Monday, 25 September 2017

Cheaper Jaguar XF Sportbrake Coming; XJR575 and XE Project 8 Top $100K

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XF Sportbrake Placement

The 2018 Jaguar XF starts at a reasonable $48,770; its wagon counterpart, however, costs a whopping $71,445. Blame the British brand’s decision to launch the wagon, or Sportback in Jaguar parlance, in just two, high-equipment trim levels. Fortunately, those with shallower pockets and an eye for the XF Sportback’s versatile shape will soon be able to get their hands on more reasonably priced variants of the mid-size luxury wagon. Joe Eberhardt, Jaguar Land Rover’s North American CEO, promises more affordable derivatives in the “near future.”

Eberhardt didn’t go into detail about the upcoming XF Sportbrake models, but given that the wagon currently features the most powerful and expensive powertrain in the XF lineup (a 380-hp supercharged V-6 paired with all-wheel drive), we’d wager that Jaguar will slip its new Ingenium turbocharged four-cylinder engine under the hood of the wagon to bring down the price. In the sedan, the gas-powered four-pot is available in either a 247-hp or 296-hp setup with rear- or all-wheel drive. The sedan also can be had with a diesel-sipping 180-hp turbocharged four-cylinder.

XJR575

At the opposite end of the spectrum, the most powerful variants of Jaguar’s flagship XJ and compact XE sedans will have sticker prices well north of $100,000. The aptly named 575-hp XJR575 will start at $123,395 when it goes on sale later this year. Based on the long-wheelbase variant of the full-size luxury sedan, the XJR575 boasts an additional 105 horsepower over the next most powerful XJ model, the 470-hp XJ Supercharged. Those extra ponies allow the big cat to reach a top speed of 186 mph, outpacing the XJ Supercharged by 31 mph.

Meanwhile, Jaguar said the even more extreme, 592-hp Jaguar XE SV Project 8 will sport a base price of $188,495. Limited to just 300 models globally, the mightiest XE will reach a top speed of 200 mph and scoot from zero to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds, per Jaguar. The British brand has yet to determine how many of those Project 8s will be earmarked for the United States. However, if the Jaguar F-type Project 7 is anything to go by—50 of the global build of 250 were sent to North American customers—then expect approximately 60 Project 8s to come our way.

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