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Followup: Jaguar completes coast-to-coast U.S. road trip in diesel XF
Nov 17th
Filed under: Sedan, Europe, Jaguar, Diesel, Luxury
It’s not every day that you see a diesel Jaguar XF on these shores. In fact, at least officially, there’s only one. And it just completed a cross-country road trip that took it from New York to Los Angeles.
The trip kicked off last week in the Big Apple and just wrapped up earlier this week in LA. Over the course of the eight-day journey across eleven states, three time zones and 2,884 miles, the bone-stock XF with the 2.2-liter diesel four averaged a highly impressive 62.9 miles per gallon (even better than the previous European tour), hitting a peak of 67 mpg as it approached the West Coast.
Not too shabby, especially for a luxury sedan that is, at the end of the day, anything but a lightweight. Check out the updated image gallery to see how the oil-burning Jag progressed, and follow the jump for the official press release.
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Jaguar completes coast-to-coast U.S. road trip in diesel XF originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Report: Top Gear global conquest continues with South Korean series
Jun 24th
Filed under: Etc., South Korea
The sun may have long since set on the British Empire, but the UK’s finest export doesn’t appear to be showing any signs of slowing down its global expansion.
After setting up studios in Australia, the United States, Russia, China and more – not to mention the countless editions of the magazine in different languages around the globe – word has it that a new series of Top Gear is being readied for South Korea.
Following the famous Top Gear formula, hosts reportedly already lined include a professional racing driver named Kim Jin-Pyo, an enthusiast named Kim Kap-Soo and a local celebrity aptly named Yeon Jung-Hoon, along with their own Korean Stig.
The BBC series spinoff has reportedly been picked up by local television network XTM for a 13-episode pilot season and is apparently already in production, with challenges including a race against a bullet train and a cross-country road trip.
Top Gear global conquest continues with South Korean series originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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