With a starting price of about $43,000 when it hits the retail markets next year, the 2017 F-Pace will come to the American market with a V6 gasoline engine that is complemented by an eight-speed transmission and all-wheel drive. It will be capable of exuding maximum power of 380 horsepower.
Subsequently, a four-cylinder Ingenium diesel engine variant will be included to the lineup and Jaguar does not see it having some kind of problems with the US Environment Protection Agency as it is confident that it will meet the rigid requirements for clean air benchmark.
The 2017 Jaguar F-Pace is being manufactured in the UK but if demand picks up after its official launch next year, the carmaker will shift its production to Brazil, China, or Eastern Europe.
The SUV also comes with high-tech features including torque vectoring, which is an optional elective adaptive damping system that is borrowed from the Adaptive Surface Response of the Land Rover to give it a better hold on mud and gravel.
There are reports that a supercharged V8 gasoline engine will also be developed shortly but whether it comes sooner or later, one thing is clear, the 2017 Jaguar F-Pace is ready to bring the cat fever in the US and some other key retail markets in the world.
If it drives half as well as it looks, I’m going to buy the f-pace, and there will be a wait list for it.