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Following the completion of the 2,884-miles coast-to-coast trip in a standard, UK-registered, right-hand drive XF 2.2D, the British automaker has now released a short film recording bits and pieces from the journey made by independent testers, David and Alexander Madgwick, mixed with facts about the car.

You may have noticed that instead of the original gunmetal gray finish, the all-aluminium sports coupe shown in the City of Angels was redone in a Neutron White. But besides that, there are no other changes.

The British company has already begun work on the production version as evidenced by the test mule captured on film by our scoop photographers back in mid-September.

At the Los Angeles presentation, Jaguar's Global Brand Director, Adrian Hallmark said that the C-X16 represents the best of Jaguar and that it brought the car to the States to test the waters.

Packing 550HP and 680Nm (501 lb-ft) of torque from its supercharged 5.0-liter V8 that was borrowed from XKR-S coupe, the convertible model accelerates from standstill to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 4.2 seconds and can reach an electronically limited top speed of 300 km/h (186 mph).

The British-registered, right-hand drive model was brought to the U.S. by Jaguar to showcase the qualities of its diesel-powered XF, which was recently introduced in Europe but is not offered in the States.

Jaguar says that the executive sedan returned an average fuel economy of 62.9 mpg, though the company did not clarify* if the number is US mpg or Imperial mpg – if it's the latter, then it equals to 52.4 mpg US / 4.5lt per 100km.

The new Sport Pack contains a number of exterior and interior design features and is available on all XJ models while Jaguar's second option, the Speed Pack, is exclusive to supercharged models equipped with the Sport Pack.

For an as-of-yet unspecified amount, the Sport Pack enhances the XJ with an aerodynamic kit that comprises of a front splitter beneath the bumper and a discrete bootlid lip.

To do so, Jaguar brought a British-registered, right-hand drive XF 2.2-litre diesel model to the U.S. with the intent of crossing the country from New York City to Los Angeles in seven days, in a journey that spans more than 2,800 miles and 11 states.

According to CR's survey, which is based on responses from 1.3 million vehicles owners, Ford’s drop from 10th to 20th place among 28 carmakers can be attributed to two main factors. The first is that all three of Ford’s new models, i.e. the Explorer, Fiesta and Focus, scored below average in reliability in their first year on the market.