![]() ![]() This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]() The addition of the belt-driven supercharger (in contradistinction to the industry-norm exhaust-gas-driven turbocharger), on the other hand, is supposed to allow said smaller engine to emulate the performance of the larger displacement V8 it replaces. Reducing the number of pistons by two and dropping the displacement to three litres is, like all the downsizing hitting the luxury segment, a fuel economy play. Of course, this is exactly the impression that Jaguar is looking for from its new supercharged V6. The dash layout and centre console showcases Jaguar’s luxury and tech advancements. And indeed, as the aforementioned caffeine eventually made its way to my cranium, I realized, with more embarrassment than I usually am willing to share on these pages, that Jaguar doesn’t actually mate its 5.0-litre V8 to its sporty new AWD system, only offering the new four-wheel-drive system as an option in the XJ’s base, 3.0-litre V6 guise. Of course, eagle-eyed readers will quickly spot the glaring fault in my rationale. ![]()
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