What sort of automotive is the 2022 Jaguar E-Tempo? What does it evaluate to?

The 2022 E-Tempo slots in because the smaller crossover SUV within the Jaguar household, under the F-Tempo. It’s a hotter-handling wagon with turbo-4 energy, which makes it a pure rival for the Volvo XC40, Audi Q3, and BMW X2.

Is the 2022 Jaguar E-Tempo an excellent automotive?

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It’s enticing, handles very properly, and its excessive base value brings a wealth of ordinary options. We give it a TCC Score of 6.8 out of 10. (Learn extra about how we charge automobiles.)

What’s new for the 2022 Jaguar E-Tempo?

After final 12 months’s thorough replace, little modifications with the E-Tempo this 12 months. There’s a lot to love in its profile and particularly, its inside, after its latest restyling. The emphatic LED headlights work in live performance with a trim mesh grille to translate Jaguar cues to a compact—even squatty—physique that doesn’t look overly stubby. The inside trim’s upgraded to an acceptable degree, and the most recent infotainment interface now shows its work on an 11.4-inch touchscreen.

The turbo-4 underneath the E-Tempo’s hood spins out 246 hp in base spec, however dangle on for the 296-hp model within the 300 Sport for those who can. It zaps 60-mph runs in 6.6 seconds, and comes fitted with a torque-vectoring rear finish that lightens the E-Tempo’s street dance, although it doesn’t treatment the 9-speed computerized of its shifty low-speed conduct. That chic dealing with makes the E-Tempo actually enjoyable to drive.

With seats for as much as 4 adults and 24.2 cubic ft of cargo house for his or her baggage, the E-Tempo carves out extra room than its general dimensions would lead us to consider. The entrance seats have fab match and plenty of adjustment; the again has good leg room, although head room pales underneath the swanky low roofline.

Neither the NHTSA nor the IIHS has crash-tested the E-Tempo, however computerized emergency braking is commonplace; a head-up show, a surround-view digital camera system, and parking sensors grow to be commonplace or accessible on higher trims.

How a lot does the 2022 Jaguar E-Tempo price?

It’s $42,850 for the standard-issue E-Tempo, which provides leather-based upholstery, 18-inch wheels, all-wheel drive, energy entrance seats, and an 11.4-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. For good dealing with, take the 300 Sport and its 20-inch wheels, torque-vectoring all-wheel drive, and 12-speaker Meridian audio for $52,050. 

The place is the 2022 Jaguar E-Tempo made?

In that winter wonderland of contract manufacturing: Graz, Austria.