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That grey and those wheels always looks great on the XE. Very nice. Is it the 340 or 380 bhp version?
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Thanks mate. I felt the same way when buying, preferred something just a bit more distinct and subtle.
Cheers
340 PS I think, although it's a 2017 so I am going to remember to ask Jaguar one of these days.Indeed. Thankfully though you don't get the wife-swapping offers like I'd heard about.
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The XE S looks absolutely superb. I was lucky enough to drive one ages back and they are wonderful cars.
Such a shame that they were replaced by the AWD 300hp 4 pot - it's just not the same. I can only imagine it was a forced move by ever increasing emission standards!
Such a shame that they were replaced by the AWD 300hp 4 pot - it's just not the same. I can only imagine it was a forced move by ever increasing emission standards!
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Agreed on all fronts AJ. The XE is a far better car than I am a driver; it's impressive just how well Jaag got it to handle, and a shame it's no longer paired with an engine that does that chassis justice.
Moving to a four-pot was (afaik) forced by road tax increases (as you say, emission basically) and by the fact that V6s were only about 3-5% of sales. Thankfully from my perspective tens of millions of the engines were produced.
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So why is there still a 6 cylinder petrol 3 Series?
Other than the first year rate which consumers never really think about as it ends up in the OTR cost there is no difference in VED rate whether you have a 4 pot XE or a V8 Range Rover, they all pay the same rate assuming both are over 40k new.
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Eu6d final compliance. Hence you can still get 6 cylinders in other markets much like the F type engine.
One of my biggest motoring disappointments was the interior quality of the 2015+ Jaguar XF. Is the XE the same?
I just couldn't believe how poor it was inside, switches that would barely be acceptable in a basic Vauxhall.
Hopefully they've improved it significantly these days.
I just couldn't believe how poor it was inside, switches that would barely be acceptable in a basic Vauxhall.
Hopefully they've improved it significantly these days.
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21MY is a huge upgrade just as the real juice engines drop out. Just too late even with the significant price changes - much cheaper now.
oh I didn’t say it wasn’t possible-did I?
It was why it was dropped, not the tax reasons in the conversation.
Due to the ordered of magitude of size of JLR compared to BMW etc coupled with the new range of Ingenium straight 6 engines being developed at the same time the AJ126 V6 simple hasn’t been recalibrated with the hardware changes needed for EU emissions. The coins have to be spent with a degree of logic.
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Why did you quote half of what I said and pose a question that was answered by the other half?
One of my biggest motoring disappointments was the interior quality of the 2015+ Jaguar XF. Is the XE the same?
I just couldn't believe how poor it was inside, switches that would barely be acceptable in a basic Vauxhall.
Hopefully they've improved it significantly these days.
It's definitely not the strongest point for me; they only remedied this fully with the 2020 facelift. The 2017 MY still has cheap window switches and a couple of other weak points but is mostly fine.
Because it still applies - neither of the 6 cylinder variants of either car I mention account for more than 3-5% of sales either.
I guess the real reason is that 3% of poor sales anyway is a very small number.
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A bit under a quarter million have been made so far. Given that and how I can accelerate at the same rate as the cars you mentioned while emitting a glorious V6 sound, I'm fine to have the less common car.
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ooff right in the hurts, I'm going to paint more of my car black
Start with the windows.ooff right in the hurts, I'm going to paint more of my car black
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Welcome to the Jaaaaag club philo-sofa. I've not seen you accused of smoking a pipe, wearing slippers and having leather elbow patches yet, but I'm sure one of the regular founts of all wisdom will oblige soon.
Start with the windows.
I already have 100% all round including an 80cm windscreen strip.