Perhaps you don't know that jaguar cars that have always shown an elegant image are engraved with pure sports genes in their bones - if you look at the past, you will find that the Jaguar XJR9 chariot is the longest holder of the 24-hour endurance lap record of Le Mans, or the D-type that is more familiar to fans, but also with the ultimate aerodynamics and lightweight body, it has been on the highest podium of Le Mans for three consecutive times, and it can be said that the brilliance of countless championship trophies will show another brand trait in addition to aesthetics.
And to this day, this innate athletic talent continues, like the new XFL, and it's enough for me to have fun on the track. However, not all C-class cars can bring you enough driving pleasure on the track, which obviously requires that while satisfying the main theme of home use, as much as possible through technology and tuning to balance the sports attributes.
But intuitively, Jaguar's new XFL meets all the essential elements of a performance car, first of all, it is equipped with an Injeli 2.0T heart that won the Ward Top Ten Engine Award, the maximum horsepower is up to 300Ps, and through the efficient 8AT gearbox,
Transfer power to four wheels. It continues the aluminium body of Le Mans racing and the double wishbone suspension used in sports cars, and there are signs that its athleticism completely surpasses that of its German opponents in the same class. In addition, Jaguar's new XFL is equally remarkable at the software level, not only equipped with a torque vectoring system that increases the limits of the corners, but also with the blessing of adjustable dynamic mode, it also achieves custom adjustments to steering force, shift timing and throttle response, giving it greater playability on the track.
Beijing Kaiser Circuit has a total of 1.62km, a total of 11 corners, including low-speed bends, high-speed corners, long straights, the overall difficulty is moderate, for a "part-time performance car" can be described as just right.
Once in the driver's seat, you'll find that the interior atmosphere also perfectly blends sportiness with luxury, whether it's the elegant and simple layout design, the right metallic embellishment, or the sense of technology created by the 11.4-inch suspended curved screen and the exciting sports steering wheel, which can be described as the unique tone of the British brand.
When I first came into contact with the new XFL, it was the first time it showed me its innately active nature, including the midline driver's position following a 50:50 counterweight and the same tight accelerator pedal as the previous V6 version.
Impressively, even after the lengthening, the volume has increased, but in the actual driving, its acceleration is still very impressive, especially in the state of full throttle in the corner, the maximum torque of 400Nm is released at 1500rpm, and the turbo lag is minimal.
Of course, the degree of coordination of the 8AT does not need to worry, its perceived speed of driving intent is far beyond your expectations, if you cut into the sport mode, the transmission will keep the speed above 3000rpm at any time to ensure that the engine is in the alert range at any time. Even when accelerating sharply, it will even lower several gears to create a strong sense of pushing back, and the entire acceleration process is very linear and long-lasting, and the rear acceleration is still on call.
Most notably, the new XFL inherits Jaguar's proud lightweight concept at Le Mans, which adopts an all-aluminum body structure in structure, and the application rate of aluminum alloy is as high as 75%, which ensures the rigidity of the body at the same time, but also brings about 20% to 45% of the weight benefits compared to the traditional steel structure body, reflected in the performance can effectively improve the thrust-to-weight ratio, and reduce the brake inertia.
Not only that, but the front double wishbones suspension is also made of aluminum and has also been treated with the necessary stealing. At high speed corners, the lower under-spring mass gives the vehicle more precise direction and trackability, and the suspension provides resolute lateral support in the rear section of the stroke, so that I can still cope with the action of the strong transverse G.
At the same time, with the blessing of the four-wheel drive system, you can kill into the bend at a higher speed. The Jaguar XFL is equipped with a standard rear-drive platform-based, timely all-wheel drive system, where normally all torque is delivered to the rear axle, but at the limit, the front and rear wheels distribute power in a 50:50 ratio so that each tire can bite the ground in corners.
For example, when I cut into the 7th corner with a late braking point, the vehicle did not have the expected understeering or oversteering, because in addition to the assistance of the four-wheel drive system, the torque vectoring system also intervened in time, and the system obtained real-time driving data through sensors such as wheel speed, steering angle and g value, thus providing exclusive torque output for each drive wheel, and at this time, I only needed to lightly close the throttle and fine-tune the direction to return to the ideal line rhythm.
Through a day's track experience, you can really feel the sports genes that have been engraved in the bones and blood since the early Le Mans arena, and this potential charm hidden under the elegant appearance is indeed more worth savoring.