Jaguar has delayed the arrival of its electric SUV until
2018 but we could still see it before the end of this year.
Jaguar's radical
all-electric SUV
has been put on ice, perhaps until 2018, after the
firm shelved plans to give the car a public debut at this autumn's Paris Motor Show.
The much-rumoured Tesla
Model X fighter was intended to sit above the Jaguar F-Pace in the
line-up, carrying a price tag of around £70,000 and offering more dramatic
styling than many mainstream rivals, such as Audi's forthcoming Q6
e-tron.
The car is still expected to make production - most likely
at Magna Steyr's facility in Graz, Austria - but Auto Express understands that
a proposed reveal at this autumn's Paris Motor Show has been knocked back.
Jaguar Land Rover is gearing up to launch the next
generation of the Discovery at the event, and is said to have decided
to postpone the all-electric Jaguar SUV's reveal to allow the big Land Rover a clearer
run of publicity.
The decision does not automatically mean that the Jaguar
won't make production in 2017 - the car could conceivably appear at this year's
Los Angeles Motor Show in late autumn - but if a public debut slips much beyond
that slot, it's likely to bring the Jaguar's on-sale date more closely into
line with the Audi's. Both of these cars will therefore be well behind Tesla's
Model X; early customers have already taken delivery of their examples of the
gullwing-doored SUV, and full production ramp-up is expected over the next 12
months.
Jaguar recently registered the I-Pace and I-Type names,
prompting speculation that these could be linked to the all-electric SUV. Auto
Express believes that the registration is purely a case of Jaguar 'fencing off'
the names for future use - although there's an outside chance that one of them
could feature as part of the firm's Formula E race programme, which starts in
September this year.
source: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/jaguar/i-pace/94356/jaguar-s-all-electric-suv-due-in-2018
by John Mcllroy
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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