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Written by Paul Horrell
I"d cherished the idea of a Jaguar XF Sportbrake, but Jaguar said, "no, what you want is an F-Pace". Partly, I suspect, because they had this 9k miler to hand, so it"s actually a secondhand test. I don"t see myself as an SUV-er, but there is one advantage I park on a busy street, and the F-Pace is 21cm shorter yet encloses more people and bootspace than the XF. Unfortunately it"s slower and less lithe. Caesium Blue and black wheels is a handsome scheme. These are 1,255 20-inchers, the Goldilocks size between the sofa-castor 18s and the ride-ruining 22s. Mind you, some of this ride goodness might be down to the 1,185 adaptive damper pack. Elsewhere, there"s an expensive glass roof that I"d rather not have. Even more amazingly expensive ( 1,670) is the electrification and memory for the standard non-sport seats, which don"t even have lumbar adjustment and give me back pain. Also specced, a self-parking system that can"t get into spaces I easily can, and an electric tailgate that reopens when it encounters the soft bag you were hoping to shove in. More on that in a tick.
Date written: 19 May 2018
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ID: 11898
I"d cherished the idea of a Jaguar XF Sportbrake, but Jaguar said, "no, what you want is an F-Pace". Partly, I suspect, because they had this 9k miler to hand, so it"s actually a secondhand test. I don"t see myself as an SUV-er, but there is one advantage I park on a busy street, and the F-Pace is 21cm shorter yet encloses more people and bootspace than the XF. Unfortunately it"s slower and less lithe. Caesium Blue and black wheels is a handsome scheme. These are 1,255 20-inchers, the Goldilocks size between the sofa-castor 18s and the ride-ruining 22s. Mind you, some of this ride goodness might be down to the 1,185 adaptive damper pack. Elsewhere, there"s an expensive glass roof that I"d rather not have. Even more amazingly expensive ( 1,670) is the electrification and memory for the standard non-sport seats, which don"t even have lumbar adjustment and give me back pain. Also specced, a self-parking system that can"t get into spaces I easily can, and an electric tailgate that reopens when it encounters the soft bag you were hoping to shove in. More on that in a tick.
Date written: 19 May 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11898
