Well my order finally went through today. I effect it was on hold because of the change to MY2018 production. The big surprise was that BRG has been discontinued and I had to re-think colours. Alis is not so happy but I have decided on the new Firenze Red and a slight change in the wheel design.
Why on earth the powers that be decided to discontinue the green I can not imagine. Alis favoured the Loire Blue but it is a very dark metallic blue that when not in direct sunlight is dead, almost a black.
I also played with the idea of specifying the new 250hp petrol engine (there is a choice of the 180hp and new 240hp diesel, or the 250hp petrol on the AWD models) but the extra cost of tax, €200 a year), extra insurance and higher fuel consumption persuaded me to stay with the 180hp diesel.
So in the end the car will be a Jaguar SE R-Sport AWD Automatic in Firenze red with some little touches of chrome trim, black leather upholstery, oyster hoodlining (I thought the black hood lining makes it too dark inside), and a few little extras. The MY2018 model also comes with a few little improvements over the previous model including a clever electronic noise cancelling system.
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