The Jaguar E-Pace (X540) is a subcompact luxury crossover SUV produced by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) under their Jaguar marque. It was officially revealed on 13 July 2017 and was the second production Jaguar SUV. The car is built in Graz, Austria, by Magna Steyr and from 2018 by Chery Jaguar Land Rover, JLR's joint venture with partner Chery, in Changshu, China.
hovabongZA
Tire Trailblazer
It's a serious contender for the X1.
KiwiRob
Autotechnik Ace
Your bias is showing, face facts Scotty JLR actually trumped the your lot with this one.
klier
Premium
On paper maybe. In real life it will be all but ignored.
And your bias isn't? LOL. And the only fact here is your weirdly constructed sentence.
KiwiRob
Autotechnik Ace
I doubt it, I think it will be a massive hit for JLR like the Evoque, F-Pace and most likely the Velar.
It's more likely your lack of reading comprehension, than the structure of my sentence.
Even you have hit the like button for the E-Pace.
TopspeedPT
Track Technician
Centurion
Apex Apex Predator
What a stunning looking car. The grey HSE with black alloys is hot! It's a shame the cabin doesn't have any inlays and is all black. Jaguar's pricing is off putting to. A 150hp AWD petrol version with a few must haves like big infotainment screen, ambient lighting, parking sensors and 18 inch is more expensive than a Q5, XC60, X3 or GLC with the same equipment.
Sure the car it beautiful, but it isn't all that. Further more I think the new Evoque will overshadow it when the new model is unveiled next year.
Sure the car it beautiful, but it isn't all that. Further more I think the new Evoque will overshadow it when the new model is unveiled next year.
An interesting article explaining why the E Pace is even heavier than the larger F pace. This little thing weighs close to 1900kg....Jaguar admit it is a rush job, under developed and aiming for maximum margin.
E-Pace: Why is Jag's newest SUV such a fat cat? | CarAdvice
It might be classed as a compact SUV, but weighing in at nearly 1.9 tonnes, the new Jaguar E-Pace is up to 380kg heftier than its closest rivals, which include Audi’s ageing Q3, BMW’s X1 and the Mercedes-Benz GLA.
And that’s comparing apples with apples, as all four vehicles are powered by 2.0-litre turbo fours, in petrol and diesel forms.
Remarkably, the E-Pace is even heavier than its larger F-Pace sibling, which tips the scales at around 1770kg, give or take.
At this week’s global media drive in Corsica, off the coast of Italy, CarAdvice spoke exclusively with Jaguar’sVehicle Line Director Alan Volkaerts, who agrees the car was heavier than they would have liked. Volkaerts doesn’t see it as any sort of drawback to the capability of the brand’s second SUV, though.
“Would we like it to be lighter? Of course, but I guess when we started this project four years ago, we wanted to get this vehicle to market as quickly as possible, because naturally, we were really keen for a small SUV, as a cheaper entry point for the customer,” he says.
“We didn’t want to take it off the aluminium architecture of the larger F-Pace, because that would have put it in the wrong price bracket for us, so we chose to go with that from the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport models. That meant it was an inherently steel platform, at least to begin with.”
But, in order to counter the overweight chassis, Jaguar’s engineers have essentially transformed it into hybrid architecture, using lightweight aluminium for the bonnet, roof and tailgate. There’s also Jaguar Land Rover’s Ingenium engine, which is also made of the lightweight metal.
“From the very beginning of E-Pace’s development, we had three key objectives: get the right entry price for the vehicle, get it to market quickly, and make sure it has proper Jaguar dynamics.
“To that end, we’ve dropped in the rear axle in out of the F-Pace, which is heavier than the current Evoque axle, but it delivered the integral multilink, which in turn delivered the dynamics we wanted – including the GKN Active Driveline technology, a four-wheel drive system similar to that which you’ll find on the Ford Focus RS.”
The E-Pace goes on sale in March, priced from $47,750 to $84,370 for the top-spec First Edition model, which Volkaerts says they are pleased with, given the significant development that went into the vehicle.
“We’re really pleased with the entry price, the driving dynamics, and to get it to market quickly, we couldn’t reinvent a new architecture from scratch.
“So, yes, we’ve sacrificed a little bit of weight to launch a vehicle off our current architecture, but have included all the right technology to deliver the right level of driving dynamics,” Volkaerts says.
E-Pace: Why is Jag's newest SUV such a fat cat? | CarAdvice
sako97
Autotechnik Ace
Jaguar is an automotive industry joke at this point in time. I can only image the stress engineers from Diamler, BMW, or VAG would have if they spent 1 week at the JLR R&D department.
They get the Range Rover (Evoque aside) right, but everything else is a wishy-washy effort.
SCOTT27
Drift Dynamo
Actually bought one???I saw this today..can't believe someone actually bought one. It looks like a toy on wheels.
I can believe they actually think they parked one...
LOL, well looking at the licence plate I think it might be a press car or a dealer car.
I don't mind the E-Pace personally. I'm not saying it's a good car or would be a good purchase, but from a looks point of view it's certainly better looking than some of the competition, same goes for the F-Pace.
.. the real eye offender for me is the i-Pace. I've seen a couple of them on the roads now and it really is a lumpy, oddly proportioned looking thing that is basically just ugly from front to back.
.. the real eye offender for me is the i-Pace. I've seen a couple of them on the roads now and it really is a lumpy, oddly proportioned looking thing that is basically just ugly from front to back.
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Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC is the holding company for
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, also known as JLR, a British
multinational manufacturer of luxury and sports utility vehicles.
JLR, headquartered in Whitley, Coventry, UK, is a subsidiary of
Tata Motors. Jaguar and Land Rover, with histories dating to
the 1920s and 1940s, merged in 1968 under British Leyland.
They later became independent and were subsidiaries of BMW and
Ford. In 2000, BMW dissolved the Rover Group, selling Land
Rover to Ford. Since 2008, Tata Motors has owned Jaguar Land
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