Jaguar I-Pace

Start with what the Jaguar I-Pace is: a 5-door hatchback with electric motor, built from 2018 to 2024, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Ian Callum.

The story

The Jaguar I-Pace (stylised as I-PACE) is a battery-electric car produced by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) under their Jaguar marque. A five-door executive car with a hatchback, the I-Pace was announced in March 2018, with European deliveries beginning in June 2018 and North American deliveries starting in October 2018. The I-Pace was discontinued in 2024 due to slowing sales and a change in corporate vision.

What is underneath

The engine is electric motor. On the scales it comes to 2133 kg. Drive goes through a 1-speed direct-drive reduction. The layout matters: drive goes to all four wheels, which is what lets the power be used on a wet road. The wheelbase is 2990 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Its place in the line

In the Jaguar line-up the Jaguar I-Pace has a clear place: the factory was Graz (Magna Steyr), Austria. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Porsche Taycan, the Tesla Model 3, the Chevrolet Bolt. Nearby in the Jaguar catalogue sit the F-Type and the Vanden Plas.

Owning one today

Buying one now means $19,400–$31,100 for a typical example, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $1,950–$3,364 a year. Insurance sits around $1,690–$2,500 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.