2016 Jaguar XE Diesel UK-Spec Review - Automobile
There are enough challenging, fast curves and undulating pavement, especially near Jaguar’s Gaydon development center, to reveal a car’s chassis dynamics. Driving the new Jaguar XE briskly down this wonderful section of the Fosse makes it clear engineers have nailed the chassis setup. This is good news for Jaguar. The Indian-owned company sold just 15,773 cars in a strong U. S. market last year, down nearly 7 percent from 2013. Audi and Lexus each posted sales increases of about 15 percent. Even Maserati came within 3,000 cars of catching Jaguar’s U. S. sales in 2014. Our test car burned the fuel of choice for many European buyers: diesel. Jaguar offers U. K. buyers 163 hp and 180 hp versions of its new Ingenium 2. 0-liter turbodiesel I-4. We drove the more powerful of the two hitched to an eight-speed automatic. Yes, the diesel is coming to the U. S. We’ll get the top-spec XE S too, with the F-Type’s 340 hp, supercharged V-6 paired only to an automatic transmission. Let’s hope Jaguar sorts out the gasoline Ingenium engine because the diesel isn’t too impressive. The majority of XEs sold in our country will surely come with the gasoline 2. 0-liter turbocharged four once it finally makes it to production. Source: www.automobilemag.com
