Jaguar F-PACE undergoes extreme tests

From the searing heat and dust of Dubai to the ice and snow of Northern Sweden, the new Jaguar F-PACE has been tested to the limit in some of the world’s most inhospitable environments.

Jaguar’s performance crossover offers an unrivalled blend of performance, design and practicality.
To ensure that every system functions perfectly, even under the most extreme conditions, the new F-PACE has been subjected to one of the most demanding test programmes the company has ever devised. For the first time ever in a Jaguar test programme, the F-PACE has been driven over gravelled mountain passes, and it is this attention to detail that will help make Jaguar’s first performance crossover the benchmark in its segment.

At Jaguar Land Rover’s test facility in Northern Sweden, average winter temperatures rarely exceed minus 15°C and often plummet to below 40°C, providing an ideal environment for optimising the calibration of the all-wheel drive system, Dynamic Stability Control, as well as technologies such as Jaguar’s revolutionary All-Surface Progress Control. Whether on asphalt, snow or ice, the F-PACE delivers the connected steering feel and agility fundamental to the Jaguar dynamics DNA. Alternatively, ambient temperatures in Dubai can exceed 50°C in the shade, while cabin temperatures can soar up to 70°C, which is exactly what is needed to ensure that everything from climate control systems to infotainment touchscreens and cooling systems function perfectly in extreme heat and humidity.

“We developed the F-PACE to offer the ride, handling and refinement demanded from a Jaguar, together with exceptional levels of ability and composure on all surfaces and in all weathers. Just as we paid obsessive attention to detail in the engineering of every single component, we’ve exhaustively tested the F-PACE in the most challenging conditions to ensure that it will exceed the expectations of our customers worldwide,” commented Andrew Whyman, Vehicle Programme Director of Jaguar F-PACE.