What kind of platform does the Jaguar X type have?
The X-Type’s sharing of a modified Ford Mondeo platform (shared with the Land Rover Freelander Compact SUV which was also produced at Halewood) wasn’t well received by Jaguar “purists.” Notably, the Volkswagen Passat shared its platform with its compact executive class rival, the B5 Audi A4.
When did Jaguar Land Rover stop making the X type?
Eventually, the X-Type would become available with front-wheel drive and sluggish 2.0-litre petrol and diesel engines. In July 2009, Jaguar Land Rover announced the end of X-Type production by the end of 2009.
Where was the Jaguar X-type estate made?
Both saloon and estate configurations were manufactured at the Halewood Assembly Facility near Liverpool, renovated at a cost of $450 million. The X-Type was based on a modified version of the Ford CD132 platform shared with the Ford Mondeo.
How many cubic feet does a Jaguar Sportwagon have?
The rear seats could be lowered without removing their headrests, and the cargo compartment offered 16 cubic feet up to the side windows or 24 cubic feet to the headliner, with the rear seats up — or a total of 50 cubic feet with the rear seats folded. The estate was marketed as the Sportwagon in the United States.
Is the Jaguar X type based on a Mondeo?
This seemed a bit odd when privately some were saying the 2.0-litre X-type was about to become Jaguar’s biggest seller. So let’s get this out of the way here and now. The Jaguar X-type is based on a modified Mondeo floorpan.
Where does the engine come from in a Ford Mondeo?
The rear suspension is from the Mondeo estate, the engine is derived from the Mondeo’s V6, and the gearbox is from the corporate parts bin. The real point is, does it matter?
What kind of suspension does a Ford Mondeo have?
“Front engine mounted across the car, driving the front wheels through a five-speed gearbox, with front suspension via MacPherson struts and rear suspension via struts and lower links,” is a description that applies to half the cars we test and if you saw the kit of parts laid on the factory floor it would be hard to tell who made them.
Is the Jaguar X type front wheel drive?
Jaguar engineers didn’t have any choice but to make the X-type front-wheel drive because the transverse engine that came with the Mondeo architecture meant the weight distribution would have been too much of a compromise had they tried to power the back wheels. So, yes, in that respect they were compromised by the Ford hardware.