New Jaguar XJ
This is the face of the new XJ saloon which Jaguar will showcase at Geneva next week, and which the company hopes will re-ignite interest in its largest car, which has been criticised since its 2003 launch for throwback styling that owes more to the 1968 XJ6 and rather less to modern styling ideas.
Under the skin, changes are minimal, which is to say, non-existant, but that's not a problem. Under the old-fashioned panels, the XJ is actually one of the most advanced cars in its segment, with a super-lightweight aluminium chassis and ultra-modern 3.0 V6 and 4.2 V8 petrol engines, and the brilliant 2.7-litre twin-turbo diesel which Jaguar shares with Land Rover, Peugeot and Citroen.
There's a new grille, tweaked lights and alterations to the bumpers, which are now much deeper and more sharply defined. Prices should remain roughly the same, and the first versions should be in Irish Jaguar dealers by the summer.
More excitingly, rumours are already circulating about the 2009 XJ replacement, which will continue with the basic structure of today's car, but will be clothed in, according to insiders, a far more modern body, which uses the square grille from the C-XF concept car, and a Mercedes CLS-esque coupe-like window line.
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