Red Net Moment, December 3 (Reporter Zhou Yuguang) Last week, a new leopard came to my garage, jaguar F-pace, and since then, I have started my life with two "leopards". Even Jaguar's brand advertisement said that Jaguar was the favorite of bad boys, and now, I was completely bad.
If there's anything tempting for me with this new F-pace, it's its 3.0L inline six-cylinder mechanical + turbo twin-boosted engine. After all, this year, more than 4 cylinders of the car has been listed as a "rare animal", young people even sought after the electric car, no longer pursue "one more cylinder, more dignity", because of this, this looking very "leopard power" F-pace completely hit me.
The 500,000-level luxury brand SUV market is basically monopolized by the BBA, they are balanced enough, the brand is loud enough, people are middle-aged, rounded by life, there is nothing wrong with choosing BBA, but they are less "bad", which is why I will love Jaguar.
The 2021 F-pace of this test drive does not look like a good class at first glance, the body line is smooth and silky, but in the overall momentum, it is thick and thick, full of muscle.
The huge grille in front of the face and the bilateral double exhaust at the rear of the car are announcing to the outside world that "I am not good" to the outside world. Scalpel-like headlights and taillights also reveal the F-pace's sharp aura.
On the side of the body, the short front overhang creates a leopard swooping visual effect, and the wide tires of the 255/50 R20 not only look good enough, but also provide better grip during actual driving.
If the exterior of the F-pace is enough to appeal to me, its interior ignites my passion in an instant. A large number of red leather materials and silver metal create a sense of luxury while allowing people sitting in the car to be in a state of excitement at all times.
The integrated racing seats in the front are designed to be airtight, heated, and controlled by pushing and pulling the air conditioning control knob. This kind of pleasure of integrating into three dimensions through a knob is difficult for electric vehicle owners who have only one large screen to appreciate.
The narrow border suspension central control screen and dashboard are large size LCD screens, the UI design is very advanced, and the operations are simple and clear, which adds a lot of scientific and technological sense to this leopard.
The dashboard can also switch between different modes according to personal preferences, whether you are a passion school or a Buddhist school, there is always one that can satisfy you.
On this F-pace, the ancestral knob shift was replaced with a design-inspired electronic gear handle, but Jaguar did not forget the original, designing the driving mode switching knob to be a knob style that can be lifted and lowered.
Hang up in D gear, tap the throttle, and the next link to enter the driving experience.
With 340 hp and 480 Nm of torque, you don't have to worry about the F-pace's power reserve, and when it's quiet, you can hear the screech of the supercharger at the touch of the throttle, which is no worse than the British Treasure sound on the car. A little deeper on the throttle, a steady stream of power from the back, the 8-speed transmission gears are so tightly connected that I can't find its bottom on ordinary roads.
As a rule of thumb, the sedan controls better than the SUV, but after driving this F-pace, I instantly felt that the control of my own XEL was not good. This gap is not only the difference between 2.0T and 3.0T, this F-pace's road sense feedback, the dynamic response speed of the moving body is stronger than my XEL. In the face of the provocation of other vehicles on the road, I can easily eliminate them.
The precise control that the F-pace brings to me with the scalpel makes me feel like XEL is driving up a bit of a drag. Whether it is the economy mode, the comfort mode or the sports mode, F-pace can always maintain a sober sports passion, such a feeling, is more and more inclined to the comfortable BBA can not give.
I didn't feel the pleasure of cornering when driving the XEL, I actually felt unfinished on the F-pace, although the F-pace sitting posture is very high, but the extremely tough suspension system when cornering can tightly hold the body, do not feel much roll, a bend has passed, so that I constantly want to increase the cornering speed, this kind of flying pleasure on the ground, so that the F-pace really does not look like an SUV at all.
This top-of-the-line F-pace is actually quite rich in configuration, with full definition of 360-degree panoramic images, automatic parking, adaptive cruise, lane keeping and so on, but in the face of its exquisite control, I prefer to take it all into my own hands and experience the continuous driving pleasure it brings.
Of course, this F-pace is not without weaknesses, although the wheelbase is up to 2874mm, but its rear space is still not too spacious, which may be between sport and practical fish and bear paws can not be combined. For consumers who pursue extreme manipulation, it is also acceptable to sacrifice some space.
The official guide price of this top-equipped F-pace is 598,000, and in this price range, you can buy bigger Touareg, XC90, XT6 and other higher-level guys, and you can easily win the X3, GLC and Q5 top models of the same level, but they can't bring you the ultimate sporty control like F-pace, I think this is the uncompromising charm of F-pace.
Honestly, as the owner of the "grocery cart" XEL, this F-pace struck me.