You Can Now Have A Jaguar XE With The F-Type's 297bhp Four-Pot

Jaguar's powerful new inline-four can now be specced in the XE, XF and F-Pace

26 Jun 2017

You Can Now Have A Jaguar XE With The F-Type's 297bhp Four-Pot

Sharing is most definitely caring in the car industry, so it should come as no surprise that just a couple of months on from announcing a new 297bhp inline-four for the F-Type, Jaguar has confirmed the engine will make its way through the most of the current stable.

The engine is being introduced to the XE, XF and F-Pace ranges. In the XE, that means a 0-62mph time of 5.5 seconds - just half a second down on the XE S, while giving 41.5mpg on the combined cycle, compared to 35 in the S.

So it’ll be damn near as quick as the range-topping, V6-powered model, but significantly more efficient. It won’t sound as good, of course, but hey - you can’t have everything.

The XF is good for 40mpg combined and a 0-62mph time of 5.6 seconds, and finally the F-Pace SUV musters 37mpg and completes the benchmark sprint in six seconds dead.

Tempted? You’re looking at £38,145 for the XE, £44,335 for the XF and £44,760 for the F-Pace. That equates to nearly £10,000 less than an XE S, £6765 less than an XF S, and £8605 less than an F-Pace S for a relatively small performance deficit. Option the four-pot Jags to the equivalent of S spec though, and that gap will narrow significantly.

All are available to order now. Would you have one over a V6?

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

Dear Jaguar, when is the XE R coming?

The one with the V8?

Or the XG?

When is the XE SVR coming?

Looking forward to the V8 :)

but its still an i4 so no thanks

Beats walk in! Haha

Remember when 4 cylinders use to barely break 100 HP at most?

Me neither.

Is it bad that I want one of these more than any other current European Sedan?

Don’t tell anyone, but i actually like this more than the giulia, and i am a massive alfa fan

If I wanted a car for cruising, a four cylinder would be perfect, but I wouldn’t need all that power. If I was looking to buy a powerful saloon like this, I’d want to drive it hard, and I think I’d rather have a V6 for that.