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Jaguar XJ Diesel – The Swansong plaudit

The Jaguar XJ 2.7 Diesel has won the 'Greenest Luxury Car' Award And although one of the strengths of Jaguar has been its heritage it has, to a degree, also become its Achilles Heel. The first Jaguar XJs were a triumph when they were launched in 1968, and put Jaguar leaps and bounds ahead of the German competition, in the same way Jaguar had taken the world by storm with the E-Type a few years before. But things started to fall apart for Jaguar in the ’70s with the fiasco that was British Leyland, and by trying to emulate Porsche by making each iteration of the XJ an evolution of the original all they managed to do was cement in the public mindset the failings of the XJ.

Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV (2009) unveiled

By Ben Pulman First Official Pictures 01 October 2009 15:20 This is the Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV, the Japanese car company’s star attraction at this month’s 2009 Tokyo motor show. The concept tag is obvious, but the PX part designates the show car as a plug-in hybrid crossover, and MiEV stands for Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle. Externally the PX-MiEV drops heavy hints towards the styling of the next Outlander, but Mitsubishi has pared back the design and purposely avoided adding the 'rugged'’ elements so common to SUVs.

Ford Racing Raptor Assault school helps you learn to drive, jump and crawl

There are plenty of high-performance driving schools featuring sporty favorites such as the Mazda Miata, BMW M3 and Cadillac CTS-V. But if that’s not your forte, Ford and Miller Motorsports Park in Utah are offering a chance to learn the ins and outs of your Ford F-150 SVT Raptor pickup at the Ford Racing Raptor Assault program. The program provides hands-on experience at Miller’s state-of-the-art off-road course that includes an 8-acre rock-crawling course, a 22-acre high-speed off-road course and a 900-acre desert racing course to put it all together.