Thoughts on the Jaguar F-Pace?

Always heard if you buy a jaguar you better have a toolbox in the trunk

Meh, I'd give it 4.5/5 stars as a soccer mom vehicle. It says "Trying too hard".

I saw one on the road this morning. It looks like a Honda

The F-Pace looks great, especially the tricked out ones. I don't have the SUV but have an XJL, and I've been happy with it. Great performance for a big car. Heard great things about the F-Pace from a couple friends with them. The Jag ineriors are so much nicer than most other luxury brands. Haven't had any mechanical issues - that reputation is a holdover from years ago, not current models. My only complaint is that the value of Jags drops like a rock.

I knew a very wealthy man (he’s dead now) who was self-made and would never brag about his wealth. He got caught cheating by his wife and bought her a Jag. A year later he confided in me- “Füt, by many standards I am a wealthy man. But I simply cannot afford that mother-fricking Jaguar.”

Jags are certainly eye candy and more reliable now than they’ve probably ever been.

But pass. There’s too many other good choices out there.

Buy two, one to drive and the other to keep in the shop.

ETA: Someone beat me to it. Seriously, why would you buy a Jag when you can get something comparable with a better backed name for the same price?

shite man.
I’ll take two.

If you are going to the Jag/Rover dealership anyways you should test drive a Velar. They look damn good in person:

Thoughts:

I drive Jaguars and I didn t like it. Ive had a 2011 XF, 2013 XJ Supersport, 2015 F type R, and now have a 2017 XJL 'R'. I got them all at Aston Martin of Tampa over the years and with exception of the 11 XF I loved them. The F typs R was the most exciting car Ive ever owned, and the ppl who berate Jaguar because of Ford (whose association ended in 2008) know nothing. Tata has poured hundreds of millions into these new models and they re first class.

HOWEVER last year my wife and I drove to my son's in Naples, FL and stopped in Tampa to look at new F paces.. I told her we could trade off the F type (which is as far from a family car as u can get}. We reserved an F pace to drive for a couple days and at first glance it's stunning even for an SUV. But, the ride is terrible and regardless how you adjust all things seats, dynamics, speed, etc. it rides rough. It leans in corners, is noisy, understeers, and the computerization will drive you mad. In both our opinions it wasn't as good as the Lincoln MKX SUV we had a few years ago.

We drove out with the XJL we have now and don t regret it.

Theres my opinion

Oh and yes I do have pics of all :-))