Vehicle Design

Vehicle design

The body
The XF adopts the latest generation steels, especially in the upper body including high carbon steels, dual-phase, hotformed boron steels, and bake-hardened steels to form a vertical safety ring around the occupant cell. As well as combining strength with lightness, these steels improve corrosion resistance, by making best use of zinc and improving e-coat paint flow and new thinking means that in spite of their strength, the XF s A and B-pillars are impressively slim, to the benefit of both visibility and accessibility. Similarly, the lower sills are the first component on any Jaguar to use incredibly strong, dual-phase DP600 steel.

The safety of the driver and the passengers is paramount for every body design. There are two key safety aspects in the body:
- Safety passenger cell
- Crumple zones

Safety passenger cell
- Stable pillars, rocker panel and door profiles.
- Side impact protection in the doors.
- Doors are designed to open even in the event of extreme deformation.

Crumple zone
- Dynamic absorption of deforming forces.
- Protection of the passenger cell.

Vehicle Design