If you’re looking for more of a push in considering the likes of the Jaguar XE, XF and F-Pace over their German rivals, seeing former Stig, Ben Collins, talk about them might just send you over that edge.
While this is by no means a detailed presentation on how to drive at Stig-worthy levels, Collins briefly touches on concepts such as precision steering, performance braking and something he calls cornering rhythm.
For the steering tutorial, he brings up the XF’s torque vectoring system which in turn helps increase performance when finding yourself face to face with a series of difficult corners.
After briefly mentioning the XE’s high performance brakes (which you’d probably appreciate more in something like the XE-S rather than the 2.0-liter diesel), he touches on the cornering ability of the F-Pace SUV, whose adaptive dynamics allow you to focus on your cornering rhythm.
Still, the F-Pace is one of the lightest models in its class at just 1,665 kg (3,670 lbs) and with engines ranging from its 180 PS 2.0-liter diesel all the way to the 380 PS supercharged 3.0-liter petrol, you could say that a certain amount of skill is required in order to extract every bit of performance from it, especially in the corners.