Jaguar XE to be updated for 2019
Struggling junior Jag to get overhaul next year that will include the arrival of 48-volt mild hybrid techIt was touted as the junior Jag to finally take on the BMW 3-Series, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and the Audi A4, but Jaguar XE sales remain limp.
That’s why Jaguar will launch a face-lifted version of the Jaguar XE next year, just four years after the mid-sized sedan launched in 2015 amid great fanfare.
Yet sources insist Jaguar’s upgrades to its struggling baby car won’t fix its core issues that include a lack of a wagon in a wagon-heavy business segment, high emissions and noisy diesel engines.
Furthermore, Jaguar insiders insist there are no plans for a plug-in hybrid version of the XE, which will have just another three years to run after its face-lift.
While the new Evoque will have a plug-in hybrid option within 18 months, the XE’s architecture was never conceived to carry it and it would cost JLR too much to modify its engineering to sell for too short a time.
It will, however, move to a 48-Volt mild-hybrid setup to boost both the efficiency and the strength at low revs of its XE. However, the efficiency gains will be offset by the more realistic WLTP emissions test figures.
Its interior features are expected to score a massive and welcome boost though, adopting much of the dash technology from the I-Pace electric car and improved interior materials.
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