my dad had an '02 X-type sport (3.0 5spd). that thing was far from impressive. handled like shit. i once had the gas pedal get stuck to the floor on me.
the gauges would randomly stop working. you would look down, and the cluster was dead. haha. he got it new, too. got rid of it with like 20k on it. if it makes a difference, i always loved how they looked.