Jaguar X-Type

Jaguar X-Type
Jaguar X-Type
	Jaguar X-Type Saloon
Overview
Manufacturer	Jaguar Cars
Production	2001–2009 (355,227 Produced)
Model years	2002–2009
Assembly	United Kingdom: Halewood, England (Halewood Body & Assembly)
Designer	Ian Callum (estate); Simon Butterworth, Tadeusz Jelec, Wayne Burgess under the direction of Geoff Lawson (saloon);
Body and chassis
Class	Compact executive car (D)
Body style	4-door saloon; 5-door estate;
Layout	Front-engine, front-wheel-drive; Front-engine, all-wheel-drive;
Platform	Ford CD132 platform
Related	Ford Mondeo (second generation)
Powertrain
Engine	2.1 L AJ20 V6 (petrol); 2.5 L AJ25 V6 (petrol); 3.0 L AJ30 V6 (petrol); 2.0 L ZSD-420 I4 (turbocharged diesel); 2.2 L ZSD-422 I4 (turbocharged diesel);
Transmission	5-speed manual MTX-75; 6-speed manual MMT6; 5-speed Jatco FPD automatic; 6-speed Aisin AWTF-80 SC automatic;
Dimensions
Wheelbase	106.7 in (2,710 mm)
Length	Saloon ('01-'08): 4,672 mm (183.9 in); Saloon ('08-'09): 4,716 mm (185.7 in); Estate ('04-'09): 185.5 in (4,710 mm)
Width	Body ('01-'09) 70.4 in (1,790 mm); Overall ('01-'08) 78.8 in (2,000 mm); Overall ('08-'09) 2,000 mm (78.7 in)
Height	Saloon ('01-'08) 54.8 in (1,390 mm); Saloon ('08-'09) 1,430 mm (56.3 in); Estate ('04-'09) 58.4 in (1,480 mm)
Chronology
Successor	Jaguar XE

The Jaguar X-Type is a car built by British marque Jaguar from 2001 to 2009. Considered a large family car in Europe and a compact car in the US, the X-Type has either a four-door saloon or a five-door estate body style and was sold in the compact-executive market segment. Given the internal designation X400, its engine is in the front and there are front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive variants. In addition to offering Jaguar's first estate car in series production, the X-Type would ultimately introduce its first diesel engine, four-cylinder engine and front-wheel drive configuration.

The X-Type was developed during the period when Jaguar was owned by Ford as a division of its Premier Automotive Group (PAG) (1999-2009) — and marked Jaguar's entry into the critical compact executive segment. The programme aimed to double the marque's worldwide sales — requiring expansion of engineering resources, factory capacity, marketing capability, sales support and service. At launch, Autocar called the X-Type "the most important Jaguar ever".

With annual projections of 100,000 sales, the X-Type recorded a production of 350,000 over its eight-year manufacturing run.

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