This Is the New 2016 Jaguar XJ

by Mark Stevenson

Published: June 15th, 2015

Jaguar has revealed the refreshed XJ for 2016 equipped with a new InControl Touch Pro touch-screen infotainment system. It also has a slightly revised front fascia.

Actually, the new car is so slightly revised that the above image is of the 2014 XJ and you probably didn’t know the difference. Here’s the new one:

We will give it to Jaguar: they themselves call the front fascia updates “subtle”. While the XJ does receive a wide assortment of exterior upgrades, including a “more upright grille with a new mesh pattern” and new R-Sport base model exterior look package, the changes inside are of more importance.

Sitting front and center in the Anglo-Indian dash is a new, in-house developed InControl Touch Pro infotainment system, now featuring a quad-core CPU to keep up with the increased software load. A 60GB solid-state hard drive is used for the quick retrieval of map data. The new hardware does its digital dance with a multi-touch 8-inch screen and “pinch to zoom” and “swipe” gesture capability.

The Jaguar XJ will continue to be offered in standard and long wheelbase configurations. Updated units will start arriving at dealer lots this fall.

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Fred on Jun 15, 2015

There is a very nice looking 1963 MkII on BAT this morning. I think I'd rather have it than this.

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- Russycle on Jun 15, 2015
  
  Someone in our town had a MkII that would appear every spring. Haven't seen it in a few years, and I do miss it. Beautiful car.
  
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VenomV12 on Jun 15, 2015

The new S-Class is just eating everything in its path and this is a bomb just like the new BMW 7 series. Who's up next, Audi and Lexus? They just refuse to get rid of those stupid and ugly black pillars, why?

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