Inovev predicts the production of 60 000 E-Pace per year
- British manufacturer Jaguar (a subsidiary of the Indian group Tata Motors) has unveiled its new compact SUV, the E-Pace (C segment) which is under the F-Pace (D segment) in Jaguar’s product range. This new SUV takes the D8 platform of the Range Rover Evoque (the smallest model of the Land Rover, brand another subsidiary of Tata Motors). It is equipped with the gasoline and diesel engines of the Evoque, namely the 4-cylinder gasoline 2.0 developing on the Jaguar 240ch and 300ch, and the 4-cylinder diesel 2.0 developing on the Jaguar 150hp, 180hp and 240hp.
- The E-Pace will be manufactured on the same production site as the Evoque (and the Discovery Sport which is also on the D8 platform), namely the Halewood plant in England, rather than Solihull, where the F-Pace which is on the Land Rover D7 platform, is produced along with the other Landrover models on this platform.
- The E-Pace is 4.40m long and competes with the Premium C segment SUVs such as the Audi Q3 (4.39m), BMW X1 (4.44m), Mercedes GLA (4.42m), Jeep Compass (4.40m), Range Rover Evoque (4.37m) and future Volvo XC40.
- Inovev expects production of 60,000 E-Pace per year at the Halewood site. This figure, which may appear low compared to F-Pace, takes into account the fact that C-segment SUVs sell very little in North America, unlike D segment SUVs such as F-Pace (10,000 units in 2016 And 10,000 units in the first half of 2017).
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