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" The feline emblem on Jaguar cars has for many years been known as &amp;quot;the leaper.&amp;quot; And it has never been more appropriately displayed than on the new XF sports sedan that is leaping into the 21st century in styling. The difficult part of styling a new Jaguar \u2014 sedan or sports car \u2014 is to maintain the brand&amp;#039;s heritage without sticking too close to what has gone before. And Jaguar Design Director Ian Callum has done a marvelous job with the XF (the S-Type&amp;#039;s replacement), which looks thoroughly modern, even a bit futuristic, yet can still claim some delightful heritage cues.   I had the opportunity to see the all-new XF in England recently and to meet with Callum and the chief program engineer, Mick Mohan, along with Jaguar&amp;#039;s managing director, Bibiana Boerio, a fascinating lady who knows the car business up one side and down the other. Boerio summed up the XF: &amp;quot;Challenging convention and setting its own rules, the new Jaguar XF fuses the style and performance of a sports car with the refinement, space and sophistication of a luxury sedan. This is the beginning of a new era for Jaguar.&amp;quot;   Examining the XF closely, and being allowed to sit in it but with no opportunity for driving, I found I agreed with this description. Much of the styling of the XF indicates a coupe heritage, but the four doors and ample interior space sing out that it is a sedan.   Power for the new car is the familiar 4.2-liter V-8 engine with 300 bhp in standard form or 420 when supercharged. The 6-speed automatic has paddle shifters on the steering wheel, but what&amp;#039;s really new is the JaguarDrive Selector, a rotary knob in the center console for operating the automatic transmission.   With an interior that offers superb luxury fitments, a V-8 that guns ample performance and styling based on modernity with just a touch of heritage, the new Jaguar XF offers something very special for next year. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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