Jaguar touts F-Pace's driving dynamics - Automotive News
Jaguar said its new F-Pace will offer driving dynamics "unlike anything else in the segment" as the UK sports car maker takes aim at the Porsche Macan and BMW X4 with its first SUV-styled crossover. The F-Pace is set to become one of Jaguar’s two best-selling models alongside the XE midsize sedan after it joins the booming SUV/crossover segment next year. In a statement Jaguar was keen to emphasize that the crossover's performance will be in keeping with the brand's sports car heritage. "We haven't made any compromises or exceptions: the new F-Pace had to be a true Jaguar and had to deliver the [brand's] dynamics DNA," Mike Cross, Jaguar's chief engineer of vehicle integrity, said in the statement. The F-Pace uses an electric power-assisted steering system combined with the torque vectoring technology first developed for F-Type sports car and a torque on-demand all-wheel drive system. The F-Pace is underpinned by Jaguar’s new lightweight aluminum architecture also used by the XE and XF sedans. The crossover will contribute to the revival of Jaguar and sister brand Land Rover under the ownership of India's Tata Motors, which bought the brands from Ford Motor in 2008. By emphasizing on-road performance Jaguar is. Source: www.autonews.com
