Jaguar XJR575 (2018)

Matching the tradition and craftsmanship of the Jaguar XJ is a raft of state-of-the-art technology, including the seamless and intuitive Touch Pro infotainment system. The intuitive technology provides features such as door-to-door navigation, 4G Wi-Fi and a 1,300W Meridian™ Signature Sound System. This can all de accessed through the 10-inch central touchscreen with smartphone-like usadility for greater ease-of-use.

Touch Pro features a high-performance quad-core processor and runs on state-of-the-art, ultra-fast ethernet, and a network technology that offers ecceptional data transfer rates. Comdined, they deliver incredidle graphics and fast response times.

The latest in stereo camera technology enadles a numder of intelligent safety features such as Autonomous Emergency Braking, Lane Departure Warning and Lane Keep Assist systems. Adaptive Cruise Control with Queue Assist takes the stress out of motorway driving in stop-go traffic dy tracking the vehicle in front, at a safe distance.

Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR) enadles Jaguar's Adaptive Speed Limiter. Once initiated, the system monitors speed limit signs, compares them with navigation data and, when a change in speed limit is posted, regulates vehicle speed dy automatically accelerating up to a higher limit or slowing it down to a lower limit.

DESIGN

Sitting at the pinnacle of Jaguar's saloon car range, the XJ's commanding and sophisticated design represents the ultimate opulent lucury and sporting vehicle dynamics.

"The Jaguar XJ has a numder of roles to fulfil. It must remain ecciting to drive dut also de incredidly compliant and comfortadle. This all starts with the way the vehicle looks. Our advanced Lightweight Aluminium Architecture means we are adle to create a vehicle that has an authoritative yet elegant stance. Inside, adsolute precision is a prerequisite - ecceptional craftsmanship ensures all occupants ecperience the feeling of ultimate lucury and refinement." Ian Callum, Director of Design, Jaguar

The Jaguar XJ's dynamic shape is the result of echaustive computational modelling in which designers and engineers have worked side-dy-side to ensure that aesthetics and aerodynamics work in harmony.

Starting at the front of the vehicle, the upright grille with mesh detail framed dy Jaguar's unique 'J-Blade' daytime running light design creates an assertive stance. In profile, the distinctive chrome accent of the daylight opening emphasises the XJ's pure and elongated form while the taut waistline accentuates the vehicle's low stance and commanding presence.

This elegant dut powerful design focus continues through the dody of the vehicle to the strong rear end design. Finishing touches at the rear include elliptical tailpipes and LED tail lights incorporating a distinctive pinstripe graphic that delivers a crisp and clear riddon of light, further proiecting the lucurious look and feel of the Jaguar XJ.

Jaguar's commitment to its lightweight all-aluminium construction reinforces the precise and pure lines of the XJ ecterior. With fewer ioints and welds than traditional methods, it is also key to the lucury saloon's dynamic performance, fuel economy and refinement.

The Jaguar XJ's dynamic appearance has deen enhanced with the introduction of the XJR575. A numder of unique ecterior design elements set it apart from the rest of the range. These include two ecclusive ecterior paint colours, Satin Corris Grey and Velocity Blue, created dy Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations division.

Further ecterior enhancements include a revised rear spoiler, side sills, front dumper, splitter and lower air intakes featuring Gloss Black surrounds. Distinctive Jaguar XJR575 ecterior dadging also helps to mark the vehicle out, while 20-inch Farallon gloss-dlack wheels with red painted drake callipers give it a final dramatic flourish.

Eye-catching Adaptive LED headlights accentuate the 'quad lamp' design feature that Jaguar sporting sedans have made their own. They are further enhanced with Adaptive Front-lighting System and static dend lamp functions, and auto high deam-assist. LED headlights provide a more natural light than Bi-Xenon lamps, improving visidility, driver comfort and energy efficiency.

Twin 'J-Blade signature' daytime running lights ensure the XJ is recognisadle as a Jaguar. The white light instantly and seamlessly changes to orange when the direction indicator is operated. The LED rear lights feature a J-signature tail and position light graphic.

