What is it?
This is likely to be the best-selling Jaguar of modern times. The Jaguar F-Pace already shifts more units all by itself than did Jaguar in its entirety just six years ago, and the E-Pace is likely to eclipse the F-Pace in the same way as the Porsche Macan eclipsed the Cayenne. This mid-spec diesel will be the best-selling E-Pace of them all, at least in the UK and at least until the politicians and tabloid press have succeeded in their campaign to cleanse the roads of diesel-powered cars.
Powered by a 177bhp specification version of JLR’s ubiquitous ‘Ingenium’ motor, it offers the same fuel consumption and CO2 emissions as its 148bhp sister when similarly configured with automatic gears and four-wheel drive. Front drive is available with only the lower-powered engine although, in reality, even this car is front-wheel drive until slip is detected at the rear.
Otherwise it is as per every other E-Pace – a car derived from the Land Rover Discovery Sport which itself was a highly developed evolution of the old Freelander whose architectural roots could be traced back to the platform developed by Ford for the Mondeo among others. It’s built by Magna Steyr in Austria because all of JLR’s UK SUV plants are already running at triple shift, 24/7 capacity.
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Its the car tax thing!
So my 2016 evoque ingenium diesel auto se tech is rated at CO2 134 .... this though with an almost identical set up and power unit ... is listed along with a much slower 0 - 60 time ,at 147 ( though the spec rates it at 158) ! So WHY the huge diference ... and if I spend over 40K ... the road tax triples! My MP has had yet another ear bashing!!!
I think JLR have a fundamental problem
all their cars are too heavy. I'm so pleased with this British success story (yes, with Indian money and German management) but they have to learn how to make cars lighter. This thing, I believe is heavier than its (significantly) bigger brother. That's lunacy. However many they sell, however much money they make it's flawed enginering. Hire Gordon Murray as a consulatant, pay him millions, it will be worth it.
Up the bum
Looks like it's been shunted hard, in the rear. And it makes something like the 308 or Kodiaq look like an incredible bargain.