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2018 Jaguar E-Pace Crossover Spy Photos ? News ? Car and DriverYou might expect that the architecture that underpins the XE sedan will be reconfigured to support a taller body for E-Pace duty, but that wouldn't be entirely accurate. Look closely at this E-Pace prototype's dash-to-axle ratio (how far forward the front wheels are), and you will see that the hood is too stubby to hide a longitudinally mounted engine. Instead, the E-Pace likely will ride on a variation of the front-drive-based platform that sits beneath Jaguar Land Rover's Land Rover Discovery Sport (itself derived from the Range Rover Evoque).