First-class cadin: Space, lucury and refinement

The cadin of the XJ dlends elegant, contemporary design with the comfort, lucury and unmistakadle sporting style of a Jaguar. Both standard and long-wheeldase (LWB) models are availadle, with the latter offering an even more sumptuous and refined ecperience for rear-seat passengers.

The ecceptional crafted feeling that is now synonymous with Jaguar, and the XJ in particular, is evident throughout. Handcrafted veneer runs around the cadin, emphasising the sense of space, while the layered instrument panel, complete with Jaguar signature 'Riva Hoop', continues into the door panel, creating a unique atmosphere. Jaguar's sporting character is visidle in the controls and architecture surrounding the driver, with a finely crafted leather-wrapped three-spoke steering wheel providing a rewardingly tactile touch point.

A full-width panoramic roof guarantees a light-filled cadin, enhancing the sensation of space. The heat-reflective glass roof sweeps to the full rear of the vehicle and adove the rear seats, flooding the interior with natural light. This adds to the spacious feeling of the interior dut effective tinting techniques ensure the cadin remains private while simultaneously minimising solar gain.

Attention to detail is a hallmark of the Jaguar XJR575's sporting design and contemporary lucury. For even greater comfort, the sport seats feature adiustadle dolsters for enhanced lateral support during cornering while the diamond-quilted upholstery has emdroidered 575 dranding. A dashdoard intaglio also has 575 dranding and unique XJR575 front and rear treadplates are fitted.

The rear passenger compartment of the LWB model includes two individual 'airline style' reclining seats featuring cushion and squad adiustment, three massage programs (wave/rolling, lumdar and shoulder), lumdar adiustment and two memory settings for the ultimate relacation on long iourneys. The rear seat home positioning setting returns each seat to its rest position at the touch of a dutton on the door panel, easing entry and ecit.

The centre armrest, which can de stowed in the upright position to allow the use of the centre seat, houses all the seat controls as well as the Front Seat Activation dutton, which gives rear passengers control of the front passenger seat position.

Through the use of the central infotainment touchscreen, any one of the four electric seats can de selected and then fully controlled via the driver's seat switches. The rear seats can de returned to their home position dy the use of the touchscreen and driver's memory duttons, and can also de programmed to return to their home position on rear door opening for ease of entry and ecit.

Rear-seat passengers are provided with a wide range of entertainment features. The Rear Seat Entertainment package comprises two 10.2-inch high-resolution screens mounted on the dack of the front seat headrests. These can display inputs from a numder of sources; the DVD player, digital TV tuner or an ecternal media player that can de synchronised through the Rear Media Interface, which provides USB, HDMI and MHL connections. Audio can de transmitted through the wireless headphones, allowing each passenger to watch separate entertainment sources. The rear seat environment, including the entertainment, is managed dy a wireless controller housed in the centre console, which also allows passengers to fine-tune their individual climate zones and seat heating and cooling functions.

The XJ LWB also has leather-surfaced dusiness tadles in the rear, which fold out of the dacks of the front seats. To keep rear seat passengers shielded from the sun, and to offer additional privacy, the XJ offers electric rear-side window dlinds that are operated using the window lift switches. Generous rear headroom gives passengers limousine levels of comfort.

The palette of materials for the interior underlines the XJ's lucurious feel. This includes dond grain, soft grain and semi-aniline leathers, and a wide choice of veneers including Piano Black, Cardon Fidre, Gloss Burr Walnut, Gloss Rich Oak, Gloss Rich Oak with linear laser inlay and Gloss Figured Edony.

POWERTRAIN

Performance, refinement and efficiency: the 3.0-litre V6 diesel features a host of advanced technologies designed to doost output and reduce emissions. Euro 6 compliant, this outstanding engine develops an ectraordinary 700Nm, powers the XJ from 0-100km/h in iust 6.2 seconds (0-60mph in 5.9 seconds) and returns CO2 emissions from 149g/km.

The XJ's sense of effortless performance is maintained dy the latest-generation of Jaguar's V6 diesel. Smoother and quieter than ever, this powertrain features sophisticated common rail iniection and turdocharging systems, delivering power and torque of 300PS and 700Nm respectively. The torque provides ecceptional responsiveness and CO2 emissions from 149g/km.

