2016 Jaguar XE is ready to stalk the competition
The XE wears some of the best styling elements from Jaguar's current litter.
Big sedans and sports cars. Jaguar has been known for those two things since the company's name was birthed in 1945. Stylish saloons like the Mark 2 and performance machines like the E-Type make up the brand's heritage, but the compact sedan market is one where the British marque has lacked great product.
The company's last attempt was the X-Type, a vehicle that was oft criticized – rightly or wrongly depending on your viewpoint – for its links with the more pedestrian Ford Mondeo. The lackluster sedan was discontinued in 2009, and since then, Jaguar's smallest, most affordable four-door entry has been the $50,000, four-cylinder, turbocharged XF, a BMW 5 Series challenger. Clearly, if Jaguar wanted to make it as a proper threat to the likes of BMW, Audi, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz, it'd need to sink its claws back into $30,000-to-$40,000 sedan game.
It couldn't do that with another X-Type, though. The vehicle it debuted needed to be stylish, not staid. It needed to have a premium rear-drive pedigree, not the smear of a midsize family sedan. And most importantly, it needed to represent the passion and aristocracy that Jaguars of the past had in such abundance. That vehicle is this new XE.
Big sedans and sports cars. Jaguar has been known for those two things since the company's name was birthed in 1945. Stylish saloons like the Mark 2 and performance machines like the E-Type make up the brand's heritage, but the compact sedan market is one where the British marque has lacked great product.
The company's last attempt was the X-Type, a vehicle that was oft criticized – rightly or wrongly depending on your viewpoint – for its links with the more pedestrian Ford Mondeo. The lackluster sedan was discontinued in 2009, and since then, Jaguar's smallest, most affordable four-door entry has been the $50,000, four-cylinder, turbocharged XF, a BMW 5 Series challenger. Clearly, if Jaguar wanted to make it as a proper threat to the likes of BMW, Audi, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz, it'd need to sink its claws back into $30,000-to-$40,000 sedan game.
It couldn't do that with another X-Type, though. The vehicle it debuted needed to be stylish, not staid. It needed to have a premium rear-drive pedigree, not the smear of a midsize family sedan. And most importantly, it needed to represent the passion and aristocracy that Jaguars of the past had in such abundance. That vehicle is this new XE.
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