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Actor Idris Elba Ends Jaguar XE 750-Mile Journey through Europe

After he spent three days driving 750 miles on the Old Continent’s beautiful roads, actor and DJ Idris Elba has made his final stop in Berlin, where the new Jaguar XE was officially unveiled. The epic road trip from London to Berlin was documented in a four-part video, in which the The Wire actor showcased the sports saloon features.
Idris Elba next to the new Jaguar XE in Berlin 9 photos
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The 42-year old British star covered four countries in three days on a variety of roads in tough weather conditions, basically drive testing Jaguar’s new born sedan. The 750 miles (1,200 km) journey started at Idris’ former college, the National youth Music Theatre in London and culminated in the delivery of the new sports saloon in Germany’s capital for an exclusive launch party and DJ set by the driver himself.

According to Jaguar, the XE i4 163PS diesel sports saloon managed to hit an average of 65mpg consumption, an impressive fuel economy considering the winter condition and its performance. Elba was also quite fond of the in-car tech which came to an use for the actor who also is a DJ. “I also loved the in-car tech as I’m a big fan of gadgets and the XE was fully loaded in that respect too - I even planned my DJ set list as I drove”.

As we previously reported, along the route idris also stopped at F1 race circuit in Spa, Belgium where he met with formula one racing legend Martin Brundle for high speed dynamic driving in the Jaguar XE S 3.0-liter petrol 340PS. Like any other great road trip, this too ends with a nice party, as the film documents Idris arriving at an exclusive Jaguar bash at Berlin’s Umspannwerk to celebrate the launch of the new car model.

Here, the actor delivered the sports saloon directly onto the stage in front of 200 VIP guests. Then Idris treated the party to a special DJ set. To bad we missed it.

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