RE: Jaguar XE - the full range
Discussion
chrispj said:
hackjo said:
By the way, I'm 34 - which puts me in the target age range. My choice at the moment would be a Merc C-Class. I want luxury and character and a stuck on ipad lookalike in the middle of the dash for my extra money!
Fixed that for you...Although I agree on the stuck on iPad bit! Like the rest of it though.
Interesting (well, ish) to see the difference in weight between the two diesel models, given its presumably the same engine. Have they scrimped on sound proofing to get the headline 99g/km or have they used better tech somewhere.
And if it's the latter, why haven't they translated that across to the somewhat lardy V6?
And if it's the latter, why haven't they translated that across to the somewhat lardy V6?
RicksAlfas said:
J4CKO said:
List price ? when does anyone pay list price ffs, i.e. go into a showroom and pay whats on the price list, they will be leased by and large, so its all down to the monthly cost which is mainly residual and manufacturer discount based.
Company car drivers are taxed on the list price, so it is important to a big proportion of the drivers looking at this car.kambites said:
Hmm, the entry level 3-series diesel is less than £26k from what I can see. I know there will be spec differences, etc. and that BiK rate will help the Jaguar as a company car but that's a pretty hefty difference in headline price. It'll be interesting to see how company leasing costs compare overall.
That one works out about £800 more per year of BiK (so £160 at 20% tax) and about the same for the 320d ED. As you say, it'll come down to lease costs.
Bill said:
And if it's the latter, why haven't they translated that across to the somewhat lardy V6?
That V6 is a real bit of Leyland "f
k it, that'll do" engineering living on - it's the same block as the V8 with the extra two cylinders not being used and with different heads. As such I imagine it's not light for the displacement. You can find pics online of it with a bit of searching.It's s
tty enough when someone makes a 90 degree V6 to share tooling, but leave it to JLR to take it this far. As long as it's not on a bit the customer can see what does it matter though, eh? The spirit of penny pincher Lyons lives on 
soad said:
Rawwr said:
Have you seen the colour choices on the configurator? How depressing.
18 choices for the exterior paint? 
just specced up a V6-S on the website and then a 335i to the same spec and the beemer is 2K cheaper. the jag has more power though.
interestingly the beemer has alot less standard equip, i don't understand why jag don't do that to make the car look cheaper and get people in the showrooms to start with.
Max_Torque said:
Dale487 said:
check how much petrol the other half has used
The answer, every time, is "All of it"........ No woman in her right mind would fill up a car with fuel when she can juuuussst make it home with what's in there. Ideally the car should literally conk out as it rolls up the driveway, which means she has judged it perfectly!The car does look great - I guess this means the XF is going up in price then based on the figures.
V88Dicky said:
So the base diesel is £3k more than the base petrol?
£3000 buys a lot of unleaded, makes me wonder if the diesel is cost effective for anyone doing less than 25k miles pa (which, let's face it, will be most owners).
The CO2 values are shocking on all the petrols so maybe the low prices are there to attract private users rather than company drivers?£3000 buys a lot of unleaded, makes me wonder if the diesel is cost effective for anyone doing less than 25k miles pa (which, let's face it, will be most owners).
SturdyHSV said:
It was rather a lot of hype for the fast one to weigh 1,665kg, which is more than an E92 M3, a car widely regarded (on PH at least) as 'a bit fat'.
Hope it does well for them either way, and that they put the rest of the V8 in one. No doubt that will weigh 1,800kg by then...
I felt I needed to update my earlier post Hope it does well for them either way, and that they put the rest of the V8 in one. No doubt that will weigh 1,800kg by then...
RicksAlfas said:
V88Dicky said:
So the base diesel is £3k more than the base petrol?
£3000 buys a lot of unleaded, makes me wonder if the diesel is cost effective for anyone doing less than 25k miles pa (which, let's face it, will be most owners).
The CO2 values are shocking on all the petrols so maybe the low prices are there to attract private users rather than company drivers?£3000 buys a lot of unleaded, makes me wonder if the diesel is cost effective for anyone doing less than 25k miles pa (which, let's face it, will be most owners).
Someone commented on price being near the XF - no different from BMW where a 320d specced up to match 520d (satnav, xenons and leather) is actually more expensive
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