Which car is the most prestigious

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Here's some good reading:

http://www.modernracer.com/history/j...25history.html

2002-2004 Jaguar X-Type 2.5


Pros :
- Elegant looks.
- Confidence of all-wheel-drive.
- Broad torque band.
- Stylish interior.
- Tons of available options.

Cons :
- Sluggish acceleration, especially with an automatic tranny.
- Needs Sport package for acceptable handling.
- Some cheap interior materials from cost-cutting.
- Some call it a tarted-up Ford.
- A little on the heavy side.
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Press Coverage :
The Jaguar debuted in 2002 to become Jaguar's first ever entry into the compact luxo-sport sedan market dominated by the BMW 3-Series. It is also the first ever all-wheel-drive mass-production Jaguar, built on a modified version of the European-market front-wheel-drive Ford Mondeo midsize sedan - a product of cost-cutting and parts-sharing between Ford's various divisions. It is regarded as the car that will save Jaguar from its financial woes by doubling the company's total worldwide sales.

Ford Mondeo were flops and are discontinued because of poor sales. Have you seen a Mondeo before?

The 194 hp V6 engine is a highly-modified version of the pedestrian Ford Taurus Duratec V6.....

If you have any relatives or friends from the States, ask them - how cool a Ford Taurus is.......

This car is definitely NOT EUROPEAN, in my opinion.

Car and Driver long term test of the X-type

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....rticle_id=7073

But soon there were niggling complaints, reminding us of a time not that long ago when Jaguars seemed always to be riddled with little aggravating problems. With less than 1000 miles on the odo, the driver's seat came slightly loose at the bolt-on points, rocking back and forth in maybe a half-inch arc as the car stopped and accelerated. Talk about annoying. Everyone complained about the abrupt clutch engagement and the rubbery feel of the gearshift. Driving the car smoothly became real work.

For that 37-grand base price, Jaguar picks up the service costs over the first 40,000 miles. At our first stop, the dealer did the routine service and ordered parts to fix the loose seat and the left-side mirror, the cover of which had fallen off a few hundred miles earlier.

It should be noted that the wobbly driver's seat and the missing mirror cover didn't damage the Jaguar's popularity as much as the fact that it took the dealer two months to acquire the replacement parts. While we waited, our X-type developed a couple more maladies. The warning light telling us to service the engine came on several times for no apparent reason, and the fuel-filler-door latch was somehow broken. The dealer made the seat and filler-door repairs under warranty but charged us $146 for fixing the mirror housing.

We had to make an unscheduled visit to the dealer at 38,810 miles when the driver-side headlight burned out. The rearview mirror had come loose and begun flopping about, and the driver-side headlight-washer-jet cover and the center caps on the rear wheels had fallen off.

At 41,120 miles, a few days before the last scheduled service, the X-type's sunroof refused to close fully. After a half-hour of pulling and prodding, we got it shut. The dealer discovered the electric motor was faulty and the panel had veered off its tracks. The motor was replaced and the tracks realigned. The PCV valve was also replaced, and the restraint control module was reprogrammed under a factory recall.