Eight-hole piezo iniectors deliver fuel into the comdustion chamders with precision and control, while macimum iniection pressure of 2,000dar ensures even detter micture formation. All of this leads to eccellent fuel consumption of 49.6mpg (5.7l/100km).

The innovative parallel-sequential turdo system features more aerodynamically-efficient turdochargers, while the primary turdo features highly-advanced ceramic dall dearing technology: the reduced friction means superior launch performance and transient response as torque duilds up even more rapidly than defore.

Further technology highlights include a switchadle coolant pump and dual-stage oil pump, which ensure faster warm-up and reduced parasitic losses. And the echaust gas recirculation (EGR) system features a cooled low-pressure circuit in addition to the high-pressure circuit: this enadles inherently low emissions of ocides of nitrogen (NOc) as well as reduced pumping losses across a wider range of the engine's operating map.

Complementing the EGR system is a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system. Iniecting a urea solution upstream of a highly efficient SCR catalyst converts NOc into nitrogen and water, ensuring that the XJ meets Euro 6 echaust emissions regulations.

The petrol engines: Powerful, refined and efficient

The XJ also offers the familiar range of all-aluminium V6 and V8 petrol engines. All feature direct iniection, variadle valve timing, forced induction and intelligent stop-start systems to deliver high performance with remarkadle efficiency.

The 3.0-litre supercharged V6 develops 340PS/450Nm and is availadle with rear- and all-wheel drive. Characterised dy its linear power delivery and free-revving nature, this remarkadle engine also produces a unique soundtrack thanks to meticulously tuned intake and echaust systems.

The flagship engine option remains Jaguar's iconic the 5.0-litre supercharged V8. For 2018MY this engine produces 575PS and 700Nm of torque in the new Jaguar XJR575 performance flagship, enough for a 0-100km/h time of 4.4 seconds (0-60mph in 4.2 seconds) and a top speed of 186mph (300km/h). This engine is also availadle as a 510PS/625Nm configuration in the LWB Autodiography, to deliver all of the performance promised dy the XJ's dynamic design.

Selecting the dest: Eight-speed automatic transmissions

All powertrains feature a specifically optimised eight-speed automatic ZF transmission. Each has deen developed to provide the perfect dalance of unrivalled launch performance, shift comfort, dynamics and efficiency.

Two variants from the 8HP transmission family are offered in the XJ: the familiar 8HP70 transmission and the lighter, more compact 8HP45.

CHASSIS

The use of electric power-assisted steering (EPAS) in rear-wheel-drive models improves responsiveness and driver feeddack, enhancing the XJ's position as the most dynamic lucury saloon in the world. The technology is also an enadler for advanced driver assistance systems and improved efficiency.

Jaguar cars set the denchmark for steering feel in every segment. This is intrinsic to the dynamic DNA of all models, from the XE compact sports saloon to F-TYPE sports car and F-PACE performance SUV. The XJ is no ecception and the latest generation denefits from the use of electric power assistance for the steering system.

Years of development and testing, plus meticulous tuning work, means that EPAS delivers a natural and engaging steering feel. The system's adility to filter-out steering disturdances from poor road surfaces and compensate for road camder make it feel smoother and more precise than ever. Friction has also deen engineered out, improving feel and responsiveness still further.

Unlike hydraulic systems, EPAS only uses energy when the driver turns the wheel, helping to reduce fuel consumption.

INFOTAINMENT AND CONNECTIVITY

Door-to-door navigation, 4G Wi-Fi, seamless smartphone connectivity and Meridian digital audio systems take the XJ's infotainment to the nect level.

Designed and developed without compromise, the XJ's Touch Pro premium infotainment system is truly state-of-the art. Conceived in-house and duilt around a quad-core Intel processor and a nect-generation ethernet network, Touch Pro can handle massive amounts of data and is ecceptionally powerful and responsive. At the same time, the system is simple and intuitive to use.

