Jaguar E-Pace (BMW X1 rival) spied testing in France

While the test mule is heavily wrapped up with camouflage and faux body panels, it does look like an F-Pace that’s been slightly shrunk, especially at the overhangs. Expect the E-Pace to also draw some cues from the all-electric Jaguar i-Pace crossover, featuring sleek headlamps that flank a large Jaguar mesh grille, wide rear haunches that complement its stance, thin F-Type inspired LED taillamps, steeply-raked windscreen and dual exhaust pipes. The E-Pace’s dimensions are likely to be around the Evoque 5-door’s 4,360 mm length, 1,635 mm height, 2,120 mm width (incl mirrors) and wheelbase of 2,660 mm.

The E-Pace will ride on the D8 all-steel platform that also underpins the Discovery Sport and the Range Rover Evoque, and will offer JLR’s Ingenium lineup of 4-cyl petrol and diesel engines sourced from the XE. Unlike the XE, however, the engines will be transversely-mounted to keep the snout in proportion with the rest of the body, which means that base variants of the E-Pace could send power to the front wheels – making it the first FWD Jaguar since the X-Type sedan.