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The Car Nerd with Jason Hassett

Hassett Studios

Leisure

Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 76

Welcome to The Car Nerd by Jason Hassett, your go-to destination for all things automotive excellence. From legendary classic cars and cutting-edge engineering innovations to the thrilling world of racing, F1, and electric vehicles, this channel dives into the heart of the past, present, and future of the automotive world. Originally launched in 2020 as "The Grand Prick" and later "Wheel Sports," this channel has evolved alongside my passion for all things racing and automotive. While Formula 1 remains close to my heart, The Car Nerd now expands to cover stories of automotive

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Jaguar X-Type: The Greatest Ford Mondeo Ever Built

Sunday, September 13, 2026 • Duration 29:21

In 2001, Jaguar launched the car that was supposed to transform the company.

Ford had spent billions rebuilding Jaguar, but the brand was still selling nowhere near enough cars. The answer was Project X400: a compact executive saloon designed to take Jaguar directly into the territory dominated by the BMW 3-Series, Mercedes C-Class and Audi A4.

There was just one problem.

Underneath, it was based on the same platform as the Ford Mondeo.

The British press called it a Mondeo in a dinner jacket. Critics accused Jaguar of diluting one of the most prestigious names in motoring. And yet beneath the badge engineering jokes was a far stranger story — bespoke Jaguar engines, rear-biased all-wheel drive, one of the most dramatically improved factories in Europe, and a car that briefly gave Jaguar its best-ever year in America.

This is the story of the Jaguar X-Type — arguably the greatest Ford Mondeo ever made.

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We uncover why Ford believed Jaguar needed to sell 200,000 cars a year, why the X-Type ended up using the next Ford Mondeo's platform instead of a bespoke rear-wheel-drive chassis, and how Jaguar tried to turn a transverse-engine family-car architecture into a genuine BMW 3-Series rival.

We look at the heavily reworked Duratec V6 engines, Jaguar's Traction-4 all-wheel-drive system and its rear-biased 40:60 torque split, the real amount of the car that was actually shared with the Mondeo, and how Ford completely rebuilt the notoriously troubled Halewood factory to produce it.

We also explore the X-Type's surprisingly strong launch, its battle with the BMW 3-Series, Audi A4 and Mercedes C-Class, why Jaguar introduced cheaper front-wheel-drive and diesel versions, and how a car launched as an AWD petrol V6 sports saloon eventually became best known as a front-wheel-drive diesel estate.

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