After
opening a new cold-weather
testing facility in International Falls, MN, it makes sense
that Jaguar's next step would be
to drive an XJ
to the coldest city on Earth! Two standard Jaguar XJ vehicles with
Instinctive All Wheel Drive have returned successfully from a 2000-mile
round trip journey to the frozen tundra.
On December 19th, thermometers in Dawson City recorded -56F, reportedly making the gold-rush town in Canada's Yukon Territory the coldest town on the planet - so cold in fact that if you threw a cup of hot water in the air, it instantly turned into a mini blizzard, freezing before it hit the ground.
Perhaps the greatest North American drive in the depths of winter, the aim of the journey was to drive from the Yukon capital Whitehorse to a point of perpetual sunset in the shortest daylight week of the year. The cars employed for the epic adventure were a pair of Jaguar's recently launched Instinctive All Wheel Drive models, powered by the new 340hp 3-liter supercharged V6 engine.
The adventure has been captured in a film that follows the expedition into the Arctic Circle. Starting at Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon and an important point of the Alaska Highway, the cars followed the mighty Yukon River north to Dawson City, scene of the gold rush in the 1890's. Dawson is located at the bottom end of the Dempster Highway, domain of the Ice Road Truckers, which runs past the Arctic Circle to the town of Inuvik in the Northwest Territories.
While conditions aren't quite so severe here in central Indiana, it's still cold and we're bound to get at least one more snowfall before Spring arrives. If you're looking for a luxury vehicle that can handle the elements with style and comfort (hello, heated steering wheel!) visit Tom Wood Jaguar Indianapolis today.
On December 19th, thermometers in Dawson City recorded -56F, reportedly making the gold-rush town in Canada's Yukon Territory the coldest town on the planet - so cold in fact that if you threw a cup of hot water in the air, it instantly turned into a mini blizzard, freezing before it hit the ground.
Perhaps the greatest North American drive in the depths of winter, the aim of the journey was to drive from the Yukon capital Whitehorse to a point of perpetual sunset in the shortest daylight week of the year. The cars employed for the epic adventure were a pair of Jaguar's recently launched Instinctive All Wheel Drive models, powered by the new 340hp 3-liter supercharged V6 engine.
The adventure has been captured in a film that follows the expedition into the Arctic Circle. Starting at Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon and an important point of the Alaska Highway, the cars followed the mighty Yukon River north to Dawson City, scene of the gold rush in the 1890's. Dawson is located at the bottom end of the Dempster Highway, domain of the Ice Road Truckers, which runs past the Arctic Circle to the town of Inuvik in the Northwest Territories.
While conditions aren't quite so severe here in central Indiana, it's still cold and we're bound to get at least one more snowfall before Spring arrives. If you're looking for a luxury vehicle that can handle the elements with style and comfort (hello, heated steering wheel!) visit Tom Wood Jaguar Indianapolis today.
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