2022 Jaguar F-Pace Buyers Guide

Continual refinement has made the Jaguar F-Pace better and better over time. Now, with more equipment lower in the range and a hugely impressive media system, it's the best it has ever been.

The F-Pace range offers a four, six or eight-cylinder petrol and six-cylinder diesel engine choice, along with four trim grades (which vary depending on engine choice) of S, SE, HSE and SVR.

Pricing starts from $79,461 (before options and on-road costs) for a 184kW/365Nm 2.0-litre turbocharged F-Pace R-Dynamic S and climbs to $145,146 for the 405kW/700Nm supercharged V8 F-Pace SVR.

Our pick: Jaguar F-Pace 2.0-litre P250 R-Dynamic SE (184kW/365Nm turbocharged petrol from $84,142 before on-road costs)

While the six-cylinder engines are excellent (and the V8 SVR a proper weapon) the well-specified SE-grade P250 F-Pace with the 2.0-litre petrol engine provides just the right amount of Jaguar at a surprisingly affordable price.

The SE trim includes 20-inch wheels and a selection of up to seven colours at no additional cost (but a further 18-choices at an optional spend between $510 for a premium metallic to a whopping $14,600 for a special effect tone). We're a bit disappointed that British Racing Green is an $11,050 choice, but would opt for an equally slick (and popular) Santorini Black as part of our build.

You score LED headlamps with high-beam assist, heated mirrors, a power tailgate, memory seats, interior lighting, adaptive cruise control, blind spot detection and lane-keeping assist as standard equipment.

Check out this configuration on the Jaguar F-Pace configurator here.

The $1430 Black-Pack works well with the Santorini paint, and although a little unnecessary, the $1560 upgrade to 21-inch wheels makes the F-Pace look pretty slick.

We'll add the $4420 tilt-slide panoramic roof and $640 black roof rails too.

Inside, the no-cost Mars-Red leather trim is just delicious, and the $1110 upgrade to heated seats is a must, as is the $1560 Meridian Sound System.

In typical Jaguar fashion, there are infinite ways to alter and personalise your F-Pace build, and while a hands-free kicker on the boot, head-up display and surround-view camera are great, you don't really need them. That said, many of these items can be added for a few hundred dollars when 'building' your car, so they aren't hard to include.

Our spec runs to a total of $8050 in exterior and $1110 in interior options for a drive away price (in Victoria) of $103,735.

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