The 2017 Jaguar F-Pace was officially unveiled by British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover in the US during the Los Angeles International Auto Show held in November last year and it is expected to debut in the UK retail markets in the coming spring, before making its splash in other international motoring markets.
As the first SUV vehicle of Jaguar Land Rover, the 2017 F-Pace will be the British luxury carmaker’s ticket to growing its luxury vehicle catalog, with reports that at least two more SUVs are now in the works – the E-Pace and the J-Pace.
Motoring enthusiasts and experts believe that the 2017 Jaguar F-Pace will quickly become Jaguar Land Rover’s best-seller once it starts coming out of the motoring retail markets beginning in the spring of this year.
As of the end of last year, Jaguar has sold 16,000 units in the US while its sister company, the Land Rover, shipped 51,000 vehicles to America.
It is expected that the arrival of the 2017 Jaguar F-Pace would help turn things around for Jaguar Land Rover, particularly in the luxury SUV market in the US, notes Car and Driver.
How it derived its name
The F-Pace derived its name from one of William Lyons’ maxims about the car brand he co-founded. He said back then that all Jaguar models had to have grace, pace, and space, and the 2017 Jaguar F-Pace obviously adheres to such, notes Top Speed.
The styling of the 2017 F-Pace is heavily inspired by the C-X17 line of concept cars that were presented by the luxury carmaker back in 2013.
With the overwhelming response to the 2014 Jaguar C-X17 concept, the luxury carmaker thought it best to adapt the same style in its first ever SUV.
Realizing that it already had a prototype on its hands, Jaguar continued down the particular path for the F-Pace and the result is an SUV that prominently features Jaguar’s current design language and is complemented by a series of high-powered engines.
Jaguar expects that its 2017 F-Pace will serve as its successful springboard as it enters the already very competitive SUV segment of the motoring market.
Going up against the Macan
When Jaguar Land Rover unveiled the 2017 Jaguar F-Pace during the Frankfurt International Motor Show in September last year, critics and enthusiasts were in unison in saying that its key rival in the segment is the Porsche Macan.
Of course, there are several other German crossovers that it is vying to compete with but none poses strong competition than the Macan.
A couple of motoring journalists were able to test drive the 2017 Jaguar F-Pace recently between Gloucester and Leicester in the UK and they were one in saying that the SUV still have a few rough edges.
They say that although it is not as overtly sporty, or not quite as single-minded, or not as performance-oriented as the Porsche Macan, but the 2017 Jaguar F-Pace has better balance and off-road prowess than its main rival. It is also more benign at the limit and more importantly, more affordable than the Porsche Macan.
The 2017 Jaguar F-Pace, which is expected to roll out to the dealerships beginning this coming spring, is certainly compelling enough to lay the genetic foundation for a more affordable E-Pace and a more luxurious J-Pace.
Critics went on to describe the 2017 F-Pace as possessing some serious but hidden off-roading talents, apparently because it is the architecture that Land Rover will base its new mid-liner on, which is destined to come between the four-door Evoque and the Range Rover Sport come 2018.
With the 2017 F-Pace, Jaguar Land Rover is actually bringing the brand’s sexy styling and athletic moves to a crowded market.