Could this be a baby Jaguar SUV? - Wheels Magazine

JAGUAR is believed to be developing another SUV to complement the mid-sized F-Pace, which is headed for a production debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. Dubbed the Jaguar E-Pace, it would be a baby SUV aimed directly at the booming luxury compact crossover class inhabited by the Audi Q3, BMW X1, Mercedes GLA and GLC, and the Lexus NX. The speculative rendering above shows a clear similarity with... A Jaguar F-Pace SUV in testing. Jaguar’s head of design, Ian Callum, was not willing to speak of such a model when probed by Wheels , even though reportedly he had suggested at the New York motor show that a smaller E-Pace SUV would be more likely than a seven-seat J-Pace. There are conflicting theories about what platform a cub SUV from the Coventry marque would ride on. Some say that it will be a premium product based on Jaguar’s new iQ[Al] rear-drive/all-wheel drive modular architecture that serves the new Jaguar... With even the 2016 BMW X1 switching to a front-drive base (BMW’s UKL platform, shared with the F56 Mini and 2 Series Active Tourer), the latter alternative is shaping as the more economically viable for taking on Munich, Ingolstadt,. Source: www.wheelsmag.com.au