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Been a Jaguar and Land Rover owner since 2000. First was a 2000 S-Type 4L, followed by three X308 XJ8s and bunches of Land Rovers. Latest 2003 XJ8, my daily driver, is 24 years old since build date in May 2002 and has 76,000 miles. Great car; pretty flawless and less than $2000 in repairs since buying it over three years ago (most of cost due to rebuilding suspension first month).
My local dealer, Checkered Flag (aka, Jaguar of Virginia Beach) has advertised 30 (imi thirty) brand new -- but 2024 year -- 4 cyl XF for $40000, discounted from new price of about $60,0000 (stickers vary around $58,900 give or take).
Some questions for fellow Jag owners, but specifically for those familiar with XF series (I drove a 5L back in 2019 that my
SIL rented from Hertz -- I was impressed).
Is this a good buy? What are the known issues, particularly the turbo 4 cylinder? As I have done with the X308s, I will start to read up on what is in the forum; but maybe some heads up, please.
The window sticker of a unit that I looked at last night shows the cars were shipped to Jaguar of Virginia Beach, recently, via Baltimore MD. Does anyone know what is the story behind cars that were built about three years ago and just now arriving to market? I would hate to buy units that have sat on a burned out ship . . . or been in a flood . . . !
Unfortunately I don't have any experience of the 4 cylinder engine. The diesel is a bad idea but the gas one seems to be very reliable.
I love my older 3.0 so would go for it if I had the budget.
The 4 cyl is fine, they are largely as reliable as any other modern engine with regular oil changes, only failure points are plastic cooling system components along with every other new car. Not as many XFs out there but if you check the Fpace and all the rover products with this engine, the common faults are not severe. Most engine mechanical failures I've seen are completely due to negligence, eg. sludge in an engine at 35k miles because it's neve had a single oil change.
The ones that are just arriving were sat in the UK, as they pre-built a bunch before shutting down the factory. There was no defect or issue with them, just stashed to provide inventory but they can't lie and claim they were built later, so they are brand new but VIN as a 24 since they were built then. Port checks involved making sure there were no flat spots in the tires, surface rust on the brake rotors, etc. Most of the cars got an extra oil change, new filters, etc if they were sitting for long enough to warrant it. I would have no issues buying one personally, the deals are pretty aggressive at this point.
My wife has driven her 2021 XF P300 R since new. No issues so far, and Jag has kept up with software updates given the transition the entire company is going through. Drives and handles very nice, quick enough and the overall interior is quite nice. It seems like a reasonable deal. The only issue going forward is how do these gas powered Jags residual value hold up. In our case, we are retired and don’t drive all that much but overall my wife loves this Jag and the 4 banger is quick enough for most of us. Good luck with your decision.
Thank you all. Much livelier response. I am still debating it (with right and left temporal!): 'Go for it' as I write this; 'nah' as I rinsed the pollen off ''Bandaid."
Bought the wife one of the Fuji white ones from Checkered Flag VB Jaguar on Friday. Very enjoyable buying process. Have put 600 miles on already, 30+ mpg on both fill-ups. Love the car so far!
An update -- Bandaid, aka F56714, survived the buying decision. X260 was just a little tight on knee room, wife wants a SUV if we buy another car . . . and just like my old X308 too much.
2024XF P300 R-Dynamic SE AWD
