Held on the world's longest artificial ice rink in Flevonice, Netherlands, the challenge sought to highlight the traction capacity of Jaguar's all-wheel-drive sports saloon, against the gold medal in the 5000 meters of the Winter Olympics, the sprinter Shaolin Sándor Liu. The best mark on this track is 4min4s.
In order to add even more emotion to the match, Liu's girlfriend, Elise Christie, a member of the British speed skating team, joined the Jaguar team, sitting in the passenger seat of the Jaguar XE 300 SPORT.
In the end, victory really did smile to the Jaguar XE 300 SPORT, which, with Stability System development manager Sean Haughey, at the wheel, managed to go around the track in 3min3s, at an average speed of 59 km/h.
300 hp is the reference
The new Jaguar XE 300 SPORT features exterior accents in Dark Satin Grey, exclusive 19- or 20-inch alloy wheels with Satin Technical Gray finish, brake calipers with the 300 SPORT anagram, interior accents in Contrast Yellow Stitch and exclusive logos 300 SPORT.
The highlight, of course, is the engine Ingenium 2.0 liter gasoline engine with 300 hp and 400 Nm of torque, which allows you to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.7 seconds , premiered by the Jaguar F-Type.
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In the case of the XF and XF Sportbrake, in addition to the aforementioned engine, this new version is also available with a 3.0 300 hp TDV6 , and in exterior colors Yulong White, Indus Silver and Santorini Black. The XE 300 SPORT can also be ordered in Caldera Red.
Available from 68 913 euros
The 300 SPORT versions of the Jaguar XE, XF and XF Sportbrake are already available at Jaguar's official dealer network, with prices starting at €68,913, €80,863 and €81,492 respectively.
