JAGUAR I-PACE

CAN AN ALL-ELECTRIC JAGUAR BE JAG ENOUGH?

- SIMRAN RASTOGI

Change can be a scary thing, even more so when you consider the future of IC-engined cars from established manufacturers with rich legacies to uphold. Take Jaguar’s announcement that its cars will all be powered by electric motors and batteries — all of them — by 2025. That’s means going forward, there’s not going to be any grumbly V8s, sonorous V6s, or anything that really defined the Jaguar experience as we knew it. But with the I-Pace, the British brand’s first-ever pure electric model, Jaguar is taking a bold step into the future. For us here in India, it’s our best preview of Jags to come. And the question still remains — can an all-electric Jaguar give you the same feeling of driving something special, with sportiness built right in, that Jags typically do?

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