The Jaguar F-Pace 90th Anniversary Edition Is A Farewell To Jag’s First SUV

The Jaguar F-Pace is a highly likeable entrant in the lucrative mid-size SUV market, but having been introduced back in 2016, it’s getting on a bit. In fact, its production run, which is due to end later this year along with the rest of Jag’s current range, represents nearly 10 per cent of the entire time the Jaguar name has been in existence.

To mark both of these things, Jaguar has unveiled a final model year update for the F-Pace, the headline of which is a new 90th Anniversary Edition. Slightly awkwardly, the end of F-Pace production will actually be around the 89th anniversary of the Jaguar name first appearing on a car in 1935, but they’ll probably still be on sale from stock into 2025, so we’ll give it a pass.

Officially called the R-Dynamic 90th Anniversary Edition, it’s the new entry point for the F-Pace range, replacing the standard R-Dynamic. You can spec it as either a D200 or D300 four-cylinder diesel, or a P400e plug-in hybrid setup teaming a 2.0-litre petrol four-cylinder with an electric motor for a combined total of 398bhp. It starts at £46,805 for the basic S version with a 201bhp D200 motor.

Jaguar plans on going fully electric on a bespoke EV platform from 2025, which is why production on all its current models – including the ageing I-Pace EV – will wind down by the end of 2024. Until then, though, you’ll still be able to get an F-Pace with a snarling supercharged V8 under the bonnet – this is still Jaguar, after all.

That’ll be the F-Pace SVR 575 Edition, which was first introduced last year to sit above the 542bhp SVR. Taking power up to 567bhp, it’ll be the only SVR derivative available from now until the end of production, and, with the F-Type set to die in June, the final Jag to be fitted with the 5.0-litre AJ133 V8 that was first introduced back in 2009. You can still get it in the Land Rover Defender, though – for now, anyway. Starting at £87,230, it seems like a fitting send-off for the combustion Jag before the company embarks on its brave new era.