With this car Jaguar the BMW 3 Series of attacks
Posted on 19-07-2014 at 10:33 by sir_smokalot – 11 Comments”
On september 8, upcoming reveals for Jaguar, the XE, a mid-sized sedan that is in the waters of the 3 Series and its going to go. What we all know already about the ‘small’ Jag?
In contrast to the C-X17 Concept takes Jaguar with the XE: no years of previous steps with concepts, but just an announcement and a smooth launch. Boom. The latest XE-expansion within the group is located under the XJ and the XF; what is bad for the profit margin, but good for the afzetcijfers. As the audience gasps at least.
On the basis of 3 ‘A’s, we try the heart of the XE, to summarize:
Aluminum
Both cast, as forged, take this bright metal a central place in. Parent company Tata called it 5 years ago, and on the car now is less weight is becoming more and more important. Not only the sheet metal parts, but also front and rear suspension to make use of alumnium components, as shown in the following infographic (click for full resolution):
Rear-wheel drive
The basis for the car is a layout with the engine in the front, and the drive to the rear wheels. This makes the credentials of a ‘rijdersauto’ can only be good.
All Surface Progression Control (ASPC)
This is PR-speak for a system that the disadvantages of RWD should be to dampen. Especially in winter/slippery conditions, you’re bad with rear-wheel drive, but according to Jag catches their new pinch of this: “ASPC can gain traction woth far less drama than a human driver can achieve, and without the driver using the pedals‘. That sounds like a very clever differential with a lot of computing behind it.
But it is also a verkooptopper?
That is the million dollar question, and depending on two things: motoriseringen and depreciation. The instance that mierenneuker on the Green Hell spotted is a dikuitvoering with 3.0 liter V6, which we have already once before, on video along the way, but there will also be a viercilindermodel. The question is, however, whether Jaguar, the XE also with ultra-diesel can relax, because here is the volume in the European market.
In addition, the ancient scourge of a non-German D-segmenter in review: the amount of depreciation. On a Jag you book per year, still significantly more than on a similar car on the continent. For the prijskoper is this a red flag, making you, ultimately, only the lover as a customer left. How nice your car is, for the figures shoot.
Compare the above example with the Cadillac ATS: widely praised as an excellent car, but he sells (here) for no meter.
About the Jaguar XE, we know soon more. In the run-up to the unveiling will be the group very dosed all the pieces of information that we are not all going to write. About the end result, of course. Until that time, we have the thick packed test model in the field of view. Photos autojunk.nl.
UPDATE: even more photos of the XE are HERE!