There’s no shortage of love for Jaguar’s stunning XK (and its various iterations) among the Winding Road office staff. Heart-stopping style and sumptuous luxury combine with a variety of 5.0-liter V-8 engines to create an excellent GT car. Still, even the 550-horsepower XKR-S is more GT than true sports car. If you are one of those lamenting this fact, then Jaguar has answered your prayers.
The Jaguar XJ is a popular executive limo the world over, thanks to its classy looks and sumptuous luxury trimmings. For 2013 though, it just got a bit more luxurious, thanks to the new Ultimate trim.
The XJ is a perfect flagship in this new golden era for Jaguar, so I was excited to have my first chance behind the wheel of one of the standard wheelbase versions. One would think that, save for the range-topping Supersport, this supercharged and more compact XJ should be the car to have for enthusiast driving. And that’s true, at least up to a point.