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Jaguar wraps up its first-ever SUV ahead of September unveiling (pictures)

Jaguar's F-Pace SUV is headed to the Frankfurt auto show, and shortly thereafter to dealers, where it will mix it up in the burgeoning premium SUV segment.

Chris Paukert
Following stints in TV news production and as a record company publicist, Chris spent most of his career in automotive publishing. Mentored by Automobile Magazine founder David E. Davis Jr., Paukert succeeded Davis as editor-in-chief of Winding Road, a pioneering e-mag, before serving as Autoblog's executive editor from 2008 to 2015. Chris is a Webby and Telly award-winning video producer and has served on the jury of the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards. He joined the CNET team in 2015, bringing a small cache of odd, underappreciated cars with him.
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Jaguar's long-awaited F-Pace SUV is almost here, and it looks exactly like you'd expect, with a familial nose and a two-box shape that's more of a sleek crossover than it is a rough-and-tumble off-roader.

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The British automaker has plenty of expertise in aluminum, so it's no surprise that the F-Pace rides atop an aluminum chassis, with body panels expected to be formed from the same lightweight element.

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This F-Pace's stunning fireworks-themed wrap can't disguise its pair of performance-minded exhaust outlets.

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Jaguar is promising a new electric power-steering setup, along with a front double-wishbone and rear integral-link suspension for balanced, sporty handling.

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Jaguar has not said if the F-Pace will come with anything other than all-wheel drive, but it has revealed that the SUV will borrow the torque-vectoring technology from its F-Type sports coupe for maximum cornering performance.

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The Solihull, UK-built F-Pace will face a murderer's row of talent in the premium SUV segment, and it will have to be careful not to steal sales away from its Land Rover brethren.

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