Jaguar Land Rover India will launch the much-awaited Jaguar XE sedan by the end of 2015. The company is also planning to locally assemble the new entry level sedan, thus helping the company make it price competitive in the market.
First unveiled at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, the Jaguar XE saloon will go on sale in the first quarter of 2015. It will be the company’s first ever volume luxury car market in the country. Jaguar is aiming to avoid CBU route for the saloon and by locally assembling the sedan, the company could price it well against its rivals in the country.
The Jaguar XE saloon will be made available in both petrol and diesel fuel options. The oil burner is the 4-cylinder, 2.0-litre Ingenium turbocharged motor that is available with two state of tunes- 163bhp and 380Nm of peak torque and the 180bhp and 430Nm of top torque. Both engines are paired to a six-speed manual transmission gearbox as standard, while an optional eight-speed ZF automatic transmission too will be on offer.
The gasoline model has the 2.0-litre turbocharged engine that also offers two states of tunes- 200bhp/280Nm and 240bhp/340Nm. It is paired to an automatic transmission gearbox. The sportier XE S variant features the supercharged V6 3.0-litre engine that is good for 340bhp and 450Nm of peak torque.
