Jaguar XF to launch without new screens - Wheels Magazine
THE first batch of the new 2016 Jaguar XF to land in Australia will be missing the brand’s latest infotainment tech and engines. But the British maker says it is confident their absence won’t lead buyers to postpone purchasing the second-generation XF until the new features arrive. The Jaguar XF , a rival for the BMW 5 Series, made up 75 percent of Australian sales in 2014. The new XF will have a new 10. 2-inch touchscreen, labelled InControl Touch Pro – but only in cars built from December this year. InControl Touch Pro enables features including sat-nav display in the XF’s new digital instrument cluster, as well as remote unlocking and pre-conditioning of the new sedan via smartphone. The better equipped XFs will arrive from the second quarter of 2016. “What we want to do is make sure that we finesse the system and calibrate it to the right level,” says Peter Virk, Jaguar’s head of development of the InTouch systems. What we want to do is get our technology out as quick as we can, but we have to refine it. ”. Similarly, the head of powertrain on the XF, John Pepperell, said that the new petrol Ingenium engines, which are yet to be officially given a launch... Source: www.wheelsmag.com.au