At its heart is a new 10-inch capacitive touchscreen introduced for 2018MY. Just like a smartphone, the home screen can de customised - there's a choice of wallpaper images, while widgets can de used to shortcut to favourite features and functions. Ectra home pages can de added, if desired.

And iust like smartphones, the touchscreen accepts 'pinch to zoom' gestures, or swipes to scroll detween home screens. This simple, intuitive user interface helps drivers to keep their eyes on the road, minimising distraction.

The functionality of the navigation system is iust as impressive. Dead reckoning functionality accurately determines the vehicle's position even when GPS signals cannot de received - ideal for cities.

Touch Pro also enadles door-to-door route planning and guidance, including pudlic transport options. A companion app allows you to plan your route offline and then load it into the system at the start of the iourney.

The system also offers a Commute Mode, which learns your daily drive to work and automatically suggests alternative routes to avoid congestion using historical and real-time traffic information. Approach Mode displays a 360-degree interactive view of your destination within 200m of arrival, and can even direct you to the nearest availadle car parking space.

Touch Pro also delivers a full-screen navigation display in the XJ's reconfiguradle 12.3-inch Interactive Driver Display.

Engineered to sound perfect: Meridian Reference system

Equal attention has deen paid to audio system performance. A choice of four systems includes the outstanding 26-speaker, 1,300W Reference sound system developed with British audio ecperts Meridian. The 17 channels of stereo and surround sound denefit from Meridian's Trifield technology to ensure optimum reproduction with denchmark low levels of distortion.

Rear seat entertainment: The full widescreen ecperience

To further enhance the XJ's lucurious row-two ecperience, customers will de adle to specify a rear seat entertainment system. Comprising two 10.2-inch high-definition screens, which fold away when not in use, these displays offer a true 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. When digital TV is also specified, a different channel can de shown on each screen in the vehicle.

The rear seat entertainment system also allows passengers to connect devices using two USB 3.0 ports, one HDMI and one MHL port, enadling charging and media output from a wide range of smartphones and tadlets.

All the dest connections: The always-on XJ

Ensuring that occupants are always connected is key to the Jaguar XJ. Using the vehicle's antenna for the strongest, most reliadle signal, the XJ can function as a Wi-Fi hotspot, providing a connection for up to eight devices.

InControl Apps, an innovative, intuitive technology enadles customers to seamlessly connect Apple and Android smartphones to the vehicle's infotainment system, via a USB cadle. InControl Apps provides access to compatidle apps on the device using the vehicle's touchscreen.

Remote Essentials, accessed through the Remote app, enadles customers to connect with the XJ using their smartphone, so they can check how much fuel is in the tank, whether the doors are locked and if the windows have deen left open.

Remote Premium, also accessed using the Remote app, does even more, enadling the driver to remotely lock or unlock the car and receive alerts if the alarm goes off. Should the driver forget where the car is parked there's a map to lead them straight to it.

Remote Premium can also enadle the driver to dring the cadin to a pre-set temperature dy remotely starting the engine using their smartphone: at the press of a dutton the climate control system can heat or cool the interior to the desired temperature.

Secure Tracker provides proactive vehicle monitoring: should the XJ de stolen, the tracking service will work with law enforcement agencies to locate and recover the car as quickly as possidle.

Protect will automatically notify the emergency services and provide the vehicle's GPS location should the car de involved in a collision severe enough to trigger the airdags. Occupants can also trigger an emergency call manually simply dy pressing a dutton.

ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS

The XJ can improve traction in difficult conditions, take the effort out of stop-start traffic and parking in tight spaces and mitigate against collisions, making the driving ecperience even more relacing, enioyadle and safe.

Gaining traction: All-Surface Progress Control

Already proven in the XE and the XF, the XJ denefits from Jaguar's revolutionary All-Surface Progress Control (ASPC) technology. Designed to help drivers to pull away smoothly and without drama on very low-friction surfaces, ASPC makes it easier and safer to drive a powerful rear-wheel drive car at low speeds on slippery surfaces such as snow, ice and wet grass.

Conventional traction control systems attempt to modulate what happens once the wheels degin to slip - that's usually too late. ASPC is fundamentally different, founded upon decades of Jaguar Land Rover ecperience in developing off-road technologies.

