• The award-winning Jaguar XE will now offer the state-of-the-art InControl Touch Pro infotainment system with 10.2-inch tablet-style touchscreen offering intuitive operation and super-fast response times
• Meridian Digital Surround Sound system with 17 speakers and 825W
• Configurable Dynamics
• Already impressive range of advanced driver assistance systems gains Lane Keep Assist and Driver Condition Monitor
• On sale in Australia from mid-2016

SUMMARY
The 2017 model year Jaguar XE

The XE has received a myriad of global awards thanks to its unrivalled balance of ride, handling and refinement. The light, stiff, Advanced Aluminium Architecture, sophisticated suspension and powerful, efficient engines make the XE the driver's car in its class.

With the addition of InControl Touch Pro - Jaguar's next-generation infotainment system, F-TYPE-derived Configurable Dynamics and a wider range of advanced driver assistance systems, the XE delivers an even more compelling drive.

InControl Touch Pro is state-of-the-art and is designed around a tablet-style 10.2-inch touchscreen featuring highly responsive, superb quality graphics.

First developed for the F-TYPE, Configurable Dynamics is now offered in the XE and enables the driver to tailor the car's character by selecting individual settings for the throttle response, transmission shifts and the Adaptive Dynamics continuously-variable damping system.

The XE also benefits from an enhanced range of assistance systems including Lane Keep Assist and Driver Condition Monitor - a feature which can detect and warn against driver fatigue.

INFOTAINMENT

The XE's next-generation infotainment system introduces a tablet-style touchscreen and the option of an 825W Meridian Digital Surround Sound system.

World-class infotainment technology
Customers can now choose between the InControl Touch system with 8-inch capacitive touchscreen and the next-generation InControl Touch Pro system - Jaguar's most advanced infotainment system ever. InControl Touch Pro is designed around a tablet-style 10.2-inch touchscreen and is as intuitive to use as it is powerful, making every journey a more enjoyable, rewarding experience.

InControl Touch Pro features state-of-the-art technologies including a powerful quad-core processor and a high-speed 60GB solid-state drive (SSD). Everything is connected using ultra-fast Ethernet - the most advanced network available and up to five times quicker than competing technologies. Put together, this gives InControl Touch Pro incredible computing power and delivers exceptional performance and functionality.

The 10.2-inch touchscreen is the largest in the segment and makes interaction smooth, seamless and intuitive. The home screen can be customised and widgets can be added to provide shortcuts to specific features, functions, tasks and favourite contacts. It's even possible to add additional customised home screens if desired.

The screen delivers superb graphics and the super-wide display enables multi-tasking. So for instance, media can be shown in the main area of the screen, while the side panel can show journey status or phone details - swiping up or down allows the user to select from one of up to five panels.

Because the data is stored on the high-speed SSD it can be accessed in a fraction of the time needed for conventional hard drives, so the graphics are sharp, highly detailed and incredibly responsive. Users can zoom in and out of maps using 'pinch' and 'pan' gestures - nothing could be simpler or more intuitive.

InControl Touch Pro can get you to your destination even when the GPS signal is lost, thanks to innovative dead-reckoning functionality. By analysing data from the vehicle's sensors, it can accurately predict the vehicle's location and heading - something beyond the capability of smartphone navigation apps.

Outstanding performance: Meridian Digital Audio

InControl Touch Pro is designed to deliver exceptional audio performance too, and offers a choice of two digital systems developed specifically for the new XE together with world-renowned British firm Meridian. The first is a superb 380W system with 11 speakers (including subwoofer), while the truly outstanding surround sound system delivers 825W and features 17 speakers (including subwoofer).
To enhance the experience still further, this system benefits from Meridian's Trifield and Audyssey's MultEQ XT signal processing technologies, producing rich, balanced sound throughout the XE's cabin. And because all of the speakers and amplifiers are so carefully matched, it delivers its high output with exceptionally low levels of distortion - just 0.2 per cent.

The experience is enriched with Gracenote album art stored on the SSD drive - a massive 10GB is dedicated to user media storage. There are also smart functions such as 'Play more like this' which automatically compiles playlists, or Music Queue, which makes it easy to search for and add songs, albums or artists to a music queue while the current track is still playing.

As well as media streaming from smartphones and tablets via two USB ports and a dual-purpose HDMI/ MHL port, InControl Touch Pro offers a CD/DVD player too.

Advanced driver assistance systems

The XE offers even more technology than ever to support the driver and help make every journey safer and more relaxing

The new optional Lane Keep THE JAGUAR XE GAINS NEXT-GENERATION INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMAssist (LKA) system builds on the functionality of the standard Lane Departure Warning (LDW) system: if LKA determines that the vehicle is likely to drift out of its lane it can guide the driver back towards the centre by using the electric power-assisted steering system to apply a small amount of counter-steering. The amount of torque applied to the steering wheel is slight and can be easily over-ridden.

Tiredness is often a factor when drivers unintentionally leave their lane, and the XE can support them here too. Driving when tired is often characterised by periods of little or no steering input at all, followed by sudden and sometimes excessive inputs when the driver reacts. The Driver Condition Monitor system recognises this behaviour and, by also studying the use of the brake and accelerator pedals and the direction indicators, can encourage the drive to take a break by showing a multi-stage warning in the instrument cluster.

Range summary

The new 2017 Jaguar XE range will consist of the same model line-up as 2016:

XE Prestige, XE Portfolio, XE R-Sport, XE S

The powertrain range will consist of:
132kW 2.0-litre diesel automatic RWD
147kW 2.0-litre petrol automatic RWD
177kW 2.0-litre petrol automatic RWD
250kW 3.0-litre petrol automatic RWD