RE: Jaguar XE - full details
Discussion
The rear end is bland, compared to the other Jag offerings, but all else seems very very attractive, benchmarking the 3 series was and is a no brainer, proportions therefore would seem an obvious engineering starting point, if only Audi and Alfa had done similar...
As a 3 box design it's up there with the best, nicley detailed and does without going all flamey-surface, subtle and stylish but modern and fresh (if not entirley orginal or ground breaking).
Very keen to see it in the flesh.
As a 3 box design it's up there with the best, nicley detailed and does without going all flamey-surface, subtle and stylish but modern and fresh (if not entirley orginal or ground breaking).
Very keen to see it in the flesh.
P4ROT said:
It looks cool and I'm sure it will be to drive/own, but how can it ever live up to the amount of hype that has been lavished upon it. For God's sake, it's a small executive saloon not a mini Veyron!
Modern design,modern engines, modern alu body. It could move the game on a lot, which makes it significant. And dont worry about the 2l D not making money: I doubt the base 320d makes money either. But nobody buys the base model. m sport, better stereo etc et . thats where the profit is, always has been.i need a new car in. December. the XE will be first on my list
Max_Torque said:
Look at the window aperture, the black highline, the way the rear wheels sit in the arches, the short high tail, the 1.5deg nose down rake, all classic M3 signatures that JLR have sensibly copied for their car!
![](http://images.pistonheads.com/nimg/30800/JaguarXEUnveil_06-L.jpg)
There is an obvious resemblance IMO. A lot of PHers seem to lack acuity when comparing cars, as thoroughly proved in another thread.![](http://images.pistonheads.com/nimg/30800/JaguarXEUnveil_06-L.jpg)
Was browsing another car site, and couldn't help but notice how strong the family resemblance really is:
![](http://thumbsnap.com/sc/IyIjqZW2.png)
I'm genuinely struggling to tell them apart from that angle.
Although in this image, from the wing mirrors back it looks very BMW indeed (as others have pointed out):
![](http://images.pistonheads.com/nimg/30800/JaguarXEUnveil_08.jpg)
It's a hard segment to get right - being too different or exciting seems to scare buyers off. I think playing it safe like they have is a prudent, if uninspiring, move.
![](http://thumbsnap.com/sc/IyIjqZW2.png)
I'm genuinely struggling to tell them apart from that angle.
Although in this image, from the wing mirrors back it looks very BMW indeed (as others have pointed out):
![](http://images.pistonheads.com/nimg/30800/JaguarXEUnveil_08.jpg)
It's a hard segment to get right - being too different or exciting seems to scare buyers off. I think playing it safe like they have is a prudent, if uninspiring, move.
Edited by Dazed & Confused on Monday 8th September 21:38
Kong said:
This is the opposite of most British cars which look superb but lag behind the Germans in engineering, this one has the specs to rival the Germans but looks a bit boring.
That low Co2 is a major plus, expect a lot of these on fleet.
Which German models are more stylish? That low Co2 is a major plus, expect a lot of these on fleet.
All equally dull.
I'm genuinely impressed with what I've seen so far. Looking forward to finding out if Jaguar have managed to capitalise on the aluminium underpinnings to bring in the base model sub 1,400kgs. Then I'll be really impressed. Roll on an AWD Touring derivative and yet another 3 Series Touring for High Command might not be the default choice...
I actually quite like that and think it'll look superb in black on black . I just wish that Jag would stop using the leaping jaguar logo on the boot lid and steering wheel as my OCD doesn't like it but that's a very minor complaint. I'm looking forward to testing the 3.0 d as soon as it's available
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