The 2016 Jaguar F-PACE - First Impression | Dro4Cars
The 2016 Jaguar F-Pace - First Impression
The 2016 Jaguar F-Pace is the very first SUV model of Jaguar. When I saw the new 2016 F-PACE my first thought was it should be a competitor to the BMW X5 or at least it looks like.
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The side and front view of the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE. | Image: Dro4Cars.com
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The 2016 Jaguar F-Pace - Exterior Desing
Actually,
I really like the proportion of the body. It’s not so huge and it’s not too small. The 2016 Jaguar F-PACE has a clear side exterior design with some sporty elements as the vents on the front fenders with a Jaguar inscription. This F-PACE has
huge rims which give a sporty view of the car. However, the Jaguar F-PACE should be a
vehicle that has to give more trust for unpaved roads. Although the high clearance, I think that we have
to forget about the hard off-road usage of the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE.
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| The 2016 Jaguar F-PACE - front view with the front grille and the headlights. | Image: Dro4Cars.com |
The
front view has a distinguished large and wide front grille. The badge on the
front grille is a jaguar head on a red background. The presented model has xenon headlights. The LED headlights could be ordered from the additional
equipment. The front hood has aerodynamic lines which have to lead the air to both sides of the F-Pace SUV. This is made in order to
lower the front resistance of the car which has many advantages as low fuel
consumption.
On
the rearview, the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE has a huge tailgate with narrow and wide taillights.
The taillights are LED as standard. From the additional equipment, you can order
the electric opening tailgate or foot opening the tailgate. In general, the 2016 Jaguar
F-PACE has a very clean design with simple shapes.
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| The
Jaguar F-PACE trunk space with luggage compartment rails. The trunk space of the F-Pace is enough for the baggage of 5 people. | Image: Dro4Cars.com |
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| The Jaguar F-PACE LED taillights are standard equipment. | Image: Dro4Cars.com |
The 2016 Jaguar F-Pace - Interior
For me, the
most interesting part of the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE is its interior design. When I open
the driver’s door, I saw that the door panel is massive and I like its design.
On the top of the door panel, there are buttons for all windows and adjustment of the exterior mirrors. The button console is placed on the door panel which is a very interesting position that is part of the door panel is tilted toward the driver. It's one of the most interesting parts of the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE. In the middle part of the driver’s door, there is LED
illumination. These lights on the doors give the interior a very pleasant atmosphere. The
2016 F-PACE offers three memory sets for driver adjustment. The buttons are
pleased to the door handle. In the bottom part of the driver’s door panel, there is a
place where you can put something. Usually, some garbage on the go...
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The 2016 Jaguar F-PACE driver’s door panel. | Image: Dro4Cars.com
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On
the door sill of the new 2016 Jaguar F-Pace, there is an inscription Jaguar which lights up when the door is
open. It’s made of phosphor and it’s a part of the additional equipment. The 2016 F-PACE gives you an option to specify a monochrome ‘motif’ in a choice
of approved typefaces/scripts. It’s a cool gadget because you can
personalize your 2016 Jaguar F-PACE.
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| The
Jaguar door sill phosphor inscription on the 2016 Jaguar F-Pace. | Image: Dro4Cars.com |
The
seats in the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE and the door panel are in orange color for the
presented model. The seats are very ergonomic and very comfortable. The Jaguar
offers 10-position power adjustment for the front seats and electronically
reclining rear seats.
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| The 2016 Jaguar F-PACE driver’s power-seat adjustment. | Image: Dro4Cars.com |
The steering wheel has a round shape... and it has three spokes. On the middle spokes are placed the standard multi-functional buttons for voice control, speed
limits and etc. You can personalize your 2016 Jag F-PACE because there are a few
options to choose a steering wheel with S- or R-badge on the third spoke. This
is also available for BMW models with M-Package. However, behind the steering wheel of the 2016 F-PACE, there are paddle shifters for the manual mode of the automatic
transmission.
