2002 Jaguar X-Type

Only the "world situation" has sparked more debate around the office than our long-term Jaguar X-Type sedan. After a year in our fleet, the opinions of staff and other Primedia employees were spread wide across the love/hate spectrum.

There was a time not long ago when Jaguars were stunningly beautiful, fantastic driving cars that were known to be fragile and unreliable. Jaguars were sexy but leaked oil. Jaguars were luxurious and emotional, but their windows often failed to go up or down.

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Jaguar has made no bones about how important the X-Type is to its future. This four-door sports sedan was designed to be the car that introduces classic Jaguar values--luxurious performance and tasteful, high-quality appointments--to an entirely new group of c