Passenger cars and fleet vehicles have funded many a rent-a-car outfit, and will continue to do so, but the average customer walking into a dealership today wants a small SUV capable of doing what a sedan does, with the added benefits of a larger SUV. If it’s a hybrid, all the better!
Many auto makers have put their designers to work and come up with several viable options. At the top of the heap, there’s the Jaguar E-Pace. Not simply a smaller version of the F-Pace, like Audi has done with the Q3, Q5, and Q7 lineup, the E-Pace is affordable at just under $40,000 and comes with all-wheel-drive.
Lexus is jumping into the compact SUV ring as well with its all-new UX model. This platform will go on sale in December of 2018 and customers can choose from either a gasoline or a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain.
Looking into the automotive future a decade ago, you might have predicted that SUVs would give way to small sedans capable of impressive fuel efficiency ratings, but in a strikingly odd twist, they coexist and, in some ways, coincide.
Milos Vucicevic / Shutterstock
Loading ...