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Jaguar said its XF sedan has yet again been voted Car
of the Year, making it its fourth title win since the car’s launch
in March. Jaguar said that this time the award came from Auto
Express as part of the magazine’s New Car Honors 2008, where it
clinched the Best Executive Car category ahead of the BMW 5 Series,
the Mercedes CLS and E-Class, the Audi A6 and the Lexus GS.
“Jaguar’s XF is a machine
that has proved the doubters wrong. It’s a car that impresses on
every level—from design to drivability, practicality to price,”
said Auto Express Editor Dan Strong. “But that’s not the only
reason why our judges chose this car. Our winner has raised the
standards in a class where excellence is considered the norm. It’s
a home-grown package, designed and developed in the UK and built by
a highly-skilled workforce.”
For his part, UK Jaguar Cars
Managing Director Geoff Cousins said, “I am absolutely thrilled
Auto Express—the UK’s biggest-selling weekly motoring
magazine—has awarded the XF with its top accolade. This has been a
fantastic year for Jaguar with the XF leading the success of our
revitalization plan.
“In July, total Jaguar sales
were up 29.2 percent compared to the same month last year and we now
have over 7,000 orders for XF in the UK and more than 22,000
worldwide,” Cousins said.
Jaguar revealed What Car?,
What Diesel magazine and The Sun also named the XF Car of the Year
while Top Gear hailed it its Limo of the Year. Other notable awards
of the XF include Interior of the Year from CAR and the Design Award
from Autocar.
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