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Jaguar E-Pace vs Smart 1

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Jaguar E-Pace
Jaguar E-Pace

$28,990 - $45,599

2020 price

Smart 1
Smart 1

2024 price

Summary

2020 Jaguar E-Pace
2024 Smart 1
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Diesel Turbo 4, 2.0L

0.0L
Fuel Type
Diesel

Electric
Fuel Efficiency
6.0L/100km (combined)

0.0L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Relative thirst
  • So-so warranty
  • Steering’s modest road feel

  • Complex multimedia tech
  • Brabus not a truly engaging sports car
  • Limited warranty
2020 Jaguar E-Pace Summary

Jaguar raised more than a few eyebrows in 2016 when it entered the rapidly expanding world of premium SUVs with the mid-size F-Pace. And the product development boffins at Coventry HQ liked it so much they cooked up another one.

The compact E-Pace (and subsequent electric I-Pace) has re-positioned the brand from luxury sedans, wagons, and performance sports cars, to all that with SUVs now leading the brand and product charge.

The F-Pace is a beautifully composed five-seater. Does this smaller E-Pace package deliver even more good things?    

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2024 Smart 1 Summary

Another day, another China-backed EV brand launches in Australia. This one, though, should be at least be vaguely familiar, with Smart having previously operated in Australia about 15 years ago, back when it was a Mercedes-Benz sub-brand rocking the tiny and clever Smart ForTwo and ForFour.

Mercedes is still involved, though now as a 50/50 joint venture partner with Chinese giant Geely, though the new Smart family is not being delivered by either company, and are actually being distributed by Mercedes’ biggest global dealer group, LSH Auto.

All of which is a load of information you don’t really need. But you should know, as a result of all that, the brand is promising a fleet of semi-premium EVs designed in Germany and built in China, with the Smart #1 the first to touch down in Australia.

Oh, and they pronounce the “hashtag” part of the model name, but I just can’t see that strategy becoming part of the Australian lexicon.

Anyway, part-Chinese, part-German and all electric. So should the #1 be on your EV shopping list?

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