Jaguar’s XJ sedan has been little more

The big, luxurious sedans you see waiting outside of high-end hotels probably get too much attention from the people who cover cars for a living. After all, only a few thousand of these are sold per month in the U.S. and most of them aren't even all that much fun to drive. They're big, luxurious and heavy, carrying large engines that huff air like elephants not so much because they're incredibly fast but because most need to make up for their Caterpillar-like curb weight.



I imagine each one with an aorta lined with Kobe beef, clogged and straining with blood vessels turned to 11.

For the last decade, buyers of these sorts of cars have predominantly chosen models from Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Lexus. Jaguar’s XJ sedan has been little more than an afterthought. The brand’s total sales in the U.S. peaked in 2002 at 61,000 cars, the vast majority of those being X-Types, the low-rent Jag created out of a cheap, midsize Ford. Last year reflected how badly the brand’s sales have cratered, as dealers moved only 12,000 Jaguars and only a few XJ’s.