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Originally Posted by JST
Our trip with the F Pace concluded yesterday. Overall, it's a nice vehicle. It's reasonably comfortable, has good space inside, got non-terrible mileage, and really killed it on the highway, cruising at 90+ like it was nothing.
Impressive performance for a 2 liter four. At the same time, I was reminded when I got home of a time when not all cars were 2 liter fours, and why that matters. The Ingenium four is powerful and doesn't have much lag, but it grumbles and sounds pretty pedestrian; the 3 liter six in the M3 just feels worlds more special. The F Pace with a 5.0L V8 or something unique and interesting would be really compelling.
Driving-wise, my impressions from above mostly held true. The ride is rougher than it needs to be and it feels a little like it's on stilts, but if you need an SUV this wouldn't be a bad choice, at all.
The infotainment system held it together for the rest of our trip, and worked well with carplay. I didn't like that there were no physical buttons for the seat heaters, but other than that it was a system I could live with. |
Nice rental! I’ve only driven one of those with the v6. The 300hp 4 seems like a good amount of power - surprised they don’t offer it in the heavier velar.
JLR seems to be releasing quarterly OTA updates of the infotainment to fix bugs, improve performance and add new features so that’s promising. The LRs and refreshed Jags have a lower screen with 2 dials that can be used to control the heated seats. I’ve never had the screens blank out on ours but it’s glitchy for sure.
Would love to try the SVR with the 5.0 v8 as well. Not long for this world though since their agreement with ford expired this year and production has stopped. Read a few reviews that claim the ride quality is good on the SVR version but that’s likely compared to super stiff SUVs like the x3M. Good ride quality seems to be a rare commodity in general these days.
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