IT MATTERS little right now that Jaguar sells a mere fraction of the numbers racked up every year by its luxury rivals at Audi, BMW and Mercedes.

Aston Martin has done exactly the right thing with its new DB9.

It is the car which award-winning Jaguar designer Ian Callum said he never wanted to pen, but the all-new Jaguar SUV, the F-Pace, was one of the stars of this week’s Frankfurt Motor Show and will undoubtedly be a big hit with customers when it hits the dealer showrooms next spring.

Ahead of its global debut at the New York Motor Show 2015, Jaguar has revealed the second generation of its sporting XF saloon at a special preview event.

I have raved about the rebirth of Jaguar. The company has re-emerged from years of stagnancy, under its original British ownership and subsequently as part of Ford, to well-being under the Indian industrial giant, Tata.