Diesel power revs up classy Jag

THERE are few modern mainstream cars around right now that enjoy genuine jaw-dropping good looks, but the Jaguar XF is one of them.

On top of that, this is a car which is now more mainstream, and affordable, than many might have imagined.

In times past, the Jaguar brand occupied a space in the marketplace which was reserved for the exalted, but more recently — and in tandem with the revered English marque being taken over by the giant Indian conglomerate Tata — it has spread its wings in a way many may previously have thought impossible.