Remember when diesel was considered sufficiently right and true to power God's own luxury saloon?
In the great days of Ealing comedies, Alastair Sim and Terry-Thomas, the idea of a diesel-powered Jaguar would have caused many a moustache to bristle in outrage. No self-respecting black-and-white era bank robber would have accepted an oilburner under the bonnet of his Mk2. Diesels were for lorry drivers, and that was the end of it.
This week’s shed is a 2006 XJ TDVi from bang in the middle of the X350 production run. The important thing to remember about the X350 was its high-tech aluminium body structure that chopped around 40 per cent out of the weight of the preceding XJ, revolutionising the way the car drove – and it already drove well – without frightening off the Jag traditionalists with revolutionary styling.
The miles aren’t low on this XJ at 166k but the body looks as crisp as the crease in Shed’s crimplene trousers, with tight shut lines and no apparent blemishes. Shed assures you that the drive experience will be really good, the 204hp twin-turbo 2.7 diesel doling out a creamy 321lb ft of torque at just 1,900rpm.
You’ll certainly want to see written evidence of two or ideally three cambelt changes and of several gearbox fluid/filter changes. In general terms DPFs and EGRs can clog up in diesel cars with high-performance potential but which are instead pootled about the place in Driving Miss Daisy fashion. As usual in these cases, Shed recommends the Italian tuneup, a service he is delighted to provide on the bypass for those villagers who have made the mistake of buying big Jags, big Mercs and the like.
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