Jaguar I-Pace wins European Car of the Year
Jag's EV joins an illustrious list in being crowned Europe's best car - and beats out the Alpine A110 in the process
Goodness knows Jaguar needs a bit of good news at present; well today, on the eve of the Geneva show, it has some, the I-Pace being crowned European Car of the Year.
It won by an extremely narrow margin. Tied on 250 points with the Alpine A110 - yes, it really is that good, in case you hadn't heard - the final result came down to how many of the judges placed the Jaguar first ahead of the Alpine. With 18 first places for the I-Pace and 16 for the A110, victory could hardly have been closer - it's the first time in the competition's history that there's ever been a tie.
Furthermore, it's the first time an Alpine has ever been in contention for the award, and only the third time for Jaguar: the XE was fifth in 2016 and, before that, the X-Type finished seventh in the 2002 contest. It was behind cars such as the Citroen C5, Fiat Stilo and Peugeot 307. See, it wasn't always better in the old days...
Ian Callum collected the I-Pace's award, describing it as a "wonderful car for the team to design and work on, because it's a new car on a unique platform. For me, after 40 years in the business, this is the most exciting new car I've ever had the chance to work on."
Things weren't just close at the top, with results remaining a close-run thing throughout. The Kia Ceed finished in third place with 247 points, and the Ford Focus was on 235. Really, though, this is about Jaguar's success in creating something genuinely revolutionary for the sector, and something to shout about for Britain as well; while there was a win for the Vauxhall Ampera in 2012, for a British manufacturer to claim victory with a project entirely of its own you need to look back to 1977, and the Rover SD1.
So well done Jaguar, and well done Alpine as well; both have shown that alternative thinking, executed well, can grab the attention and awards. If recognition like this means more lightweight, driver focussed sports cars and well resolved, desirable EVs, then count us in!
- 100kw charging not possible / enabled
- infotainment screens go black and come back either randomly or not at all therefore no heating etc. Etc.
- OTA updates not enabled
- no SOC setting possible. So it charges to 100% unless you stop it.
Dealers seem hit and miss,one guy on the I-PACE fourm has been told he will just have to wait a month until JLR issue an update.
Mine hasn’t arrived yet, but I am looking forward to i with joy and terror in equal measures.
Jag could make it go faster but are limiting it to 124mph in the same way my i3s is limited to 100mph.
And don't get me started on ze Germans, who limit their cars to 157 or something
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...but but but it only moves the pollution OUT OF TOWNS.. something something hydrogen ..
I really like the I-Pace, have seen a few and they are good looking cars, Sniffpetrol gave it a good write up.
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