Road Test Jaguar X-Type 2.0d Sport Estate Frugal Good-Looker by David Finlay (21 Jun 05) As I pulled in to the service station for the first fill-up in this test, with 504 miles showing on the tripmeter, I was thinking warm thoughts about the X-Type diesel estate. Its un-Jaguarlike fuel economy had a lot to do with this, of course, but there was more to it than that. For a start, I like the way it looks, both inside and out. I'm happier with the X-Type saloon's shape than other people seem to be, but I'd be the first to claim that the estate is several degrees more handsome yet. And the fact that Jaguar is clearly happier to be building large, luxury saloons than medium-sized estates - which counts against the X-Type in many ways - at least means that owners of the company's smallest model benefit from Jaguar's superb ability at creating

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