Pace-Setter

Hot on the heels of the F-Pace is the E-Pace, Jaguar’s second SUV in nearly as many years.

- Daryl Lee

The Jaguar E-Pace is not an electric SUV, despite the ‘E’ in its name, because it’s the smaller counterpart to the carmaker’s first SUV, the larger F-Pace.

That particular electro-powered honour goes to the Jaguar I-Pace, because everyone with half a brain will tell you that, thanks to Apple, the letter ‘I’ stands for innovation, game-changing technology and great design (well, thanks to Apple it’s also become synonymous with deeply overpriced products, but anyway).

So, the Jaguar E-Pace is not electric. It’s powered by a plain old internal combustion engine. Specifically, a turbocharged two litre four-cylinder lump with 249bhp and 365Nm. Next to the Mercedes-AMG GLA45, the E-Pace is the most powerful of the premium compact SUV bunch.

A good thing too, since Jaguar says the E-Pace’s lines reference the F-Type sports car. And going by the extreme blockiness of its rear haunches and stubby profile, it’s more helpful to think of the E-Pace as an F-Type on stilts than it is a shrunken F-Pace.