AN SUV WITH ADDED GROWL
Jaguar E-Pace R-Dynamic. Model on test:£46,780 Review byToby Aiken
Back in 2017, I drove the Jaguar F- Pace; their big, 4x4 SUV offering. Ahead of the review, Iwas a little perturbed. Simply downto the fact that I didn’t feel an SUV should be Jaguar territory. I knew every manufacturerwas doing it, and itwas only amatter of time before Jag followed suit, but I had it inmy head that itwasn’t what the iconic British sports car manufacturer should be about.
Thankfully, Iwas wrong and itwas a stunning car. But the E-Pace… the smaller SUV offering… whatwould that be like? Once again, Jag have pulled it off.
Plenty of space, and somegreat lines make it good looking aswell as practical, and while the two-litre
turbocharged engine inmy review carwas good, I think the V6would havemadeitmuchbetter. Not on the fueleconomy front, in fairness, but in performance. Fromthe outside, it looks like an
SUV, but only fromthe ground up. That sounds odd, so letme explain. If you look at the car from, say, halfway up the doors and up, it looks quite sporty. It’s onlywhen you add in the big tyres, high suspension and all-round stocky appearance, that it takes on the SUV look. Its stance is verymuchmore that of a sporty car than aChelsea tractor. I think the black alloys on the
model I tested really had an impact - with the grey (almostwhite) paintwork, it really stood out. And with the twin exhausts and hunkered down rear, it looked properly ‘Jag- like’ fromthe back. Space-wise inside: a very strong
contender. Lots of space for the kids, comfort and boot space all in a package that didn’t seemtoo large. In fact,maneuvering this around towns and car parks didn’t cause
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