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By Matt Bird / Thursday, 21 August 2025 / Loading comments

Ever since first driving an I-Pace back at the end of 2020, I’ve liked them. Back then it felt like another great Jag - fast, handsome, plush, engaging - just with battery power. As subsequent test drives have thrown a family into the mix, its appeal only increased, with decent refinement, practicality and space. I’ve written previously about how an I-Pace would have suited our requirements almost down to the ground; we just needed a few more chargers, specifically around Suffolk where we regularly visit family.

Well, that was nearly three years ago, there are more chargers now, and VE71 OZD now sits on our driveway where an X3 M40i used to, complete with an Easee One charger on the wall next to it. I’m absolutely thrilled, truth be told. The BMW was a dream, no doubt, but expensive to run - £600+ VED, £80+ fill-ups, £250+ tyres - for a car that was doing less than 10,000 miles a year. With a wedding to pay for and residuals strong, it was the right time to bid a fond farewell.

The Jaguar situation has changed quite a bit since 2023, too. You might have heard. For what it’s worth, I’m keeping the faith; the I-Pace demonstrated how innovative and original Jaguar can be with electric, so here’s hoping for more of the same for whatever the Type 00 becomes. Clearly the situation is very different this time around, but who’s to say that lightning can’t strike twice? Anyway, that’s for the future. How this particular Jag came to be ours was actually a reasonably simple affair. Newer alternatives appealed with their faster DC charging speeds and, to be frank, rosier reliability record, but the speed, style and swag of the Jag won out pretty quickly.

The lack of powertrain evolution over the years that perhaps held the I-Pace back as a new prospect - no long-range rear-drive model, no performance derivative - certainly makes looking for a used one simpler. Because they’re all the same in terms of performance, from 2018 to 2025. We knew we wanted Pivi Pro, which meant cars from very late 2020 onwards, we wanted a panoramic roof (a £995 option when new), and we didn’t really want the black leather. HSE spec boasted a lot of desirable equipment, so that became the model to seek out (with hundreds of I-Paces for sale at any one time, a search can soon become a slog).

Ideally we didn’t want another black car, but this one ticked too many other boxes to ignore. A 2021 HSE with Light Oyster Windsor leather, the roof, sensible wheels, fewer than 40,000 miles and 94 per cent battery health. Plus clear glass - what a result. It was for sale at Harwoods Jaguar Land Rover Brighton, who were fantastic to deal with throughout. The I-Pace must have been the cheapest car for sale there by a mile, given the glut of Defenders and Range Rover Sports around, but our treatment was top notch. We even got a little handover room like it was a YouTuber collection.

First impressions? It’s just as lovely as I remember I-Paces being, thank goodness, the steering and ride still superb. Wear appears to have been minimal inside, so that feel of a £75k Jag is still in evidence despite paying much less than a third of that. It cruised home from the south coast beautifully, and plugging in at home feels just as gamechanging as expected. But we’ll be at the mercy of public chargers again very soon, with a family holiday to Norfolk imminent. More on that next time.

FACT SHEET

Car: 2021 Jaguar I-Pace HSE
Run by: Matt Bird
On fleet since: August 2025
Bought for: £21,700
Mileage: 38,622
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