greenish and some S Logo should be a Checkered Flag(Chrome White,Black) with an S,with a Jaguar Racing Green Surrounding. And the S Logo Should Gently Light Up,when the Car is in Sport Mode. I Love the Car and Design,except the front Headlights... Just Yesterday I check a Video of a Lamborghini Espada,and this design kinda touches it! Great Seats on this Jag! Thx for the Review!
In my opinion, Jag needs to revise the price, they are charging way more than its worth. Jag got this priced incorrectly, it is priced at least US $15,000 more than it should be. JLR should see an increased sale if they consider revisiting their price tag
We've all been misspelling Jaguar all these years. It should be JagWarr. I guess next you'll be telling us aluminum is correct too rather than aluminium
Woody W perhaps,, but idk I would think you would have more power for the money they're charging, because CTSV wagon was around this price, for over 30% more power
Woody W I figure but people looking for a specific car do want that value, and by the way you know a station wagon is as European as those brands them selves LOL And believe it or not the CTSV is candy over there lol
@@rachelcontreraz6367 that's what I heard. I'm looking in the used markets. They are $45-50k used. Seems like a pretty good value when a base F150 is now $45k
@@thereissomecoolstuff I am as well. Like my CTS wagon, I haven’t seen any of the Sportbrakes in my area so we’re looking all over. Funny, search the XF and there are 1200+. Add in the wagon filter and there aren’t too many to choose from (25-30). Good thing I’m patient 😇
Why don't wagons sell? Whenever there is a new one your product gets introduced like he did. Don't remind people every time that wagons are boring and then say we don't know why they don't sell. Auto reviewers influence public perception of products.
Down This is way too expensive. No wonder wagons don't sell only Subaru and VW make affordable wagons. Jag has the worse interiors in the luxury segment. So much plastic. I do wonder how many times the infotainment system on here froze or randomly restarted
*WHAT THE HELL IS "BRAKE?!?"* I'm sorry, but I've just hated that term since "shooting brake" became a thing. It makes no sense at all. Brake implies slowing down and stopping. It's a verb just as much as it is a noun, or more. "Brake" only makes one think of brakes!! And with hardly any mentions of literal brakes at all, the industry must be thinking that a brake is a type of car! "[Something]brake" is nonsensical now matter how "cool" it sounds. _Is it really that much taboo to just say "wagon??"_ *2018 Jaguar XF Sportwagon!!*
the term is from the 19th century where shooting parties were taken to the beat in a specially adapted wagon called a brake, from the dutch word 'brik' meaning wagon. Eventually in the early 20th century these horse-drawn wagons were replaced by motorised 'briks' usually in a 2-door configuration but retaining a wooden panelled body aft of the engine. They were coach-built that way until the 1950s. Shooting-brake term was to distinguish a vehicle from an ordinary passenger wagon although it may have looked similar. Since the 1970s the term has been associated with sporting wagons in the UK such as the Reliant Scimitar GTE, Volvo 1800ES and Lancia Delta HPE.
Oh. Wow. So it's a shooting reference. Thank you. I can better adapt to its modern use now that I know there's some logic behind it. I still won't like it as much as "wagon" due to cultural bias, but at least I can stand it now. All this time I thought it was just trendy sales nonsense.
Not much is trendy sales nonsense in the automotive world. Most terms have meanings and back stories such as that one with shooting brake. Like dashboard. Uhhh, what's that? This thing in front of me is not a board. I don't get it. Well...it comes from the days of horse drawn carriages. (Look it up if you don't know.) Actually, take the time to look a lot things things up. More people need to do that.
Ugh, ditch the old American station wagon narrative...it's soooo dead and overplayed, and definitely a generation behind where the buying market is at. Your parents' cars are lame, but your grandparents' are cool kinda thing...and nowadays, a lot of buyers' parents were too young to catch the popularity of wagons. The market is starting to shift pretty noticeably as the younger generation gets less young.
