Jaguar 'XE' 2 Seater Sports Car

Jaguar has made it clear it wants to build a 2 seater full on sports car, which is supposedly being referred to as the 'XE'. This comes from reports at the Detroit motorshow where Jaguars MD Mike O'Driscoll announced he would love the company to build an outright sports car, which again follow comments directly from Ratan Tata saying he felt a 2 seater would be the way forwards for Jaguar.

What hasn't been made clear is if this would be a replacement for the Jaguar XK and Jaguar XKR - which is very unlikely, a smaller rival for the Porsche Boxster, or an out and out Ferrari rival to be a new flagship.

Autocar claims it will be made on a cut down Jaguar XJ chassis, suggesting front engined, while Auto Express say it's mid engined and have come up with a very creative image blending the old XJ220 with the Audi R8 to produce their own speculative rendering, and it's not a bad effort! take a look:



for more information and to see further pictures visit Auto express here: Link.

We do expect a new coupe to appear in the range before that, the Jaguar XF coupe, which should very closely resemble the C-XF concept car shown in Detroit in 2007, and this should be followed by a convertible version, both to take on the forthcoming Mercedes E-Class Coupe.