What's the big Jaguar that does 50mpg...

[Simpo Two]

...like Clarkson drove in TG and it never ran of fuel?

I've been looking for an S-Type diesel but the right car doesn't seem to be coming up. Maybe I need the throw the net wider?

[Triple7]

That was a 2.7D XJ.......

[Simpo Two]

Blimey, I thought it was an aluminium-bodied petrol engine. Must pay more attention next time.

I must confess that I can do XJ6 and XJ40; after that they all turn into X300/308/something and I lose the plot (sorry)

[rfn]

The one he drove on the show was an X358 2.7 TDVi IIRC.

[Simpo Two]

Just a look on Autotrader and out of 100+ that fit my criteria only one is the 2.7D, and it has a stupid mileage. Maybe this wasn't such a good wheeze after all.

OK, apart from that, on a budget of £8-10K, and looking at cars in the 80-100K miles bracket with full history, what model/year XJ should I be looking at? Which are 'best' and 'worst'?

Edited by Simpo Two on Wednesday 10th March 21:51

[Jaguar steve]

Lots of info on the aluminium bodided XJ and a full road test of the 2.7d on Honest Johns (Daily Telegraph) site

Easiest way to simply identify the models from XJ40 on is - X300 from 1994 to 1997 is the last 6 cyl engined car with rectangular indicator lights and a single chrome strip on the bumpers and the X308 (1997 to 2003) is the first V8 engined one and has two quarter bumper chrome strips and oval indiactors.

The X350 you mentioned is from 2003 onwards is the aluminiun bodied car and the first XJ with a diesiel engine as well as a choice of a petrol 3.0 V6 and 3.5 and 4.2 V8s

Edited by Jaguar steve on Thursday 11th March 10:20

[sgrimshaw]

There's loads of S-Type Diesels around in your price range, what in particular are you after?

[Simpo Two]

sgrimshaw said:

There's loads of S-Type Diesels around in your price range, what in particular are you after?

Looking for green over cream, auto, satnav, FSH, 80-100K miles, south east/midlands. There are a few that look close but fail on a crucial thing. I was quite interested in a grey one with XS bodykit but it was a 5-hour drive away and got snapped up.

However if you come across one do let me know!

[diesel piston]

My immaculate Black Dec 05/55 plate S type 2.7 Sport auto(Sport select pack) may be for sale if I can get a fair price.
List £36k, I bought as a demo for £30k
Fair weather use only, just under 18k miles FJSH.
Worth every penny of £14k but open to close offers.

Oh also has a transferable Jaguar extended warranty and Dec tax,mot,service

Edited by diesel piston on Saturday 13th March 08:16

[Simpo Two]

Thanks for the thought and black can look quite smart, but not for me. Green is first choice (ideally as used on the late F1 cars), possibly red, have pacific blue already, not a fan of grey but the one with the XS bodykit did appeal. 'Sport' is out as I like wood

[sgrimshaw]

Simpo Two said:

However if you come across one do let me know!

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1356219.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1401744.htm

any good?

Edited by sgrimshaw on Saturday 13th March 18:04

[Triple7]

Simpo Two said:

Thanks for the thought and black can look quite smart, but not for me. Green is first choice (ideally as used on the late F1 cars), possibly red, have pacific blue already, not a fan of grey but the one with the XS bodykit did appeal. 'Sport' is out as I like wood

You need Jaguar racing Green then.

[Mick_N]

Whenever I've borrowed a S Type Diesel I've been disappointed in the MPG, averaged 28mpg or something ( my R is 22 )

Nice refined engine but performance is nothing to write home about.

I'd buy a 2002 / 2003 STR and spend the rest on fuel

Edited by Mick_N on Saturday 13th March 18:53

Edited by Mick_N on Saturday 13th March 18:54

[Tame Technician]

NO jags do 50mpg, not even the 2.0 and 2.2 X type deisels.

If you want an 2.7 XJ your looking at 15K+


The 2.7 (xj or S-type) should do close to 40 in the real world.

What about another blue one.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2010...

[Stedman]

Tame Technician said:

NO jags do 50mpg, not even the 2.0 and 2.2 X type deisels.

They do. The XJ doesn't find it too hard.

[Simpo Two]

Mick_N said:

I'd buy a 2002 / 2003 STR and spend the rest on fuel

Ah but I have the Griff for those days...

Tame Technician said:

What about another blue one.

Manual, no satnav, no wood

[cardigankid]

Tame Technician said:

NO jags do 50mpg, not even the 2.0 and 2.2 X type diesels.

Balls. You will achieve this easily if you get the right car and do not drive lead footed.

You better be aware of one thing though, and that is that the aluminium XJ will do better miles to the gallon than the equivalent S-Type. It is lighter, more aerodynamic and the suspension lowers it to the ground on motorway driving. I have had both and am in no doubt about this. The S-Type is arguably the better drive, but an X350 is pretty good.

When people talk on here about an X358 what do they mean? I thought that the model was an X350.

[a8hex]

cardigankid said:

When people talk on here about an X358 what do they mean? I thought that the model was an X350.

I think the X358 is the face lifted X350.
Wikipedia says it is the 2008 version.

[sgrimshaw]

What was wrong with the two on PH?

[Simpo Two]

sgrimshaw said:

What was wrong with the two on PH?

Neither have satnav, one is quite a hack away in Nottingham, can't see where the other one is ('online' apparently, perhaps they could FTP it), both are from dealers. I may have to buy from a dealer but prefer private. All minor points but they add up. I find in-car satnav very useful for setting waypoints to fix the route to weddings; I use TomTom for close-up but it doesn't give the overview which I like to use as a scrolling map.