Gut we remember meeting Jaguar’s head of design when his first SUV hit the market. He had always drawn “down there”, he said with a wave of his hand at hip height, now he is also drawing “up there”, pointing to his shoulder. As is well known, the exercise went well, and so the British have been offering a neat alternative to the Porsches that have established themselves as bestsellers for some time.
The stately F-Pace has now been given a facelift, technically and optically it is freshly geared towards the future. There is a plug-in hybrid that will find buyers in the face of tax trumps. However, we believe that a diesel is still the first choice for frequent drivers in such cars, especially as a desirable in-line six-cylinder with 3-liter displacement. In the F-Pace, the newly designed engine develops 300 hp, which, through the intermediary of the eight-speed automatic transmission, which is sorted with a crisp stub, really works.
Torque and smoothness prove their ability on the move, we stingily reached 6.8 liters, with an average consumption of 8 liters. The speedometer goes up to 280 km / h, which is a bit of British overstatement, the most powerful diesel sprints to 100 in 6.9 seconds and creates 230 km / h. The chassis takes on the tasks assigned to it in a sporty way, the nicely designed steering wheel is close at hand. There is always all-wheel drive, so horse trailers or winter can come.
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Jaguar F-Pace
Jaguar is clearly not interested in restraint, especially not as the R-Dynamic version. The 4.75-meter-long SUV opens up mighty air inlets, which are grouped around the radiator throat and LED headlights that are oriented towards the surroundings. On the inside, solid workmanship, stylish furnishings, practical shelves, comfortable seats and an expandable trunk delight the passengers. The screen blends in harmoniously, the head-up display is a real one in the windshield.
Unfortunately, the voice control is dull. And twice the test car refused to start, only resets helped it on the jumps. The ways of electronics are sometimes unfathomable and can tarnish the beautiful experience, which starts here for 72,000 euros, but presumably only ends above 85,000 euros after ingredients such as the panorama roof and other temptations.