With a 375bhp supercharged V6 from the F-Type, the new XF's chassis gets its most thorough workout yet. It feels like it could take more, though. Outgoing traditional Jaguar exec offers a lot of Jaguar X-Type 3.0 — Rank: 10th 515.9 points So how, you ask, did a car as nice as the Jaguar X-Type end up second to last in this great big comparison test? That's easy: Price. An original road test taken from the Motor Sport archives, April 1951By Bill Boddy. Factfile. Production:1948-54. Power: 160bhp. 0-60mph: 9sec. Max speed: 120mph. The car that began the Jaguar legend on road, stage and track. First to use the twin-cam XK engine, in 3.4 form, in stunning body. Optional wheel spats accentuate streamlining. The X-type was Jaguar's first entry into the premium compact segment and was a sales success, outpacing company projections by 19 percent--with 87 percent of those buyers being new to the brand That’s not to say the Jaguar doesn’t qualify to be in this test. Its V8 is the smallest at 4.2 litres, but what the unit lacks in capacity it makes up for with supercharging. On the road Jaguar’s first ever production wagon – the X-TYPE Sportwagon – puts Jaguar poised to pounce on an new market segment where the big cat marque has previously not been represented. The Sportwagon is based on the X-TYPE sedan, but with a body styling and structure all its own. Suspension, front: Independent MacPherson strut type: Suspension, rear: Independent torsion control link: Steering type: Rack & pinion w/speed-sensitive power assist Jaguar has always distinguished itself as a premium manufacturer, whose cars that are driven by the corporate elite. Yet the introduction in 2001 of its X-Type range, with prices starting at under £20,000, opened the brand to a much wider market, both in fleet and private sales. And that market is even broader following the arrival of the 2.0D. french road test for the new 2001 x-type Jaguar, from french magazine auto live # 21 x-type sport x-type executive A full road test is next, and we'll let you know if X does indeed mark the spot. Any angle flatters the 2002 Jaguar X Type, which eschews the S-Type's retro flavor, instead of sticking to more LOWg3H.