WHISPER IT, BUT I’VE NEVER REALLY BEEN a fan of Jaguars. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve not had any bad experiences with them that have led me to this judgement, rather it’s an irrational view based entirely on my dad’s absolute blind devotion to the brand. He’s had loads over the years before settling on an X-type – probably the closest he’ll get to living out his Inspector Morse fantasy. Such is his obsession that throughout my three months running the XE 300 Sport you see here, it was the first thing he asked about on the weekly box-ticking Sunday phone call. ‘So, you don’t want to know your grandson’s GCSE results, no?’
However, when KW72 TYK turned up at evo Towers, my lifetime of prejudice evaporated. The XE may have been on sale since 2015, but taking a good look around one again I was struck by how fresh it still looks. No
