The Jaguar I-Pace wins World Car of the Year, World Green Car awards

We were among the panel of 86 international jurors for the annual award program.

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It's a fantastic car. A little faster than a Tesla X in the 0-60. But not quite as much range and certainly doesn't have the super charging network.

 

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But is it a proper Jaaaaaag?
https://youtu.be/7eWIrBOc3zE

Well, it's the first Jag to solve the problem of leaking oil on your garage floor.

 

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It's a fantastic car. A little faster than a Tesla X in the 0-60. But not quite as much range and certainly doesn't have the super charging network.

The I-Pace is not quicker to 60mph than the X performance.

It also does not have an option for the 3rd row seat. The Ipace is really more of sedan crossover.

Edit: Probably a better comparison would be to the Model 3.

I've seen a couple drag races on YouTube. It will beat the 100D in a drag race just fine. It cannot beat the P100D, but that's to be expected.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRlq3mSMtYo

 

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For information, the estimated 2019 USA sales of the i-Pace are as follows:
Jan: 210
Feb: 129
Mar: 212
http://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales-da ... ar-i-pace/

In February, Jaguar started offering zero interest financing to help sales, which implies that their pricing is too high:
https://electrek.co/2019/02/16/jaguar-i ... cing-deal/

That doesn't tell you much. Jag isn't a volume seller. They are all about margin. In most markets they have less than 0.5% share. People buy them because of a value proposition.

 

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It's a fantastic car. A little faster than a Tesla X in the 0-60. But not quite as much range and certainly doesn't have the super charging network.

I don't understand why people keep comparing the I-Pace and the Model X. That's like comparing a Ford Escape and GMC Yucon. Even the Model S has more cargo room then the I-Pace. If you have to compare electric cars to each other and ignore gas car comparisons, then the Kia Kona would be a better fit. As much as Jag wants to call it a SUV, its actually a crossover.

Because the slope of the rear roof gimps the third row for all but the smallest of passengers (and reduces cargo handling). On paper it has the dimensions of a full size three row SUV, but for all practical purposes it's a two row SUV with extra cargo room.