New Jaguar XE will be globally launch on September 8

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover will hold the global premiere of the new Jaguar XE luxury sedan in London on September 8. The new Jaguar XE will be powered by the all-new 2.0-litre turbodiesel Ingenium engine and built around an aluminium body structure.

The XE will use aluminum for more than 75 percent of its body structure which will not only lower the car's weight but it will also provide it with high torsional stiffness. It's actually the first car in the world to use a new grade of high-strength aluminum called "RC 5754" that has been developed specifically for the baby Jag and uses a high amount of recycled material.

Commenting on the new product, Jaguar's Chief Technical Specialist Mark White said: “This gives us a body structure with unrivalled low weight. It’s light but also immensely strong, with extremely high levels of torsional stiffness. We’ve made sure our aluminium-intensive body structure exceeds all global safety standards without compromising on vehicle design or refinement.” It is also claimed that the XE “will be the true driver’s car in the segment” and this contention is backed up by the car’s hardware. The XE gets double-wishbone front suspension, “with many of the components made from cast and forged aluminium”.

The XE’s electrically assisted steering system is said to deliver better steering feel, variable steering damping, ease of low-speed manoeuvring and a range of safety and driver assistance functions. Jaguar says it has developed All Surface Progress Control (ASPC), which it claims as a “world-first technology”. ASPC is said to “gain traction with far less drama than a human driver and without the driver using the pedals”.

The most economical variant of the 2015 Jaguar XE will have a fuel consumption of less than 4 liters / 100 km (75 mpg UK or 62.4 mpg US) with CO2 emissions of less than 100 g/km. On the other end of the spectrum, there will be a high-powered range-topping version which will hit a top speed of more than 186 mph (300 km/h), possibly the rumored XER-S which will allegedly get a 542 bhp V8 5.0-liter supercharged engine sourced from the F-Type R Coupe.