Snapshot
- I-Pace gains minor exterior design tweaks
- No changes to driving range, power, tech
- Confirmed for Australia
The Jaguar I-Pace electric crossover SUV has gained minor cosmetic tweaks for the 2024 model-year, three years after receiving a facelift.
Notably, the British automaker has ditched the traditional-looking black grille in favour of a smoother face painted in atlas grey, with a new black and silver Jaguar badge in the middle.
Similarly, vertical blades underneath the headlights are also now finished in grey, while the front bumper, lower door and rear diffuser elements are body-coloured instead of gloss black.
There are some wheel design changes, the option for matte grey exterior colours and a contrasting roof – which paints the rear section of the panoramic glass roof black – for the first time.
The black pack is now standard on most variants, which brings gloss black surrounds to the grille and windows, wing mirror caps and rear badges.
Wheels understands the I-Pace update will carryover the same R-Dynamic SE and R-Dynamic HSE variants when it hits Australia.
However, no changes have been made to its powertrain or interior.
The current model is priced from $146,857 before on-road costs – and is the only EV in the Jaguar line-up. It has previously promised to only sell electric models by 2025.
2022 Jaguar I-Pace
The I-Pace was an early entrant to the electric car market, launching in 2018 using a dedicated EV platform.
It packs dual electric motors producing 294kW of power and 696Nm of torque sent to all four wheels, which results in a 0-100km/h sprint time in 4.8 seconds.
With a 90kWh (gross) battery pack, the luxury electric car has a claimed driving range of up to 470 kilometres on the WLTP testing cycle overseas – but it’s quoted as 446 kilometres (WLTP) in Australia.
It can be recharged at up to 11kW AC and 100kW DC speeds on a compatible charger.
Other key features include; a 10-inch Pivi Pro infotainment system with wireless Apple CarPlay, wireless Android Auto and built-in Amazon Alexa voice assistant, five-inch climate control touchscreen, an electric tailgate, ambient lighting, and a suite of active safety assistance systems as standard.
Jaguar only sold 700 vehicles locally in 2022, representing a 42.7 per cent dip compared to 2021 and was the hardest-hit luxury automaker.
Only 23 I-Pace examples were registered last year.
Entrants such as the BMW iX, Mercedes-Benz EQC and Audi Q8 E-Tron German SUVs have overtaken it in the EV sales race – and even the supply-constrained Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5 crossovers dramatically outsold the Jag.
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