A front passenger airbag made the headlines, along with revised suspension tuning to tame the allegedly twitchy rear end.
New trim, better front seats, increased crash protection, greater refinement and improved boot security are also EF II highlights.
The XR6’s 164kW/366Nm 4.0L I6 and XR8’s 170kW/398Nm 5.0L V8 engines’ outputs remained the same as before. The wagon variant was discontinued.
New standard features: leather steering wheel, new gold “4.0i” badge.