E-Pace vs X2 vs XC40 - Car Magazine - March issue just out

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pjm007
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https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/ ... -magazine/

A pretty subjective narrative type review. The X2 wins because it's "....the best to drive". No comprehensive logical feature type comparisons; no value for money analysis; sounds like 3 boy racers just took them out for a spin. Compare this to the What Car review which gives the X2 3 stars only out of 5.

I went to see an X2 (hidden away before the launch) last week. It did not impress me at all.
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As my post has so far drawn zero comments, I thought I would configure a fully loaded X2 to see the price difference with an FE. £45,800 was the result.
Two XC40s - so far! Inscription Pro T5 AWD Auto - Glacier Silver/Blond/21”, fully loaded, from Jan thro Sep 2021. Polestarred. :) Also one of the first FEs - a D4 AWD Auto - Bursting Blue/Charcoal/20" from Mar thro Aug 2018. Also Polestarred. :o
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E pace first edition £50k+. The xc40 is a no brainier. I considered staying with Jaguar but found the showroom dealers unwilling to move on the brochure price.
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I think that quite a few on here have secured healthy discounts on the FE book price.

We are very happy with our choice of car despite various reviews in car magazines, comments from our daughters and even Brexit! lol!
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