SCOFF IF YOU must at the notion of a Jaguar crossover, but keep in mind that without one—as with certain other onceniche luxury or sports-car marques—the storied British brand might have been on its way to a permanent cat nap. The F-Pace hit the market in May 2016 and sold north of 10,000 vehicles by year’s end. Indeed, in only eight months the F-Pace helped Jaguar more than double its sales compared with 2015.
From the moment it arrived, the F-Pace didn’t exactly darken our parking lot. It’s a handsome brute of a ute, thanks to the efforts of lead designer Ian Callum and his team who have worked since 2006 to sculpt Jaguar into a thoroughly modern, design-forward brand that also incorporates clever, heritage-themed cues. Clean-sheet models such as the F-Type and F-Pace have shown Callum to be one of the best in the business, and the Jaguar design squad did a top-notch job of differentiating its crossover from those of its Land Rover and Range Rover cousins.
The F-Pace’s stance is taut and athletic, sleek but not too rakish. Stylistically it’s more in line with the Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe and BMW X6 than the Lexus RX but doesn’t necessarily ape any of them. Sometimes the available color palette significantly impacts a car’s design, so we were quite pleased with our choice of vibrant Italian Racing Red ($550). We also added the aptly named Black Design package ($350), which darkens several exterior trim pieces.
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