Jaguar XE 300 Sport Edition: all-wheel drive and 300 CV tested on ice

To launch the Jaguar X 300 Sport Edition, already available from 62,650 euros, Jaguar has prepared an exciting duel between its mid-size saloon and the Olympic speed skating champion on a frozen track.

Here comes the new special edition Jaguar XE 300 Sport Edition. And it arrives with a record. For its unveiling, Jaguar has set up a very special race. The setting: the longest artificial ice track in the world, located in Flevonice, Netherlands. The goal: beat the 4 minutes and 4 seconds time set by Olympic speed skating champion Shaolin Sándor Liu.

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The athlete’s girlfriend, Elise Christie, who is also part of the British speed skating team, co-piloted Sean Haughey, head of the Jaguar development team. The time achieved? 3 minutes and 3 seconds. You can watch the Jaguar XE 300 Sport Edition’s runs on the ice in this video.

The Sport Edition version of the Jaguar XE features exclusive exterior and interior design details. These include satin dark grey finishes on the exterior mirror housings, the rear spoiler and the grille. The alloy wheels can be 19 or 20 inches, finished in this same tone, while the brake calipers feature the 300 SPORT emblem.

Inside, there are yellow contrast stitching, 300 SPORT badges on the door sills, sport floor mats and a distinctive embossed emblem on the steering wheel and headrests. An important detail: the Jaguar Touch Pro entertainment system comes as standard on this version, with the 10-inch screen. The Jaguar XE Sport Edition is offered exclusively with the 2.0-litre Ingenium petrol engine producing 300 CV, which already comes fitted with a particulate filter. The AWD version accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.7 seconds and reaches an electronically limited top speed of 250 km/h. The homologated average consumption on the NEDC cycle is 7.6 l/100 km. Its price for the Spanish market is 62,650 euros.

Jaguar also offers Sport Edition versions for the XF range, in this case both with the 2.0 Ingenium engine producing 300 CV and with the 3.0 TDV6 with the same power, and with a starting price from 74,800 euros.

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