2016 Jaguar XE Sneak Preview - Automobile Magazine
Consider that BMW sold 119,521 3- and 4-series models here last year, nearly twice as many cars as Jaguar and Land Rover combined (66,962 units)—and that’s after all-wheel-drive versions of the Jaguar XF and XJ launched late in the year gave those... Now that Jaguar is freed of its ties to the Ford Motor Company, its cynical attempt to enter the segment with the X-Type, an all-wheel-drive sedan and wagon based on the front-wheel-drive Ford Mondeo, is all but forgotten. The Jaguar XE will be the first model to ride on Jaguar’s new aluminum-intensive architecture, which can be cut and sized to different wheelbases and overall lengths. In fact, the Jaguar XE will force the next XF, the brand’s BMW 5-series competitor, to get bigger, with better space utilization and efficiency and more refinement when it is replaced, also in 2016. Volume engines for the Jaguar XE will be a 2.... The company promises that the F-type’s V-6 will be available in the Jaguar XE, which probably means both the 340-hp and the 380-hp versions of the supercharged 3. 0-liter will be offered. Source: www.automobilemag.com
