2021 Audi Q5 vs. 2021 Jaguar E-Pace
The 2021 Audi Q5 is an engineering masterpiece. From its intuitive gadgetry to its potent turbo engines and optional plugin, many regard it as being the best SUV in its class. But what happens when it goes up against the 2021 Jaguar E-Pace, a spacious SUV that is luxurious and fun to drive due to its torque vectoring?
Design & Style
The E-Pace manifests all the qualities that devotees have come to expect from Jaguar, such as J shaped lights and a curvaceous side profile. It is a smaller SUV that was designed to operate seamlessly within city limits and to that end material has been cut away from various areas. The interior is driver focused, featuring leather covered panel to separate them from the other passengers. While most materials are upmarket, hard plastics can be seen here and there. The Audi Q5 is covered in elegant lines which are both conservative and clean. The headlight clusters are intricate, as is the digitized instrument cluster within the cabin. Buyers get the option of a wide range of palette colors for the inside and outside, which allows them to fully customize the SUV as they see fit.
Technology & Safety
The Q5 has done exceedingly well on its crash tests, and this is because it is rich in safety tech designed to prevent them. Every variant is outfitted with emergency automatic brakes as well as the ability to automatically detect pedestrians. Higher trim variants offer a more advanced braking system that will activate at greater speeds. Luxuries within the cabin include adaptive dampers, eight inch touchscreens, soothing leather seats and audio from Bang & Olufsen. The Jaguar E-Pace is equipped with many of the same safety features found in the Audi, including the ability to automatically recognize road signs, back parking sensors and torque vectoring, which helps keep the SUV on the road even during adverse weather. Its cabin perks include power seats that can be adjusted ten ways, ten inch infotainment screens, Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, and door mirrors which are heated.
Performance
The Jaguar E-Pace is powered by a turbo 4, 2 liter engine that can generate 246 horsepower with 269 pounds of torque. This allows it to blaze from zero to sixty in about 6.7 seconds. The Audi Q5 responds with a turbo 4 engine of its own, that is 2 liter and capable of generating 248 horsepower.
The Bottom Line
Both of these SUVs are nearly tied when it comes to performance, as they use the same base engine type. Unfortunately for the Jaguar, some of the materials used in its cabin are questionable, especially given its price tag, and some drivers have complained that its transmission is confusing and the engine note is too noisy, so the Audi Q5 wins.
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