Jaguar E-Pace vs Tesla Model Y

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Jaguar E-Pace
Jaguar E-Pace

$26,990 - $42,800

2020 price

Tesla Model Y
Tesla Model Y

$55,900 - $89,400

2025 price

Summary

2020 Jaguar E-Pace
2025 Tesla Model Y
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Diesel Turbo 4, 2.0L

Not Applicable, 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

  • Drive mode selector is silly
  • Warranty below average
  • Feels very heavy when pushed
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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2025 Tesla Model Y Summary

I don’t think I’m overselling it to say that this is the car that could make or break Tesla in Australia and around the world. 

Crazy, right? That seemed impossible not so long ago, back when the brand appeared untouchable. But new competition, largely from China, plus the giant Musk-shaped elefant (it is German for elephant…) in the room, has seen sales and profit plummet.

Just last month, for example, the Tesla Model Y lost its best-seller crown in Australia to BYD, admittedly in the weeks before the new 'Juniper' version arrived.

The point is, a new version of its biggest seller is a Very Big Deal. But have they changed enough, and changed it well enough, to cut through the noise?

We put the cheapest variant, the Tesla Model Y RWD, to the test to find out.

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