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We have always been reluctant to sell station wagons in China
However, used cars are one car and one condition, which is suitable for a small number of people who pursue personality. Choosing a station wagon is a great opportunity to get rid of the boredom of life. Today we recommend a rare station wagon for you:
If the most beautiful model is chosen, I would vote for it
Why travel?
When it comes to station wagons, it is necessary to talk about feelings. In the early days, the emotion of the station wagon was very simple, that is, the beautiful yearning for a "well-off life".
Europeans yearn for a well-off life
In the sixties and seventies, for a standard European family, a well-off life was: a gay man in a decent profession, a gentle and virtuous wife who worked in paperwork, and two or three children. The best way to live is a weekend outing, a camping trip in the summer, and a skiing trip in the winter.
For such a family, the features that a station wagon can offer are perfect. Based on the design of the sedan, it is more suitable for everyday driving than VAN. Stable maneuverability was also suitable for the road network that was not yet perfect and developed at that time.
Compared with ordinary cars, the station wagon is naturally a huge space behind the C-pillar.
This space is allocated to storage, enough to hold winter ski equipment and the family's luggage on long-distance trips:
It is also very convenient to lay the rear seats flat and move around on a daily basis and carry some large items:
The four-door and five-seat space is designed, the front row is a loving couple, and the back row is used to hold children and dogs. This may also explain why the back seats of European cars are slightly cramped.
In Today's Europe, however, station wagons have fallen lonely. The space belonging to the station wagon was squeezed into the MPV and SUV successively. In particular, SUVs that can take the whole family to more places seem to be able to carry the public's yearning for distant places.
Today's station wagon, when it comes to practicality, is more or less far-fetched, and what it can express is something else:
Reject the expression of conformity
Today, when we talk about the station wagon, we are talking about "feelings", which is satisfied with the pursuit of a different kind of car:
The pursuit of beauty. One of the magic of the station wagon is the beautiful lines brought about by the unique body shape. Especially for this Jaguar, although in the new century Jaguar has abandoned a more British cigar body, the lines are still beautiful, and the XF Sportbrake further sublimates this smooth beauty at the rear.
Jaguar XFL
The quest for control. From a practical point of view, station wagons have been completely replaced by models such as SUVs that are born for functions. However, compared to SUVs, the station wagon undoubtedly has a better handling texture.
There are many cars that meet the beauty and performance, and choosing a station wagon, what can you get? It is the determination not to be worldly without opening its teeth and claws; it is the emotion that can not only be satisfied with the stable status quo of life, but also still yearn for a distant place.
British style
It's a station wagon, but it's more of a Jaguar. This is still a relatively rare Jaguar, Jaguar brand station wagon is not much, in addition to the X-Type station wagon based on the Mondeo platform at the beginning of the century, XF Sportbrake can be described as a unique seedling.
X-Type Estate
In the domestic XF Sportbrake two generations of models have been introduced, in the current used car market, but the original model ownership is larger.
XF Sportbrake
As a second-generation model, this one was introduced to the domestic market in 2018 and was priced at 468,000-698,000 yuan in the past. Nowadays, in the second-hand car market, the quotations of second-generation models are more than 300,000 yuan. As an extremely rare original imported British station wagon, this car still has a lot to say:
Oh, this damn sense of ceremony
Inside the car, the XF Sportbrake is imbued with that sense of British gentlemanly ritual:
Flipped air outlet
Shift knob for lifting and lowering
Why choose knob shift? According to Jaguar's official account, it is gentlemen dressed in haute couture suits in London's Savile Street, and only use their fingers to shift gears, so as not to shift this action, so that the elbows of couture suits are wrinkled.
The handle of the trunk cover plate, also be sure to use delicate leather:
Excessively, folded reflective triangles are carefully placed in the dark compartment of the trunk lid:
This sense of ritual doesn't stop at the hardware level. Jaguar and Land Rover include valet parking. Imagine gracefully parking your car at the door of a resort hotel in France and handing the key to the porter.
Valet parking mode
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Some luxury brands can enable a driving mode, after opening this mode, will give the driver a one-time driving right, while the speed and function of the vehicle will be limited.
There are also many British stubbornness and strangeness in the configuration, such as the position of the seat memory control button is very strange:
And with luxury cars from the UK, you never have to worry about the sound quality of the stereo:
Wild under the suit
As above, it is the gentlemanly style of Britain. Jaguar does not lack the wildness under the polite appearance of British cars. After all, although the British car is in decline, it is still the center of motor sports, and it is the headquarters of 7 F1 teams.
The 2.0T in-line four-cylinder is turbocharged and delivers 250 hp, mated to an 8AT gearbox, and can deliver up to 365N·m. Today, when the performance is very internal, the power parameters are still the best in the same level.
