article_snippet: Jaguar has launched Jaguar new XF compact sports saloon in spectacular fashion with the world's first dramatic 'high-wire drive' over water on cables just an inch thick.
article_snippet: the new Jaguar XF was revealed during a dramatic 'high-wire' water crossing in the heart of London's business district.
article_snippet: the new Jaguar XF took place high over the Royal Dock in London's Canary Wharf today.
article_snippet: the new Jaguar XF traverses the high-wire during the new Jaguar XF incredible unveiling in London today .
article_snippet: the new Jaguar XF was driven across the wires by British stuntman Jim Dowdell, a veteran of action stunts in the Bond and Indiana Jones films .
article_snippet: Dowdell drove the new Jaguar XF 240m across a high-wire (pictured) to demonstrate its lightweight aluminium construction .
article_snippet: Jaguar teamed up with expert stuntman Jim Dowdell – a veteran of dramatic action stunts in movies including the Bond and Bourne series, as well as Indiana Jones, to perform 'a world first high-wire water crossing' in the all-new aluminium-intensive Jaguar XF using wires just over an inch thick.
article_snippet: Dowdell drove the all-new Jaguar XF 240metres across a high-wire to demonstrate the new XF's lightweight aluminium-intensive construction and agility.
article_snippet: A Jaguar spokesman said: 'The dramatic drive across two 34mm-diameter wires suspended high above water, highlights the lightweight and agile credentials of the new XF.'
article_snippet: The high-wire feat is also a fitting symbol for the sort of high-wire act Britain's Jaguar is performing for real to take on far bigger German rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
article_snippet: A Jaguar weight was dangled beneath the vehicle to help keep A Jaguar weight balance as A Jaguar weight is driven over the River Thames .
article_snippet: Here is pictured as the new XF is lifted onto the high-wire today .
highlights_snippet: Jaguar tonight launched Jaguar new XF compact sports saloon in a dramatic high-wire crossing in Canary Wharf .
  
highlights_snippet: Pictures show Jaguar balancing precariously over the River Thames as Jaguar is driven by stuntman Jim Dowdell .
  