Jaguar Claims I-Pace SUV Is Faster Around The Track Than The Model S Or Model 3

The brand new 2019 Jaguar I-Pace is a very promising electric car, and it just allegedly set a new lap record around Laguna Seca raceway, beating previous recorded lap times of the Tesla Model S and Tesla Model 3.

Jaguar set up the supposed record-setting run with Motor Trend and the magazine’s go-to racing driver Randy Pobst. Jaguar claims the I-Pace lapped the 11-turn road coarse in 1:48.18 completely stock, with no modifications. Jaguar and Motor Trend claim that’s a record for a “four-door stock production electric vehicle.”

 

rockreid - 8/24/2018 10:41:03 AM

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That’s great. Now back in the real commuter world if only the iPace offered more than a lousy 200 mile battery pack for actual real world driving reality, and not 0.1% usable race track heroics.

TomM - 8/24/2018 5:51:38 PM

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Actually - all you need say is that no Base TEsla Model 3 produced can beat a Honda Civic =- because they are NEVER going to make them like the rest of the line.

supermoto - 8/24/2018 1:22:41 PM

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These electric cars are still pretty slow. 1:48 was the fastest time in an EV at Laguna. For comparison, a M3 (E92) did 1:43. Ferrari 488 did 1:32.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 8/24/2018 1:48:42 PM

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Apparently, a black "smudge" running along the doors is now sadly becoming a design cue along with a floating roofline, monster-sized central screen and a grotesque overwrought grill. This should help buoy used car and truck pricing for a while.

ricks0me - 8/24/2018 6:31:56 PM

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If I was an EV MFG, I would not even compare myself to a Tesla.

runninglogan1 - 8/24/2018 9:26:31 PM

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No doubt the Model 3 Performance will destroy this on a track.

SanJoseDriver - 8/29/2018 3:13:53 AM

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Lots of great drag race times though

carloslassiter - 8/26/2018 3:11:12 PM

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Awsome ride for people who miss the AMC Gremlin. For everyone else, it looks like a crummy hatchback.

MDarringer - 8/26/2018 4:44:39 PM

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I completely agree