RE: Jaguar E-Pace revealed

[nickfrog]

I'd rather have an Alhambra.

[jayemdoubleu]

Nickbrapp said:

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Jaguar e pace

Both pictures have been taken head on, and both cars are red.
End of similarities.

[E65Ross]

Nickbrapp said:

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Jaguar e pace

Yes, I can see the similarities. As others have said they're both red. Others have missed that they both also have wing mirrors....although they're a different shape. As is the bonnet, grille, lights and so on. But yes, definitely both red.

[Maash]

So another crossover. And this is somehow more appropriate for Jag-values than having a proper wagon?

This is so sad. I'm shopping for fun & sporty wagon that's not BMW. However neither Alfa nor Jaguar wants to offer one.

[PhantomPH]

The front end looks a little 'pinched' to me, but otherwise a nice looking car. Hope the interior quality is a little less iffy than it's big brother...

[Cotic]

Maash said:

So another crossover. And this is somehow more appropriate for Jag-values than having a proper wagon?

This is so sad. I'm shopping for fun & sporty wagon that's not BMW. However neither Alfa nor Jaguar wants to offer one.

It's all about profit and sales though - as much as I'm looking forward to the XF wagon, I can see that this E-Pace will sell 10x as many as a sportbrake. Just look at the Cayenne/Panamera volumes, the Q7/A6 Avant, and others. Note that even BMW isn't launching an M5 wagon.

[sidesauce]

Nickbrapp said:

And the same shape grill, same shaped headlights, same steep windscreen,

[AndrewSV]

from £28k... with £35k for the cheapest non diseasel and the P300 starting at £45k it's not exactly cheap for the nice ones. I specced one up to £62k!!

[Beefmeister]

With a top spec P300 coming in at over £50k that brings it dangerously close to the new Volvo XC60 T8 R-Design.

That has 401bhp, looks amazing, has the best interior of any car on sale today and is bigger. And I think Volvo has as much of a premium image as Jag nowadays, if not more so. Sorry Jag, unless the low powered £30k versions are any good this is a silly purchase.

[9k rpm]

I'm not sure which vehicles from the competition Jag are pitching this against?
Is it the X1/GLA/Q3 or the X3/Q5 etc. ?
Price wise it seems to be the latter (I just configured one to £52k was the 240ps diesel mind) but it's smaller than an X1.
Either genius or madness but I'm sure it will sell either way. Looks like it may cannibalise sales from evoque though which seems silly......

Nice looking car though may take a look when the wife's X1 is getting tattered.

[Richard A]

Nickbrapp said:

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Jaguar e pace

Well, you get a thumbs up from me.

Design today seems to be just a case of dragging from a sidebar of meme-features and dropping them on to a body-in-white. There's no life and soul to it anymore. It's an approach that suits the margin-boosting SUV fashion well.

[telecat]

Wife would love one but again I won't be anywhere near it until the Manual Petrol is out. I am in the market for a New car but No Manual Petrols means I never see the Inside of a Jaguar Dealer.

[oldtimer2]

A pedestrian safety feature has been available on the Discovery Sport since launch. I assume this is the same design or evolution of it.

All surface progress control is an excellent feature. I experienced it on a Discovery Sport at Eastnor castle about ten days ago. It was very impressive on steep slippery slopes and surfaces.

I imagine that it will sell well and could easily be capacity constrained at the Austrian plant that will build it.

[RichB]

I must have a visual blindness to these SUV/4x4/Crossover/People Waggon things. They all look pretty much the same to me. The formula seems to be take one big fat box (scaled up or down slightly according to how much you want to charge), stick your brand of grill on the front and come up with a trendy name. I know it's what people buy but when people say this looks good or this looks better I honestly can't see any distinguishing features (except the grill) to separate one waggon from another.

[nickfrog]

RichB said:

I must have a visual blindness to these SUV/4x4/Crossover/People Waggon things. They all look pretty much the same to me. The formula seems to be take one big fat box (scaled up or down slightly according to how much you want to charge), stick your brand of grill on the front and come up with a trendy name. I know it's what people buy but when people say this looks good or this looks better I honestly can't see any distinguishing features (except the grill) to separate one waggon from another.

You could apply the same to most shapes of cars : saloons, coupes, roadsters, estates etc.

[Atmospheric]

"Sportier"

Come on PH. Nothing remotely "sporty" about this. Looks fine, but sport and SUV are a million miles apart IMO

[kambites]

I'm never keen on the styling of SUVs but that looks like a fairly decent effort.

It's a thing of beauty when compared to the X3.

[Atmospheric]

I really like what Jag are doing & this seems to be a fine vehicle. But i don't want to hear that "sporty" marketing spiel.

Or am I just fooling myself this isn't just Autocar in disguise

[dazwalsh]

I do like the way jaguar are going these days from the horrible forgetful years of the x type and s type (shudders) but this had the same treatment as the XE did, take its larger sibling, slightly crush the front and rear to remove 20cm of length and hey presto new car!

Also in base spec the jags look a bit pants.

I'd still have one if I was in that market but I think volvo have nailed it with their new xc60/90 range. Lovely looking things inside and out and they would get my money before the E&F pace

[PhantomPH]

Just gone and taken a look at the new XC60 on Volvo's website and I must say I think I would probably chose the Vulva as well. Nice interior, looks great (in R-Design with that lovely metallic blue) and if you feel like spending the bigger bucks, the hybrid engine option seems like a real winner. Colour me surprised!