SPY PICS: Jaguar XF rework

Spy shots capture new Jaguar XF with XK styling influences in readiness for a mid-year launch
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Jaguar continues to work on a facelift for its XF series that is expected to go to market in the second half of this year.

This time around, the Carparazzi spy shots show the mid-size cat to have acquired a new-look front clearly influenced by its bigger-brother XJ, particularly in the headlight area.

Using BMW-style camouflage intended to draw the eye away from the true forms underneath, the XF pictured here combating some seriously snow-clad roads in Europe appears to be all but production-ready with its absence of add-on fake cladding.

No pictures of the interior were captured at the time of the photo shoot, but Carparazzi reckons a few tweaks are likely, probably including changes in the dash area.

Likewise the engines. No speculation at this stage other than the likelihood of a four-cylinder turbodiesel, along with technical upgrades to the existing engine lineup designed to improve performance, economy and exhaust emissions.

The Ford developed 2.2-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel seen in Land Rover Evoque could make it into the XF facelift, giving Jaguar a presence in the healthy 2.0-litre turbodiesel segment of the luxury market.

Significantly, the upcoming XF facelift could be a the launch pad for the rumoured wagon version expected in some quarters to be introduced at the same time as the sedan -- although other sources suggest it won't appear until 2012.

-- with Carparazzi

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