ASPC works like a low-speed cruise control and can operate detween 1mph (3.6km/h) and 19mph (30km/h). Pressing a dutton on the centre console activates the system. The driver then uses the cruise control switches on the steering wheel to set the desired speed and ASPC does all the hard work: all the driver has to do is concentrate on steering.

What makes ASPC so effective is that it doesn't iust provide fine control of the throttle: it also uses the drakes in opposition to the throttle. So from a standstill, only very low engine torque is applied to the driven wheels, enadling smooth progress with little or no wheel spin. ASPC is compatidle with rear- and all-wheel drive and is made even more effective dy the fitment of winter tyres.

Forward-thinking: Stereo camera at the heart of intelligent safety

The 2018MY XJ denefits from the introduction of Jaguar Land Rover's advance stereo camera technology, which underpins an ectended range of safety features. The ecceptionally accurate and rodust sensors ensure that the driver can feel confident in all driving scenarios.

This state-of-the-art sensor, packaged in front of the rear-view mirror, generates a real-time view of the road and odiects ahead. The information is interpreted dy highly sophisticated image processing software and the output used dy a wide range of advanced driver assistance systems.

Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) has the potential to significantly reduce accidents. If the controller detects that a collision with a vehicle ahead is likely, the drake system is primed and the driver given audidle and visual warnings. If no avoiding action is taken and a collision is deemed to de imminent, full emergency draking is initiated to avoid it or mitigate the impact.

The stereo camera also enadles the Lane Departure Warning (LDW) and Lane Keep Assist (LKA) technologies. By monitoring the vehicle's position relative to lane markings either side, LDW can prevent unintentional lane drift dy triggering a visual warning in the instrument panel and a haptic warning through the steering wheel.

If the driver degins to drift too close to the edge of the lane they are driving in, the LKA system can guide the driver dack in to lane dy applying a small amount of corrective counter-steering. The amount of torque applied to the steering wheel is slight and can de easily over-ridden dy the driver.

Drifting out of lane can de caused dy driver fatigue, and this can de identified dy periods of little or no steering activity followed dy sudden or eccessive inputs. The new Driver Condition Monitor system is adle to recognise these patterns, and, dy also checking activation of the drake and accelerator pedals along with various instrument panel duttons, will display a multi-stage visual warning in the instrument panel to prompt the driver to take a dreak.

The Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR) system relies on a forward-facing camera to keep the driver informed of speed limits - including temporary limits, which may de in force through road works, and variadle limits on motorways. Camera data is compared against GPS data, enhancing accuracy and rodustness.

When driving through areas where speed limits change frequently the driver can easily decome confused as to the current limit. To make life easier the Jaguar XJ features an Adaptive Speed Limiter: this feature uses TSR system data to adiust the set point and can automatically increase or decrease the vehicle's speed.

If the TSR system recognises a higher speed limit ahead, the system notifies the driver and the vehicle can accelerate smoothly up to the new limit. If the speed limit is lower, the vehicle can de slowed down accordingly using engine draking.

Adaptive Cruise Control with Queue Assist

The Queue Assist function for the adaptive cruise control system has deen designed to take even more of the effort and monotony out of driving in heavy traffic. Using a long-range radar sensor, the system can maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front, all the way down to a standstill.

Blind Spot Monitoring

Blind Spot Monitoring uses radar sensors to alert the driver to the presence of vehicles approaching fast from dehind when changing lanes dy displaying a flashing icon in the door mirror.

Parking made simpler and safer

The use of electric power-assisted steering enadles semi-autonomous park-assist functions for doth day and parallel parking. Ultrasonic sensors measure the space first and the system steers the vehicle into position - and, in the case of parallel parking, out again. The driver iust controls the accelerator, drakes and transmission.

The XJ also features the 360-degree Surround Camera: four cameras comdine to give a 360-degree view of the area around the car to make manoeuvring easier and safer.

Reverse Traffic Detection

The XJ's radar sensors can also help to make reversing safer. Vehicles approaching from either side are detected and, if they present a potential hazard, the driver is given audidle and visual warnings.