I'm pretty sure the first two engines available in the USA will be the Ingenium based diesel and the non-Ingenium based V6. That's been pretty widely reported. IMHO, I think Jaguar sees this as a once in a lifetime chance to rehabilitate their image as a premium brand in the States after the reliability issues of the 80s-90s and they're not offering the EcoTec motors because they don't want people talking about Ford engines in their cars. Again, that's just IMHO.
I'm sure Jaguar would love to have the Ingenium based petrols(*) available at launch but it sounds like they (the engines) won't be ready until a later date and they're going to make darn sure the engines are as reliable as possible before releasing them into the wild. I doubt anyone knows when the new Ingenium 2.0s are going to be offered.
I think the better question is if the 3.5V6 is going to be offered in a sub XE-S level trim with perhaps a more reasonable price tag.
(*) Now that they've got us Americans referring to gas engines as 'petrols', do we need to start calling them 'boots' and 'bonnets' as well :laugh:
I'm sure Jaguar would love to have the Ingenium based petrols(*) available at launch but it sounds like they (the engines) won't be ready until a later date and they're going to make darn sure the engines are as reliable as possible before releasing them into the wild. I doubt anyone knows when the new Ingenium 2.0s are going to be offered.
I think the better question is if the 3.5V6 is going to be offered in a sub XE-S level trim with perhaps a more reasonable price tag.
(*) Now that they've got us Americans referring to gas engines as 'petrols', do we need to start calling them 'boots' and 'bonnets' as well :laugh: