2017 Jaguar F-PACE S
D Pos - You’d never swing by the golden arches in search of a five-star meal; duck confit on a bed of baby spring vegetables with dried-cherry couscous just isn’t on the menu, even if you flash your Amex black card.
Like Mickey D’s, Jaguar is famous for one particular thing, though it has nothing to do with value menus or over-sized fountain drinks. This most British of automotive brands is known around the globe for its sultry sports cars and imposing sedans; defying industry trends for more than a decade, it’s never fielded a utility vehicle, until now.
Leading the charge into newfound territory is the 2017 F-Pace, something the company is billing as an all-season sports car with family-friendly practicality. That may sound like something of an on oxymoron, but against the odds, this Jaguar actually lives up to the hype.
Like the rest of its lineup, the F-Pace is constructed mostly of aluminum. In fact, about 80 percent of its core structure is comprised of this lightweight metal, a foundation it shares large portions of with the brand’s equally new XE sedan.
Aside from providing rigid and mass-efficient underpinnings, this body configuration also results in nearly perfect 50:50 weight distribution front to rear, a boon for driving dynamics.
