The Sport Wagon Enthusiast

XF Sportbrake Rendered, Again

After a recent round of spy photos showing Jaguar’s upcoming XF “Sportbreak,” a gentleman over at PS-Garage has illustrated what the new wagon could look like (revised from this previous drawing). Drawing heavily on the spy photos, Ivan Martinovic has rendered the 5-door Sportbreak is all its glory. Of course, this would be the standard V6 or V8 model—not the expected XFR Sportbrake that really gets our blood boiling.

While Jaguar has confirmed that an XFR Sportbrake is headed for production—with at least 510 horsepower and a 5.0L supercharged V8—the Anglo-British company has remained mum on selling the grocery getter in America. Given the “exclusive” nature of the CTS-V Sport Wagon, the handful of E63 AMG Wagons that Mercedes sells each year, and Audi and BMW’s decision not to sell their battlewagons Stateside, it will come as no surprise if Tata Motors—Jaguar’s parent company—decides to deny Americans even the standard 5-door XF. We’ve just got to keep pushing the logic and practicality of wagons, and perhaps someday soon Americans will ditch their cumbersome SUVs and hop on the bandwagon—err, battlewagon. 

January 16th, 2012 (Source: PS-Garage.com, Rendering by Ivan Martinovic)