Jaguar's compact sports sedan is back in a refreshed avatar. It attempts to make up for all that it missed in its first outing. Like any facelift, the makeover does see styling changes, but the cabin gets a major and much needed overhaul.

All this effort and investment, 2 billion pounds to be precise, will mean little as the battle with the Germans is largely on how this baby Jag delivers on driving dynamics and engine performance.

The car that will propel Jaguar into higher volumes and bring new customers into its fold - the XE - has a lot riding on it. Quite literally! There are new details we now have from the company, in terms of the systems on board, as well as the variants that will be on offer with the XE sedan.

Touted as the most fuel efficient Jaguar till date, the British luxury carmaker had been teasing the latest saloon edition to its line-up for quite some time. It is here now though. Here's all you need to know about the Jaguar XE till they tell us more at the 2014 Paris Motor Show.

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land rover will hold the global premiere of the new Jaguar XE luxury sedan in London on September 8 with which it is looking to bring new levels of aluminium-intensive lightweight construction expertise to the segment.