Sir William Lyons, Jaguar founder, said from day one that his company was in the business of making ‘Beautiful Fast Cars’ and that’s pretty much what they’ve been doing for years, give or take the odd hiccup.

Ian Callum, Jaguar’s Director of Design, has essentially transformed the iconic British carmaker into a design powerhouse that is fast becoming the envy of the big three German luxury automotive brands.

So it might come as somewhat of a surprise to some that Jaguar has just released a 2.2-litre diesel in the mid-size XF model line-up.

Read the full review:

Jaguar XF 2.2 Diesel Review: CarAdvice

 

0-60 in 8 to 8.5 seconds with a 2.2 liter four cylinder 4,000 lb car is a miracle. Everybody who has driven this 2.2 is amazed.

In North America we would never have to buy one. The slowest V8 is the 4.2 naturally aspirated which does 0 60 in 6.2 seconds, very quick.

 

It's hard to believe diesel engine technology has got there , XF's 3.0 diesel version is quicker than its gasoline engine as well

 

Well, bear in mind that's a turbo diesel which is not quicker than the XFR or XF SC. What's impressive is the turbo diesel blows the doors off the naturally aspirated gasoline engine and delivers much higher fuel economy. (well, it is quicker but not into blow the doors off quicker...).