2.2 Diesel Sport Premium Auto Saloon

Relaxing Saloon

I bought this car used at 5 years old and 70.000 miles (2 owners, FSH) to be my new long distance daily cruiser. I kept the car for 18 months, in which time I added over 35.000 miles to the car, taking it to just under 110.000 before selling it.

I shall being with what I liked about the X-Type. For starters it was an extremely comfortable long distance cruiser that was fairly practical and good looking - always been a very big Jaguar fan. The interior was also a nice place to spend time. Also my car came with the luxury of satellite navigation, a lovely optional extra.

However, my X-Type was not perfect. The miles-per-gallon was about 40, which seems okay for an old 2200cc diesel saloon, but my 2006 320d Auto achieved 50 miles-per-gallon and felt much quicker.

The first issue emerge pretty early on, at 75.000 miles the Boot lock solenoid failed due to moisture ingress, which I got fixed at my JLR Specialist.

Then at around 83.000 miles the tracking went out so I got the car sorted for a decent price at a KwickFit. Whilst there I also got my air conditioning re-gassed as it still worked but felt a little weak.

The key also lost connection to the car and required reprogramming.

However the final issue came about at around 107.000 miles, which was a Diesel Particualte Filter (DPF) fault and left the car pretty much without power whilst I was on a long journey, about 60 miles away from home.

Overall, I liked the Jaguar X-Type and if you can put up with the small flaws then I would recommend it, if you want reliability then look at the Germans or Japanese.

However, I think I was mainly won over by the Jaguar charm and the fact they finally made a C Class/3 Series/A4 rival. Having owned all Mercedes-Benz/BMW/VW Group products in hindsight I have to say they are better cars.

But will I buy another Jaguar? Yes, 100 percent. Most likely an XF.

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