Jaguar F-Pace

FIRST REPORT We take delivery of Jag's refreshed premium SUV in PHEV guise

- Stuart Milne

SPORTS Utility Vehicles generally deliver A far less there are exceptions to the rule, and the Jaguar F-Pace has offered much of what the firm knows about sports saloons and coupés, distilled into a far more practical package.

Times change, though, so for the 2022 facelift the fundamentals remain, but the F-Pace has been boosted in areas where it was being left behind: tech and electrification.

That's why I find myself talking to Ahmed Rahman, sales executive at Beadles Jaguar in Southend, Essex, as he shows me around our new F-Pace: a plug-in P400e in R-Dynamic SE spec and Portofino Blue.

Ahmed gives me a tour of the immaculate showroom; you could pretty much eat your food from the floor, and it's every inch the premium experience. He says: "Jaguar and Land Rover is all about personalisation, the personal touch." It's something that becomes clear as he leads me into one of two handover rooms.