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The steering wheel of the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE. | Image: Dro4Cars.com
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The instrument cluster of the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE is all-digital with very beautiful
graphics. In the middle part is the speedometer; on the right side next to it is
the RPM meter. In the RPM meter are placed the fuel level and cooling fluid temperature
indicators. On the left side, there is the board computer where you can control
some functions on the 2016 F-Pace. The main advantage of the digital instrument cluster is that you
can see a huge map of the navigation. I think that this is a very useful feature of the new 2016 Jaguar F-Pace.
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The instrument cluster of the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE. | Image: Dro4Cars.com
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The 2016 Jaguar F-Pace has a navigation system with a 12.3” HD display with some additional features. From the infotainment display, you could manage everything from radio to the navigation system. It's placed in the middle console of the 2016 F-Pace. The 12.3" HD display has a touch screen so you can navigate fast through the menus and options of the 2016 Jag F-Pace. If
you pay extra you can watch TV in your 2016 Jaguar F-PACE.
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The infotainment system in the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE with the Bulgarian interface. | Image: Dro4Cars.com
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Under
the display in the middle console, there are several buttons which are like
short keys for temperature settings, the Start/Stop button for the engine, the
hazard button, and the button for the radio. Between the display and the button
panel for temperature, there is a CD player.
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The climate control inside the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE. | Image: Dro4Cars.com
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The 2016 Jaguar F-Pace gear selector pop-ups when you run the engine. To change the gear you have to
rotate the selector.
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The pop-up gear selector for the automatic transmission
in the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE. | Image: Dro4Cars.com |
The 2016 Jaguar F-Pace -
Engines and Gearboxes
The
engines available for the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE used petrol or diesel fuel.
There could be some differences in the different markets.
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The Jaguar F-PACE 2.0l diesel engine with 180 horsepower. | Image: Dro4Cars.com
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I
will start with the 2.0 diesel engine which produces 180 hp @ 4000 rpm and the max torque is 430 Nm (317 Ib.ft) @ 1750-2500 rpm for the 2016 Jaguar F-Pace. It's an inline engine with 4 valves
on each cylinder. The 2016 F-PACE offers a 6-speed manual or an 8-speed automatic
transmission, both produced by ZF. The 2016 F-PACE model is available with rear-wheel
drive or all-wheel-drive (AWD/4x4). The rear-wheel-drive doesn't make sense for an SUV, I don't know who needs it.
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| The 2.0l diesel engine for the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE could be mated to a 6-speed manual or an 8-speed automatic gearbox. The 2016 F-PACE is available with rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive layout with its 2.0L diesel engine. | Image: Dro4Cars.com |
Although the torque of the Jaguar F-PACE is high, its 2.0 diesel engine is a little bit strange for me.
When I write about it I think that it is some kind of Mazda CX-5 or Honda
CR-V. I did a test drive of the Mazda
CX-5
model which was with a 2.2l diesel engine, 175 hp @ 4500 rpm and 420 Nm (310 Ib.ft)
@ 2000 rpm and this engine is mated a 6-speed automatic
transmission. I also drove the Honda
CR-V with 1.6l diesel engine, which produces 160 hp @ 4000
rpm and 350 Nm (258 Ib.ft) @ 2000 rpm of torque. The CR-V has a 9-speed automatic
transmission. That’s why I think that the Jaguar F-PACE with its 2.0l diesel
engine is not a good option for purchase.
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| The distinguished taillights of the Jaguar F-PACE on the rear and side view. | Image: Dro4Cars.com |
Unfortunately,
the engine with a V8 badge isn’t available for the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE, yet... So we have only the 3.0l V6 diesel or petrol engines. The power of the diesel
version 2016 F-Pace is 300 hp @ 4000 rpm and the max torque is 700 Nm (516 Ib.ft) @ 2000 rpm. The 2016 jaguar F-Pace 3.0l V6 petrol engine has 380 hp @ 6500 rpm and 450 Nm (332 Ib.ft) @ 4500 rpm of
torque. Both engines use the 8-speed automatic transmission produced by
ZF. If you chose some of these engines your F-PACE will come with an all-wheel drive. I think that the better choice for the 2016 Jaguar F-PACE is one of these V6
engines. Does diesel or petrol, it’s all up to you.
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| The side and rear view of the Jaguar F-PACE. | Image: Dro4Cars.com |
