By: ROBINSON/BEINTEMA AUTOFILES

The Jaguar X-Type gets a fresh new look for 2008, along with a host of new features inside and outside the vehicle. Including nearly 500 new components, the new generation X-Type retains all the original car's strengths, and adds some new ones of its own.

The new X-Type's exterior styling is significantly refreshed, with changes that clearly reflect some of Jaguar's new sedan car design language, while subtle interior revisions give more choice of trim and equipment, to further emphasize its luxury car credentials.

For the first time in this model range, the new X-Type offers (in Europe) the-combination of diesel power with automatic transmission pairing the 2.2 litre diesel with a six-speed automatic, and the one-touch control of Jaguar Sequential Shift broadening the new model's appeal to buyers who previously could not have this combination in an X-Type.

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