Monday 13th April 2015

Production of the Jaguar XE formally commenced at Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull plant. The XE was the first compact executive car Jaguar had produced since the 2009 model year X-Type and was the first of several Jaguar models to be built using Jaguar’s new modular aluminium architecture, moving the company away from the Ford derived platforms that were used in the past for the X-Type and XF. The use of Jaguar’s own platform allowed the XE to feature either rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive configurations, and was the first car in its segment with an aluminium monocoque structure.