Jaguar XF to bring home bacon as XE sales rocket - BusinessCar

With the XE stealing the limelight with a dramatic James Bond-style ad campaign dripping in Hollywood stars, the new XF has been somewhat overshadowed, but has the important role of maintaining Jaguar sales while new buyers discover the XE - a... Despite this role, the new XF should be very popular with business users, with its chic styling and impressively low running costs - partly thanks to very strong RVs. To ensure class-leading residuals of 41. 9% in 2. 0d 190 R-sport automatic form - ahead of the BMW 520d M-sport automatic at 37. 5%, the Mercedes E220 CDI AMG-line at 35. 8% and the Audi A6 2. 0 TDI ultra 190 S-line S-tronic at 34. 3% - Jaguar has... However, despite the XF's appeal for fleet managers and private buyers alike, Hicks doesn't expect XF sales to rocket just yet, adding: "We have to land and deliver the XE at the same time. The new XF saloon arrived in the UK this month, though Jaguar is yet to confirm whether it can construct the business case for a second-generation Sportbrake estate model to join it. The new F-pace crossover launching in the first half of next... Source: www.businesscar.co.uk