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Every car discontinued in Australia in 2024
From hot hatches to luxury limos, here's a list of cars that were discontinued in Australia and/or exited production during 2024.
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About the Jaguar XF
Last updated Dec 18, 2024These days Jag’s large passenger car comes in just one guise. There’s no longer options of rear drive, Sportback wagon, grade variation, diesels or any higher petrol cylinder count than four.
Rather than go out on a specification limb the XF ‘single spec’ is fairly safe: it seems Jag aimed for broad appeal. It eschews the old-school big-blown-V8 ethos that once made large Jaguar sedans charmingly different.
The sole survivor is an academically efficient two-litre turbo four run through all-wheel drive, seemingly aligning itself with Euro competitor trends. Nothing that new nor surprising here.
Pros
- Fetchingly upmarket cabin vibe
- Excellent Pivi Pro infotainment
- Some really neat interior design touches
Cons
- Silly cost options
- Frustrated powertrain
- Some strange interior design foibles
Jaguar XF News
2024 Jaguar XF Price
300 Sport
| Configuration | Price From* |
|---|---|
| 2.0L, 8-speed auto, 4-door Sedan, Petrol, 4x4 | $114,470 |
R-Dynamic HSE
| Configuration | Price From* |
|---|---|
| 2.0L, 8-speed auto, 4-door Sedan, Petrol, 4x4 | $106,376 |
*excl. on-roads
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2024 Jaguar XF Dimensions
1457mm
1880mm
4954mm
The dimensions shown above are for the base model.
See all 2024 Jaguar XF Dimensions2024 Jaguar XF Boot Space
It has a 459L boot, with cargo space expanding to 1484L with the rear seats folded.
2024 Jaguar XF Gallery
CarExpert High Resolution Photos of the Jaguar XF
2024 Jaguar XF Exterior
There are various visual tweaks like a standard black exterior pack and 20-inch silver/gloss black-finish alloy wheels.
2024 Jaguar XF Interior
While subtly massaged on the outside, it’s the look and feel of the cabin where the facelifted XF sees its most conspicuous change. All new, Jaguar says, and to a large extent it feels it.
The two attention grabbers are the wheel and touchscreen. The tiller is ornate, deeply contoured and lovely to touch – it’s a significant improvement over the plainer unit it replaces, with its oddball off-centre horn cap.
It frames the digital display nicely: the screen crisp, clear and user configurable. There are a number of skins that subtly ape Audi’s Virtual Cockpit, if with a cumbersome adjustment interface.
2024 Jaguar XF Infotainment
The infotainment system is JLR’s whiz-bang high-grade Pivi Pro, with a resolution and configurable content design that’s downright beautiful to look at. It also has a lateral scrolling tiling format that’s quite intuitive to use.
The 360-degree camera display array, in particular, offers excellent clarity through multiple views, including the novel ‘floating camera’ perspective. Quick smartphone mirroring, embedded modems, Spotify, 4G connectivity… it’s a fair step up from the system it replaces and demanded new electronic architecture to facilitate.
But it’s the curved screen that’s inspired, such a seemingly minor detail in the grand fit-out, but one that brings a real classiness to the careful stylised upmarket cabin presentation.
The ClearSight rear camera in the rearview mirror, which is activated via a lever under the mirror housing, works a treat. The head-scratcher; though, is that the regular touchscreen reversing camera is good: it kind of makes the whole ClearSight concept of extra guidance a little superfluous.
2024 Jaguar XF Safety Rating
The Jaguar XF is technically unrated by ANCAP, though it recorded a five-star rating for models sold from February 2016 to January 2022.
This score was based on an adult occupant protection rating of 94 per cent, child occupant protection of 84 per cent, pedestrian protection of 80 per cent and safety assist of 83 per cent.
Standard safety equipment includes:
- Autonomous emergency braking (forward and reverse)
- Lane-keep assist
- Blind-spot monitoring
- Rear cross-traffic alert
- Adaptive cruise control
- Traffic sign recognition
- Adaptive speed limiter
- Reversing camera with front and rear parking sensors
- Front, front-side and curtain airbags
2024 Jaguar XF Fuel Economy
The 2023 Jaguar XF uses 7.4 litres per 100km on the combined cycle and has a 74L fuel tank.
| Jaguar XF | Fuel Type | Combined |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0L, 8-speed auto, 4-door Sedan, Petrol, 4x4 | Premium Unleaded | 7.4 L/100km |
Cost of ownership
What are the running and servicing costs of a Jaguar XF?
How does the 2024 Jaguar XF drive?
Our expert take on Jaguar XF drivability.
The 2023 Jaguar XF is powered by a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine producing 221kW of power and 400Nm of torque. It’s mated with an eight-speed automatic transmission.
It has a claimed 0-100km/h time of 6.1 seconds.
The XF plonks its 1819kg (before options) heft in the unenviable position of fitting the same engine as its cheaper, lighter and feistier mid-sized XE rear-driven stablemate.
No foul, but clearly one curbs expectation of outright sportiness, even given the R-Dynamic branding. In capacity terms at least, the XF doesn’t exactly instil confidence in the sort of long-legged laziness one might expect from big luxury motoring.
There is always a balance when meeting both sports and luxury expectations. In practice, the XF powertrain combination gets away with what it’s tasked to do.
2024 Jaguar XF Colours
What colours are available for the Jaguar XF
The XF is available in Solid White paint, or in the following metallic finishes:
- Santorini Black
- Firenze Red
- Bluefire Blue
- Eiger Grey
- Portofino Blue
- British Racing Green
- Hakuba Silver
- Ostuni Pearl White
The following metallic finishes cost an extra $165:
- Carpathian Grey
- Silicon Silver
2024 Jaguar XF Warranty
The Jaguar XF is backed by a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty.
Should you buy the 2024 Jaguar XF
Is this the right car for you? Out experts buy or not guide.
The revised XF is a handsome machine that does entice more seductively with that new interior vibe and its largely excellent digital jewellery. There are a sprinkling of cabin functionality missteps though.
It has a somewhat safe and widely palatable specification aimed at luring more buyers to what has been, frankly, a fairly poor seller for the JLR camp.
Still, your only XF choice is now appreciably higher – around $18k – than what was offered in base trim prior. You also have to pry extra from the kitty for stuff such as inductive phone charging and rear privacy glass. At this tier of premium motoring this is, frankly, a bit rich.
In general, the XF returns a dignified enough user experience to meet many buyers’ upmarket expectations, but in many ways it does lack the sort of on-road polish it ought to offer.
In trying to be a somewhat frugal luxury cruiser, while also offering a bit of pulse-raising performance and dynamic gusto, it doesn’t really nail either discipline nor marries them together with all that much cohesion.
It’s great in areas, but not outstanding as an overall package.
Jaguar XF FAQs
The cheapest Jaguar XF is the R-Dynamic HSE that starts from $106,376.
The most expensive Jaguar XF is the 300 Sport that starts from $114,470.
The best towing capacity of a Jaguar XF is 1900 kg offered by the following variants: R-Dynamic HSE and 300 Sport.
The largest Jaguar XF is the 300 Sport which measures 1890mm wide, 4962mm in length and sits 1456mm tall.
The most powerful Jaguar XF is the 300 Sport which has 221kW of power from its 2.0L TURBO PETROL DIRECT INJECTION engine.
The Jaguar XF is built in Great Britain and shipped to Australia.
The heaviest Jaguar XF is the 300 Sport which weighs 2370 kg (kerb weight).
The Jaguar XF uses premium unleaded.