Jaguar is adding a new SUV to its lineup - the E-PACE
Jaguar
It's called the "E-PACE," and it will give Jag a smaller and less expensive SUV to round out that aspect of its portfolio.
The E-PACE will be priced at $38,600, putting it in the same competitive ballpark as the BMW X3, the Mercedes GLC, and the Audi Q5.
"The E-PACE will be the third new Jaguar nameplate recently added to the Jaguar model portfolio following the introduction of the Jaguar XE sports sedan and Jaguar F-PACE performance SUV which have contributed to a 44 percent sales growth for the Jaguar brand in the U.S. through May 2017, and the all-electric I-PACE Concept which will go into production in 2018," Jaguar said in a statement.
Designer Ian Callum - who achieved immortality with the F-PACE, the best-looking SUV in human history - added, "The combination of sports car looks with Jaguar performance will ensure that the E-PACE stands out," and continued "[e]very Jaguar is designed to excite the senses, and we think E-PACE will do just that, albeit with its own individual character."
Hollis Johnson
The new SUVs couldn't come soon enough for Jaguar, which has labored in the US market especially with a compelling roster of sedans and sports cars, but no luxury crossovers at a time when consumers have been snapping them up.
F-PACE changed that, but Jaguar had nothing on the more entry level front.
If the smaller SUV is as good as the F-PACE, a runner-up for BI's 2016 Car of the Year, then Jaguar can look forward to some robust sales.
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