Jaguar F-Pace 2.0 Petrol

The F-Pace petrol is the sportiest SUV you can buy this side of ₹70 lakh

- Rohit Paradkar

I began this year getting behind the wheel of a shiny new, white F-Pace that had just finished with its pre-delivery inspection. To me, the smell of a new car is more intoxicating than whatever you had this New Year. But enough time has passed between my drive and me finding time to write this story, so the infatuation has certainly worn off. And yet, I remain impressed with F-Pace.

Its design still catches my fancy after all these years. The high shoulder and low roofline, with those slats over the beefed-up wheel arches create an athletic poise that is unlike any other luxury SUV in this bracket. The closest resemblance of that athleticism is the Porsche Macan and that’s a very good car to be compared with. I’m also glad that unlike the E-Pace, this elder sibling looks very much like its sedan counterpart - the XF - and that gives it a smart face that drips attitude. I quite like it.