Family motoring on an elegant scale

Jaguar’s new XF Sportbrake estate is a reminder that SUVs aren’t the only option for family motoring, writes Shane O’Donoghue

The Jaguar XF Sportbrake smooths out poor road surfaces and makes long journeys a doddle

Back in 2016, when Jaguar chose to launch its first SUV, the F-Pace, it wouldn’t be drawn on the future of its large executive estate car, the XF Sportbrake, and many industry commentators assumed it was doomed to the scrapheap as the world goes SUV-mad. America has certainly given up on ‘station wagons’ and the Irish market has never been massively keen, but it seems there’s enough demand throughout the rest of Europe ...