--- title: "2018 Jaguar E-Pace First Look Reveals One Shrink-Wrapped SUV" description: "Jag's small crossover will arrive early next year, starting well under $40,000." date: "2017-06-20" modified: "2017-06-20" authors: - name: "Will Sabel Courtney" job_title: "Contributor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/11718/2018-jaguar-e-pace-first-look-reveals-one-taut-tail" categories: - "News" tags: - "crossover" - "e-pace" - "F-Pace" - "Jaguar" - "luxury" - "SUV" - "suv/crossover" --- # 2018 Jaguar E-Pace First Look Reveals One Shrink-Wrapped SUV ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* JLR has given us our first look at—and more importantly, our first real burst of information about— its upcoming compact crossover, the Jaguar E-Pace. If your eyes just glazed over at that sentence, well, wipe 'em clean; if the phenomenal sales (by Jag standards, at least) of the carmaker's current SUV are anything to go by, the E-Pace will be responsible for subsidizing [plenty of sweet SVO speed machines]() over the next few years. One of the two pictures released by Jaguar shows the E-Pace below (and presumably, roughly to scale with) the electric I-Pace Concept and the production F-Pace. The new crossover looks distinctly stubbier than its siblings; indeed, the F-Pace—hardly a giant by SUV standards—looks like a Chevy Tahoe by comparison. While the side-view image doesn't show the new machine's face, it does reveal what appear to be headlights quite similar to those on the F-Type sports car, as well as a gaping air intake below the lamp. ![message-editor%2F1497998218592-pace\_family-int.jpg]() **Jaguar** The second picture reveals little extra, other than the fact that the new Jaguar crossover will indeed have a rear end. It largely resembles [the bigger F-Pace crossover](), apart from a few subtle differences—the taillamps lack the F-Type-esque bulges, and the rear fenders don't seem to jut as far from the body. ![message-editor%2F1497996084586-e-pace\_tease-tout.jpg]() **Jaguar** The real news lies in the press release, which Jaguar sent out in concert with the tasteful ass shot. The E-Pace will go on sale in early 2018, at a starting price of $38,600—an MSRP that slides in neatly between the $35,725 XE sedan and the $42,065 F-Pace. All-wheel-drive will be standard, as will gasoline engines from the carmaker's new Ingenium line of motors. That means the E-Pace will presumably have the [2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four found elsewhere in the lineup](); as the Ingenium lineup currently only consists of one gas-powered engine and the release specifically mentions "an all-Ingenium line-up of petrol engines" (note the plural), it may also serve as the launch platform for [the brand's widely-expected inline six](). Luckily, we won't have to wait long to see the E-Pace in the flesh. Jaguar says the new crossover will make its formal debut on July 13th, presumably in [the sort of extravagant fashion that JLR does so well](). ## Author Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [Twitter]()