Jaguar's new, all-wheel drive compact sports saloon, the X-TYPE, combines a fresh performance spirit, handling agility and innovative technology with the luxury, craftsmanship and refinement for which Jaguar is renowned. The result is a smaller and more affordable model, which transforms the Jaguar range and is expected to attract a new generation of customers to the marque when it goes on sale in June 2001. As Jaguar's first entrant into the fast-growing compact saloon segment, the X-TYPE
is pitched directly against such established competitors as the Audi A4, BMW 3-Series and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. more...
GOLD MEDAL FOR JAGUAR X-TYPE
The Jaguar X-TYPE has collected its first award of 2002, winning the Gold prize at the recent Fleet Excellence Awards. The X-TYPE took top honours in the prestigious User Chooser category, voted for by the readers of Fleet Week and Fleet Management magazines. more...
JAGUAR NAMES NEW, COMPACT SPORTS SALOON - THE 'X-TYPE'
Jaguar's all-new, compact sports saloon, which goes on sale next summer, will be called the Jaguar X-TYPE, the company announced today. Previously known only by its engineering codename, X400, the four door X-TYPE is Jaguar's first entrant in the highly competitive, fast growing compact saloon segment, where it will compete with the Mercedes Benz C class, Audi A4 and BMW 3 series.
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