Well, they are beautiful, but...they look to me as though they are trying too hard. I have, on occasion, seen an XF next to my 05 S-Type, and they look posh and expensive, but not nearly as cosseting and engaging as my car. Maybe it`s the color...all the new Jags I have seen recently were black, save one dark-silver XF. Mind you, I am a ranty old git, so techno-wizardry gadgetry doesn`t have much appeal to me...that is what I hated on the 5-series!
The new XJ, on the other hand, looks almost too discrete for what it is, and looks a bit too much like a bigger XF. It is only the rear that is really very different...it reminds me of Lancias, and that is not a good thing!
They really should do a model for the C-segment (3-series, A4, C-class), without the old XJ looks. Killing the X-Type didn`t do them any favours...
To me, the S-Type looks better than the XF. The new XJ looks better than the old XJ (but only a bit...), and the old X-Type looks better than... no car at all really...
But all that is on the outside. On the inside, the new cars look fantastic, even better than mine, and enormously better than anything German or Japanese. Only the Italians seem to come close...but, having been in an XF, I would say they are only one small step away from falling into the techno trap that has caught BMW and Mercedes...alienating older buyers after a few hours of use. Build quality in the interiors seems very, very good, better than the BMWs I have been in. For me, the styling in the interior is more appealling than on the exterior. My car, in comparison, is a bit too old fashioned styling-wise...
Just my opinion.
DF