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and a t-shirt but no makeup at Starbucks. which will be the F-Pace’s main competitor — buyers are after, which is a car-like driv-
Inside, the F-Pace is a lot like its XF and along with the ubiquitous Audi Q5. There’s ing experience coupled with heightened bad
no third row of seats in the F-Pace, but weather performance, I’d say the F-Pace
XJ siblings. The familiar rotary shift knob is there’s plenty of room for you, two adult nailed it.
there along with the usual buttons and sur- passengers, and all of your gear (behind the
faces. I’m not completely comfortable with rear seats). Just remember that, while there I’ll bet William Lyons never imagined
the rotary shift knob in Range Rovers, but I are three seats and seatbelts in back, you Jaguar would sell an SUV, but still, I think
like it in Jaguars, and it seems at home in the should stick with just two passengers in row he’d approve of the F-Pace. It’s as “alive” as
F-Pace. two if you want everybody to be happy. any Jaguar sedan, and it adds the utility that
today’s luxury buyers demand. Take that,
The materials and ergonomics are nice, as Since the F-Pace is built on the XF/XJ Porsche.
you’d expect in a vehicle at this price point. platform, you’d expect it to drive like a tall
Thankfully, Jaguar’s tech, like its cousin car rather than a short SUV, and it does. If you’re in the market for this kind of ve-
Land Rover’s, has improved. The central That’s obviously a good thing if you value hicle, call Phil Hornbeak at 210-301-4367.
touch screen is much more intuitive with driving dynamics, as I do. I drove Jaguar’s
menus that help rather than delay your find- first and only SUV on open highways, twisty Steve Schutz, MD, is a
ing what you want, and managing the audio, back roads, and in town, and it behaved board-certified gastroenterolo-
climate control, and navigation systems is more like a station wagon than an SUV in gist who lived in San Antonio
much easier than it used to be. This is 2017, all circumstances. Given that, I wouldn’t in the 1990s when he was sta-
so I still needed to go back to my iPhone a trust the F-Pace on the Rubicon Trail or any tioned here in the U.S. Air
couple of times. But I didn’t just give up, other off road, “paradises,” but for what ac- Force. He has been writing auto reviews for
which I guess is progress. tual F-Pace — and Porsche Macan/Audi Q5 San Antonio Medicine since 1995.
The cabin is more spacious than a Macan,
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