The world may have embraced the practical charms of the SUV but, as the 2018 Jaguar E-PACE demonstrates, there’s still room for experimentation when you’re building a compact crossover. Second in the automaker’s SUV line-up, and arriving just ahead of the all-electric Jaguar I-PACE, the new 2018 E-PACE is an unusually thoughtful take in a segment jam-packed with options. Indeed, a whole lot more thought has gone into the E-PACE than the tiny footprint might suggest.

The obvious option – certainly, the route most automakers have taken when designing smaller crossover versions of their larger SUVs – would be for Jaguar to have shrunk the F-PACE. Blame British obstinance, a lingering obsession with sports cars, or a design team that skews to the young side, but the E-PACE actually shares more cues with the F-TYPE coupe. With its oversized grille, headlamps that stretch up into the front fenders, and low glasshouse, that’s no bad thing.
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