As a relative of Land Rover, Jaguar's four-wheel drive is also quite experienced. The timely four-wheel drive system based on the rear-drive platform is equipped with Jaguar's latest generation of intelligent dynamic transmission control (IDD), which integrates the brake torque vectoring control system and the dynamic stability control system.
For jaguar XF Sportbrake, the shorter wheelbase than the XFL naturally expresses better handling characteristics. The feeling of driving is that it is sporty and not irritable, and you can feel the sporty texture of a European car, but it is light and not intense. The front section is smooth and calm, and the power reserve in the rear section is also sufficient. It's a car that drives calmly, and you can unleash it without shaking that cup of Kaolin black tea.
It is worth mentioning that as a four-wheel drive vehicle, its four-wheel drive intervention is very frequent, making the driving sense more stable, making people want to conquer the winding mountain trails of southern Europe.
The car has been introduced to everyone almost, let us have please paint film instrument Xiao Zhao, carefully check this car:
How about this car?
Step 1: Basic check
This car is a 2018 model and currently has a mileage of about 35,000 kilometers. In the current second-hand market, it belongs to the car source with relatively new age and relatively small mileage.
The appearance is in a very good state, visible to the naked eye, only the rim edge of the right rear wheel, there is a small damage:
All four wheels are also in good condition, using four Goodyear EAGLE F1 AS3 tires. Is a strong summer performance street tire.
The interior part, the same good state! Whether it is the steering wheel or the center control, there is almost no wear, and it can be seen that the owner is a car lover.
The seat is perforated leather, and judging from the seat condition, the former owner should be a person who enjoys the touch of the original leather.
In terms of non-original accessories, the Jaguar logo installed by the original owner is displayed at the gear selection button:
The window foil is light brown:
The trunk accessories are also complete, and the color of this spare tire rim is very bright...
Step 2: Paint inspection
What is the state of the car outside of the naked eye? In the sun, the paint surface of this car does not have a color difference, and the texture of the paint surface remains good. The paint thickness of the whole vehicle is around 100, which is very thin, indicating that it has not been repaired later.
The paint surface was checked one by one with the paint film instrument, and the data was somewhat abnormal, and the paint thickness of the four doors was different from the other parts of the body:
Why is the gap so big? Because, this car, only four doors are steel... Don't panic, the other parts of the body are aluminum. This is also a big selling point of this car that year: the all-aluminum body. The non-iron-based part displayed on the paint film meter is made of aluminum.
An interesting point was also found: the trunk cover was made of engineering plastic.
To sum up, this car has not experienced an accident, the original original paint. Ignition starts, let's see how it dynamically behaves.
Step 3: Dynamic performance
In terms of car condition, the dynamic performance of this car is no problem. During the test drive, no defects in the mechanical quality of the car were found.
The only downside is that the chassis of this car is no longer as tight as the new car.
After the dynamic test drive, we also further checked the mechanical condition of the car, and summed it up: there is nothing wrong with it. After all, this car is only thirty thousand kilometers, but young.
Post-maintenance
The quality of Jaguar Land Rover is a point of concern to everyone. We have interviewed many car owners, and jaguar's quality is still trustworthy. In fact, the period of high failure rate of luxury cars was about ten years ago, when some electronic equipment began to be popularized. There may be some minor bugs these days, but there are no serious common problems.
Everyone also has such a concern: can you afford to buy a second-hand luxury car? In fact, maintenance do not worry too much, used cars you do not need to go to the 4S shop maintenance, normal oil three filters what is actually not high price.
One thing to note about this car is that the maintenance of the all-aluminum body is more difficult. Therefore, if a serious accident occurs, sheet metal is required, and the maintenance cost is higher. However, sheet metal is generally required for front and rear surrounds, and the doors are not aluminum.
As for the retention rate in the later stage, the retention rate of this scarce car source is more related to the car condition itself, and the volatility is relatively large. In these two years, the price of such second-hand rare models is relatively firm, after all, things are rare and expensive.
To sum up
Buy this car
3 reasons
1. Out-of-print station wagon, smaller mileage in the same car source
2. The exterior interior is in good condition and the accessories are complete
3. Excellent motivation in the same class
Precautions
All-aluminum body, if an accident occurs in the future, maintenance is more troublesome
Imported cars, post-maintenance parts may be less
SO
Choose such a personalized model
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Write at the end
A few days ago, Mercedes-Benz announced that it would completely terminate the production of station wagons within a few years. The current Mercedes-Benz station wagon and hunting car will no longer be replaced. Previously, Volvo had announced the discontinuation of the V60 and V90 station wagons, retaining only the crossover V90 CC.
Perhaps, in the near future, station wagons will be even rarer... However, we still have a lot of high-quality station wagon sources recommended to everyone, in the new station wagon is less and less, buying a used station wagon seems to be a good choice?
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