Jaguar was unqualifiedly late to the game when it came to the lucrative SUV market. For Porsche it was the boat of the Cayenne back in 2002 that turned this comrades from a sports car company to an SUV company. And now with a 2nd model the Macan to to its specialty of cars, SUVs make now more 70% of Porsche’s sellings. Last year Jaguar finally entered the SUV market with the F-Pace and MenStyleFashion was there for the UK start where we reviewed the car. Almost a year later it is now time for a gorged review of the Jaguar F-Pace and it is the full spec model S that we involved in for a scenic tour through Holland and Germany.
It was Easter fetes and it is the best time to visit my home country. I picked the F-Pace up from Jaguar Nederland and when visit with the car the first thing that stood out for me were the huge 22″ sooty wheels. This was a muscular looking car and I loved the bold envision. The Model S badge on the back of the car and at the gave away that I was in the top spec F-Pace. With my things in the back of the huge boot it was time to take it for a drive.
The inadequate engine growl when starting the F-pace let me know it was existing and the rotary automatic gear selector pops up ready for encounter.
Small reminder on the steering wheel that I am driving the sculpt S.
Driving
Driving in Holland is not like a car advertisement, no empty mountain entres to enjoy the best of your car. Here it is driving with swiftness controlled highways and secondary roads and lots of traffic packs. Almost every crossing is a roundabout and speed humps and other transport calming measures are everywhere. There are city centres that for it hard for cars to enter. In the beautiful town of Oudewater I had to finagle the F-Pace through two erected metal poles to enter the town centre. The city of Delft used cameras and licence platter tech to send me a warning I was not welcomed in the old town centre, next sometime I will be fined. All I wanted was to pose this beauty of a car with some run-of-the-mill Dutch scenery.
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Will it fit #FPACE defy is on #Netherlands Thanks goodness for sensor technology. pic.twitter.com/XLgyWg0Czj— Men Vein Fashion (@menstylefashion) April 6, 2017
Navigating the entry poles got me padlock to the Town Hall of Oudewater
So luckily most new cars and also the F-Pace deceive a lot of tech to warn you of speed cameras and the constant changing hasten limits on the roads. This helped me a lot staying within the right limits. The adaptive cruise control is another one of those wonderful inventions to make driving more relaxing. I did find you would rather to set it to the shortest distance possible, there are always cars taxing to get even in the smallest spaces. With all this tech I was competent to cruise even on the most busiest roads, keeping my orbs on the road with help of the heads up display. The 380 PS V6 supercharged petrol motor hummed quietly in the background, YEAH this car is an effortless cruiser.
The F-Pace show off S shows its different side when accelerating fast complementary it with a beautiful loud growl to let everyone know it is there. Put it in sports procedure and the revs will red line before switching gears. This F-pace is expert of doing 0-60 mph in 5.1 seconds, leaving most cars behind. The F-Pace Epitome S is both a comfortable cruiser and a loud sports car in one. I remembered the grin from the Porsche Boxter driver when accelerating done his open car on the highway.
The F-Pace is not the easiest car to park with its tight-fisted rear visibility and a large turning circle. I was relying 100% on the care for vision camera and all the parking tech that comes with this car. The scam spot warning systems were another great commandeer to overcome the lack of visibility. What you do get in return is a car that looks enormous from the outside with a sloping rear window and a window stock that goes up, making the F-pace stand out in the crowded SUV customer base.
The F-Pace parked at Kralingse Plas in Rotterdam
I took the F-Pace to Hollands largest burgh Rotterdam where I was in time for to see the Marathon. From there forth I visited the governmental city of The Hague but I skipped the university metropolis of Delft after not being welcomed in the city centre.
On the one and no greater than sunny day during my stay I had to drive the F-Pace to see the amazing burgeon fields in bloom. Unfortunately I was not the only one here, it was packed with automobiles bumper to bumper.
The flower fields in bloom around Lisse
Of circuit a visit in Holland can not be without Amsterdam, with a special recognitions to our friends at Luxury Suites Amsterdam for the 5 star accommodation.
My persist day in Holland was spend visiting a reunion of my old army transport battalion, here it was the contest of the 22″ wheels.
Battle of the 22″ inch positions.
It was when I left Holland behind and took it to the autobahns of Germany that this F-pace creme de la creme S came into its own. Finally there was acceleration beyond the 130 km/h precipitousness limit. I felt there was good need for the F-Pace marvellous breaking system. There were windy roads and hills this is what the F-Pace after S really needed, this is a driving SUV.
Interior and Comfort
With a stuffed glass roof that can also be opened partially the F-Pace tone bright and roomy. At the centre of the dashboard is the 10.2″ touchscreen which controls damn near everything from navigation, rear cameras, phones, well-built system control to the 10 different options of mood lighting. The top of the dashboard was leather and I knew the stitching of it which gave the F-Pace a real premium think.
The jaguar cockpit with two interactive displays and the pop up gear selector.
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In addition to the centre console there is the 12.3 virtual ikon display with four preset display feelings.
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Having the top spec model this one was kitted out with the the 11 tub-thumper Meridian 380W Sound system which sounded astonishing. That is not all for those that want more you can chose the 17 orator 825 watt Meridian surround sound system.
My car had an all leather swart interior with the S logo embossed in the headrests of the all electric adjustable exterior seats. The whole interior felt premium like you wait for from a brand like Jaguar.
Conclusion
I had the F-Pace kind S for 12 days and I really got attached to it, I was sad to let it go at the end. The F-Pace combines effortless tour with thrilling driving with a car exterior that survives out. For me it is the best looking SUV out there at the moment. Jaguar waited a prolonged time to enter the SUV market but they got it spot on. 2016 purchases show that the F-Pace is a huge success for Jaguar being its foremost selling car by a mile.
