I guess it will be a little too late for you Peter.
Yep. Too late. I have just ordered the Jaguar XE AWD R-Sport in British Racing Green with a few little extras.
8 speed auto with paddle shift, black leather (I would have preferred tan but for some reason best known to the marketing dept. it is not available), xenon headlights, navigator, parking sensors, rear camera, and a few other things that get bundled in when you add some of those items.
It will be delivered in May and by some weird alchemy of automotive marketing will be the MY2018 model.