Cost to Drive Cost to drive estimates for the 2003 Jaguar X-Type 2.5 4dr AWD Sedan (2.5L 6cyl 5M) and comparison vehicles are based on 15,000 miles per year (with a mix of 55% city and 45% highway $2,605 - $2,890 Trade-in Price RELIABILITY VERDICT NA OWNER SATISFACTION NA OWNER REPORTED MPG 2007 Jaguar X-Type Compare View Local Cars for Sale $5,350 - $5,475 Average Retail Price $2,180 See pricing history. We have a limited number of reviews for the 2008 X-Type, so we've included reviews for other years of the X-Type since its last redesign. View all 65 consumer vehicle reviews Jaguar XK120. The oldest car on this list, the Jaguar XK120 earns its spot because it was, back in 1948, the fastest car in the world, capable of 120mph. Built for just six years, from 1948 to 1954, the XK120 was the car to drive in the post-war era. Hand built from aluminium (a material that has proved so important to so many of Jaguar cars Instead of meeting its completely unrealistic sales goal of 100,000 X-Types a year, Jaguar struggled to sell half that many — in its best year (2003). After that, sales plunged faster than Enron stock. In 2005, when just 10,941 X-Types were sold, it was interesting to note that BMW’s 3-Series outsold the Jag 10-to-1. Essay : Jaguar X-Type – more than a rebodied Mondeo. 27 September 2023 Keith Adams 43. No British car since the Austin Allegro has sparked as many urban myths as the X-Type. We’ve heard them all and, if anything, they certainly prove to be a talking point more than a decade after it went out of production. Admittedly, the 355,227 produced were less than the management was hoping for (there was talk of 100k a year at the car’s launch), but such numbers still made the X-Type the best-selling Jaguar in the company’s history, proving the need for a small model. No, the six-year gap between the X-Type and XE was due to a lack of a suitable platform. The last straw was when the power steering broke. The dealers said that there were quite a lot of problems with that model so they gave me what they called a preferential trade in on a diesel X-type with manual gearbox. It was 2 years old at the time and recorded 30000 miles. That was a year ago. Wdx1.