Jaguar F-Pace: more plug-in range, more equipment

Last weekend the Jaguar XE was featured in our Back to Basics section, where we reported that Jaguar has had relatively little news to report for a while. This is now changing a little bit: the British are implementing a model year update on their mid-sized SUV, the Jaguar F-Pace. That model came on the market in 2016, received a facelift in 2020 and now a modest refresher.

The most important news of this can be found with the Jaguar F-Pace P400e. That variant with plug-in hybrid powertrain now has a roughly 20 percent greater electric driving range and can therefore reach a maximum of 65 km (WLTP). There is no news for the other motorisations, but that would be of little relevance in the Netherlands: Jaguar says it expects 98 percent of its F-Pace sales in the Netherlands to be a plug-in hybrid.

R-Dynamic

Whichever powertrain you choose, from now on you can only order the F-Pace as a sportier R-Dynamic – just like the Jaguar XE and XF, by the way. In addition, it now always has wheels with a diameter of 19 inches or larger and the upgraded ‘Pivi Pro’ navigation system with voice control, a digital instrument panel and the wireless variant of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard equipment. Furthermore, the ‘black pack’ with exterior accents in high-gloss black is now as good as standard: only the R-Dynamic S-trim (entry-level) does not get that.

Although Jaguar expects to sell almost only units with a plug-in hybrid powertrain here, the brand still offers a fairly extensive choice of engines. The diesels are available with four cylinders as D165 and D200 and with six-cylinder as D300. The petrol engines include the P250 (4-cyl), P400 (6-cyl), P550 SVR (8-cyl) and thus the P400e (4-cyl + electric motor). They all have four-wheel drive, the new starting prices are not yet known.