Readers of both magazines selected the Jaguar XK as 'The Most Exciting Car to be Launched in 2006'.

Thousands of readers of www.whatcar.com and the woman's glossy magazine Eve voted the new XK as their favourite from a selection of 10 cars not yet on sale, but due to be launched in 2006.

Steve Fowler, Group Editor of WhatCar? Magazine, commented: "This clearly demonstrates the affection that the British public still has for the brand and the excitement when a new Jaguar sports car is around the corner. We're looking forward to giving our own verdict on the car in the coming weeks and maybe this is a good indication for the 'WhatCar? Car of the Year in 2007."

Bibiana Boerio, Managing Director of Jaguar Cars, said: "We are delighted with the very positive reaction the XK is creating already in advance of its launch. We've already had plenty of advanced orders and we're now looking forward to building on this when the XK goes on sale in the UK during spring."

The gorgeous Jaguar XK excites peoples' passion. Building a reputation rapidly, only five months ago, Jaguar revealed the all-new, aluminium XK Coupe at the Frankfurt motor show and weeks ago Jaguar unveiled the XK Convertible at the NAIAS Detroit Motor Show.

The new XK also received the Engineering and Technology Award at the prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards for the industry-leading safety feature +óGé¼GÇ£ the pedestrian deployable bonnet.

Issued by:
Todd Hallenbeck
Public Affairs Manager
Jaguar Australia
65 Epping Road
North Ryde, NSW 2113
(02) 9020-1613
0412-259-635
Thallen2@jaguar.com