Is There A Market For The 40+ MPG Diesel Jaguar F-Pace SUV?

I am not sure how Jaguar got so royally screwed on the government’s fuel-economy rating of its diesel-powered F-Pace, but I am sure that you can ignore the EPA’s ridiculous lowball of 26/33 mpg for city and highway. With little effort, I topped 40 highway mpg every time I jumped aboard the Jag, including one 70-mile run at 42 mpg. The F-Pace also smoked its EPA rating of 29 mpg in combined driving. I recorded a thrifty 34 mpg overall, and that included some mileage-sapping crawls through New York’s boroughs.
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mre30 - 2/6/2018 2:29:38 PM

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Brits love Diesel so if Diesel is a brand attribute that can now be linked to Jag's (and Land Rover's) 'anglo' product line, seems like a good strategy to me.

Heck, its not a strategy that anyone else is pursuing so Jaguar/LR mind as well have it all to themselves.

atc98092 - 2/6/2018 3:30:20 PM

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I drove the gas version (no diesels were available in the area at the time) and was greatly impressed. I would have gladly gotten a diesel. But the reliability of Jaguar in general just puts me off from the brand. Also, the E Pace is really more the size I would have preferred, and no diesel in the US for that one, at least not yet.

TomM - 2/6/2018 3:41:28 PM

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The question is whether there is sufficient market in the USA to support the Diesel version - I doubt it

On the other hand - this vehicle would not sell without a diesel version in Europe - which still favors diesels through Fuel Taxation - where they heavily tax gasoline- but cannot do the same with diesel due to BIG trucks.

MDarringer - 2/6/2018 9:33:13 PM

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Diesel Jaguar?

At first I thought this was April Fools day.

valhallakey - 2/7/2018 12:38:16 AM

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We has a BMW X5 35d and really enjoyed it. Plenty of power and we would regularly get high 30s mpg in mixed, mostly highway driving. However I think the whole VW/Audi thing with deisels may make them a harder sell. I am sure they did some good market analysis before going through certification and bringing it over.