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Jaguar Land Rover’s new range of Ingenium diesel engines, first seen on the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Dscovery Sport, have now made their way into the other half of the business.
The range-topping unit is a 236bhp four-cylinder twin-turbo, which has been fitted to the all-wheel-drive version of the class-leading XE saloon. That AWD version was introduced last year as Jaguar’s next step to expand into markets dominated by the likes of Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
As before, the drive system is rear-biased, diverting power to the front wheels when needed. And, as before, there’s a cost to the AWD system: weight. In fact, adding in the twin-turbo and extra bits of the engine means this version of the XE weighs 1650kg; an increase of 35kg over the 178bhp diesel that previously topped the range. But this is offset by that extra 58bhp, which increases the top speed from 140mph to 155mph and, at 6.1sec, is 1.8sec quicker to reach 62mph.
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Symanski
Jaguar on the rise!
Jaguar is on the rise, with innovative engines and technology. And style too.
BMW are on the wane with unreliable engines. Leaving owners with bills running in to the thousands, sometimes even more than the car is worth.
And Audi are hoping you don't relise they're the same as VW, Seat, Skoda, and probably also have the same cheat software somewhere!
Mercedes? Busy dominating F1 for the last few years!
Overdrive
It's all class leading, don't you know?
Yeah, sure! :)
<this also makes one wonder the verasity of the 'class leading' dynamics claim>
Andrew1
Error: 500Nm not lb ft. Or 369 lb ft
:)
typos1
500lbs/ft ? I dont think so.
500lbs/ft ? I dont think so.
Ski Kid
yes it is 500 pounds of torque from 1500 revs
that is good even more than the 3 litre petrol supercharged 380bhp model at 450 torque who says diesel is dead,load of crap talked about it ,diesel is a bye product of petrol anyway so you can't have one without the other ,also lower co2 nitrox about the same for new cars euro 6just get rid of pre 2006 diesels.also high compression petrol engines will be the next to hit the fan apparantly worse on nitrox than dieselsdue to high compression levels according to Autocar.
Cobalt is mainly mined in dcongo republic prices sensitive along with lithium so badly polluting to mine and will incrase significantly if electric vehicles take off.The whole policy is seriously flaweduntill you can use alternatives for the battery packs.
scrap
XE in 'industry' spec. If you
XE in 'industry' spec. If you do 20k + miles a year and can afford it, get one of these. Driving position and dynamics soothe your soul better than a squishy dashboard. But touchscreens in cars are a stupid idea.
Cobnapint
Not convinced.
The steering wheel, interior and the rear end still make me gag.
Citytiger
Nearly £40k, and they have the
ball to charge £420 for split folding rear seats, BMW only charge £255..
gagaga
Citytiger wrote:
Was specing up one of these - pretty much all the tick-boxes are twice the BMW rates - reader-view camera, foldeing mirrors, the lot.
Yes, I know it's their profit margin on these cars, but people aren't stupid and notice this.
gagaga
gagaga wrote:
Damn, my spelling gene is broken.
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