Thought we’ve seen enough teasers of the Jaguar XE? Wrong – the company has just released one more on its Twitter and Instagram accounts before it pulls the cover off its BMW 3 Series fighter later in the evening in the UK (or early tomorrow morning on our side of the world).
Nothing much to be seen here, just a picture of the cloaked side profile of the car, with the cloth hitched up to reveal the XF-like front, the handsome wheels and a peek at the fender vents. The figure it cuts seems quite a bit slinkier than the more upright F30 3 Series, again much like how the XF has a sleeker roofline than the F10 5 Series. With Jaguar’s standard sedans already looking like this, no need for four-door coupes!
The XE sits on a all-new, mostly aluminium architecture with an F-Type-based front suspension and Jaguar’s new “Integral Link” rear suspension. Power comes from a range of new turbocharged Ingenium engines that will find their way under the bonnets of Jaguars and Land Rovers to come.
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Not only do they look good, they drive pretty well too.
Especially with the new Ingenium lineup, I am very curious how they are going to give the Germans a run for the money. Currently, in the 2.0 longitudinal 4 pot turbocharged race, BMW’s N20B20 seems to have the highest horsepower at 245bhp, while Audi’s EA888 CDNC and Mercedes’ M274 unit produces about 210bhp, with the same 350Nm as the BMW unit (all in the highest tune, no the A45 AMG is a transverse engine).
If the Coventry boys can wring out more torque and efficiency, it would be very interesting to see the XE going against the 3er. One thing is for sure, you step out of a Jag, you will be noticed, unlike say a BMW, Merc or Audi cause those have literally flooded our roads.
great car…but questionable aftersales