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August 27: Driver Experience 2016 Hosted by Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club Bay of Plenty at Taupo Motorsport Park. The non-competitive event is designed to appeal to everyone wanting or needing track time, from newcomers to experienced racers. Seize this opportunity to see how you and your car perform in a safe and low cost event as is possible. Details: www.arocnz.org.nz August 27: Matahi Rd Tarmac Hillclimb This event is Round 1 of the Motorsport Bay of Plenty’s Hillclimb Championship at a new venue, sporting 3.8km of county tarmac at Manawahe near Rotoma, which should prove to be a challenge. There will be practice and three timed runs. Fastest run wins, by class and overall. Roll caged cars only, it will be interesting to see who gets an advantage on the first day of the Hillclimb Challenge. Details: www.mbop.org.nz August 28: Manawahe Gravel Hillclimb This event is Round 2 of the Motorsport Bay of Plenty’s Hillclimb Championship and is based in the grounds of the Rotoma School. The iconic Rotorua hillclimb will test the skill of any driver who attempts it with a 3.7km road that twists and turns and deceives you as well as covering you in dust. Details: www.mbop.org.nz

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August 14: Hampton Downs Dual Sprints For Motorsport Bay of Plenty Members, this is Round 2 of the MBOP Track Championship, but the event is open to all clubs from the top half and central regions with number capped at 84 entries. Venue is Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Te Kauwhata. Details: www.mbop.org.nz August 20: Goldrush Rally of Coromandel in Whitianga The 2016 New Zealand Rally Championship returns to Whitianga with rally cars, crews, service teams, spectators and volunteers all in action. Round five of 2016’s NZRC will see more than 60 cars race. Spectators can come and view the cars and crews up close as they come in for servicing at the Mercury Bay Multi Sport Park, the rally HQ. Rally teams depart from Mercury Bay Multi Sport Park on Saturday, August 20, for special rally stages on public and forestry roads. Details: www.rallynz.org.nz If you have a vehicle or motorsport listing, please email details to merle@thesun.co.nz at least two weeks prior to the event.

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Jaguar F-Pace

The British are coming Bringing an entirely new model to market could be considered a bit risky but the experts at Jaguar are pretty confident their first ever SUV is strong enough to tempt more than a few buyers over from the Germans.

It was distinctively Jaguar and had headturning road presence. But how did it drive?

The Jag fanatic

Selecting this week’s Bay Driver, I was delighted to discover Tauranga has its very own Jaguar fanatic Max Martin. Max, who owns Harcourts Tauranga and Mount Maunganui with his sons Simon Duncan & Ebbett Tauranga’s sales and Nigel, bought his first Jaguar at age 23. executive John Hancock says the all The Jaguar Mark 1 is a British saloon car new F-Pace was actually inspired by the that was produced by Jaguar between 1955 F-TYPE. and 1959. “It is a performance SUV that has the Max purchased his on his 23rd birthday. DNA of a sports car,” says John. “It was a beautiful black one with red It certainly did look the business when leather upholstery,” Max recalls fondly. Bay Driver took it for a test spin. Max says he went on to buy a Mark 2 followed by an XJS Daimler Jaguar in 1974 before giving up his obsession for a few years while his family was young, opting instead for the practicality of a nonBritish-built station wagons. These days, with his boys all ndard: a grown up, Max is back behind st s a s n W 280 K ificatio c g e in sp c u d the wheel of a Jaguar again – this d te Highligh percharged V6 pro h sequential shift. time owning a Jaguar F-Type, u it S w re auto • 3-lit an 8 speed ncy braking, lane the successor to the legendary to d te a m e ous emerg E-Type Jaguar which was m o n to u A 1 • eridian 1 warning. launched at the Paris Motor departure h screen display, M c u Show in 2012. to h c in . h •8 und system t Seats wit “I love it,” says Max. “It’s got speaker so ctric Heated Fron le E a real characteristic bark when y a • 10-W d costs a emory. ro you turn the ignition that lets M r n e o v s ri D 0 plu m $95,00 restige Model) you know it’s a Jag. It takes ro F : P R R a, urbo P g T n l ra se u 20 years off my life every a ie T D bett (2.0L can & Eb t Maunganui. n u time I start it up.” D : r le oun Dea letts Rd, M Initially looking for a w e H 5 1 1 28 1280. replacement for his F-Type, Ph: (07) 9

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Max says the thing he liked first about the F-Pace was its size. “It’s just not too big like other SUVs I have owned,” says Max. “But the thing I love most is it’s got great performance too – much better than I expected actually.” Obviously passionate about his Jaguars, Max went on to say that not only had he decided to keep his F-Type he’s also placed an order for the F-Pace as well. Good on you Max! It sounds like you’ve worked pretty hard over the years mate – you deserve it!

Nothing quite like it

The dimensions of the F-Pace place it somewhere between the mid-size set – like the BMW X3, Audi Q5, Mercedes GLC, Porsche Macan – and their larger stablemates – BMW X5, Audi Q7, Mercedes GLE, Porsche Cayenne. Those looks alone are likely to sell more than a few cars before anyone’s even driven the F-Pace. There are some attractive sporty-premium SUVs on the market but there is genuinely nothing on the road that looks like an F-Pace. And we reckon that is a good thing! Despite the sleek shape, there is plenty of headroom in the second row, as well as ample legroom. It is much roomier than its exterior dimensions suggest. It might have the DNA of a sports car but this is a solid family SUV. And in terms of practicality, the F-Pace has an impressive 508 litres of boot space. When the F-Pace is up and running the 280kW/450Nm supercharged V6 engine was really impressive. With this powertrain, the all-wheel drive – which is

standard across the range – F-Pace can race from 0-100km/h in 5.5 seconds. Taking off from a standing start is a joy as the F-Pace reaches speed in no time at all. The eight-speed auto is a smooth shifter, so much so that the gear changes were barely registered. It is worth noting there are three spec levels available, starting at Prestige, R-Sport, and then the top of the range S models –petrol and diesel. If you want to take this vehicle offroad, don’t be fooled by its big city looks. It comes with an All Surface Progress Control system, which assists the F-Pace when pulling away on surfaces such as ice, snow and wet grass. It’s sort of like an autonomous off-road system. You set it and take your foot off the pedals and it wades, climbs or traverses for you. It’s a rather clever system and could avert an awkward bogging situation.

The verdict

Jaguar is expecting big things from the F-Pace and it is anticipating a lot of buyers coming across from other brands. From a purely design perspective, we don’t think they will have any trouble there. But thankfully there is more to the F-Pace than its handsome looks. There is genuine practicality and flexibility to the cabin, meaning the F-Pace can easily handle family holidays as well as school runs, and it will look fabulous in the process. If the XE announced Jaguar’s intentions to the world as a serious contender in the premium segment, the F-Pace shows the British marque means business. The Germans have been warned. By Matt Batchelor

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