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Jaguar XJ vs Mercedes-Benz E-Class

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Jaguar XJ
Jaguar XJ

2017 price

Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Mercedes-Benz E-Class

$118,191 - $135,612

2024 price

Summary

2017 Jaguar XJ
2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Supercharged V8, 5.0L

Turbo 4, 2.0L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

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Fuel Efficiency
11.6L/100km (combined)

2.2L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Options pricing
  • InControl software a bit ordinary
  • Too much in-cabin chrome

  • Only one variant
  • Could do with more power
  • Price once optioned-up
2017 Jaguar XJ Summary

As a child, my parents - who aren't car people - would see a Jaguar and point. It didn't matter if it was an XJ, Daimler Double Six or a Mark II, there was a great deal of mystique around these bastions of Britishness. It also didn't matter that these weren't necessarily good cars. The Seventies and Eighties saw the brand slide into a funk while being passed between owners like hot potatoes.

Somehow, the brand survived its brush with Ford's useless Premier Automotive Group strategy which only came good towards the end as Jaguar's management woke up and put in place a change in direction that produced the Ian Callum-designed XF. Riding high on that design, Jaguar then promptly introduced the very pretty Jaguar XJ.

It has been on sale for ages, but with the addition of a few bits and bobs to stay competitive, it's as compelling as ever. Most importantly, the performance-focused R has kept its unique supercharged V8.

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2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Summary

It might not be as tribal as Ford vs Holden, but there’s a rivalry between BMW and Mercedes-Benz that occasionally becomes more obvious - the launch of the new Mercedes E-Class only months after the BMW 5 Series being one of those times.

But Mercedes has done something different. Instead of multiple variants and electric cars under the E-Class banner, Australia gets just one, the E300.

Is it enough to tackle the big Bavarian sedan in the sales race? We attended the Australian launch just north of Melbourne to find out.

 

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