RE: Shed of the Week: Jaguar X-Type

[Pebbles167]

Scerew that transfer box, and screw that engine. Neither are strong.

You live in the US? Buy an S Type R. 400bhp straight away.

[Jeepv6]

I have a 2005 x type 2.5 auto awd wouldn't part with its,it's pretty quick and has been totally reliable,sills are mint never welded...

[Neil Jung]

A late post to say I had a 2.5 v6 auto sport about 4 years ago. It looked nice in black with black leather, but was very slow, the transfer box failed around 60k costing over £1k to fix, the headlights were terrible and I got about 20mpg at best. Bought for £6k and traded for £1.5k under 2 years later, the bottom having completely dropped out of the market for them.
If you’re going to buy an x type, and you do get a lot of car for the money, get a 3 litre or a diesel.
I went back to a Mazda Xedos 9, but sadly it died after a year. Now have a 61 reg C Class, which is everything I’d hoped the Jag would be,

[sparks_E39]

I’ve read on here sill rust wasn’t an issue from 2004 onwards. Can anyone here confirm any rust horror stories on the 2004 onwards model? I quite fancy a 2.5 or 3.0 V6 Sport Estate, and for <£2500 there seems to be plenty of choice.

[DickP]

Corrosion of the sills was evident on a family member's 04 plated estate, patches required to the rear 1/3 of the sills on both sides circa 2 years ago. Hope that helps.

[PhillipM]

They made some internal improvements so they're not quite as much of a water trap, but they certainly still rot badly.

[carlingofblack]

Well for what it’s worth, my 3.0 2005 has just been through an MOT and I had a good peer at this sills while up on the ramp.
Spotless.

70k miles and clearly well looked after by previous owners.