Jaguar has revealed details of extreme testing of its upcoming E-Pace SUV.
To ensure the upcoming rival to the Audi Q3 and BMW X1 can be used in any environment, the Coventry-based manufacturer has subjected the E-Pace to a variety of extreme tests.
More than 150 prototypes were built for a 25-month testing programme that spanned four continents.
From the –40 °C Arctic to the +48°C of Dubai, New #Jaguar #EPACE has undergone over 120,000 hours of exhaustive all-weather testing. pic.twitter.com/WQP0FZZ808
— Jaguar (@Jaguar) July 5, 2017
Jaguar claims the E-Pace has completed more than 400 laps of the Nürburgring and an unspecified number at the 7.8 mile Nardo high-speed test track. It has also been driven in temperatures as low as -40°C at the Arctic Circle as well as highs of 48°C in Middle Eastern deserts and even 5,000 feet above sea level in China.
Graham Wilkins, chief product engineer of the Jaguar E-Pace, said: “Our team of world-class engineers and dynamics specialists have meticulously tuned and developed a true Jaguar. Months of intense testing on roads and tracks around the world have delivered a compact performance SUV that is true to Jaguar’s performance DNA.”
The E-Pace will be fully revealed on July 13 on Facebook and YouTube, during which Jaguar says the car will face its final test, although further details have not yet been announced.
