Originally Posted by speed12sil

Hell no. FP is from Jag which is known for(yeah definitely experience from people I know) unreliable vehicles especially the electronics part, even with the current parent company. That and the dealership here in South Bay (SF Bay) has a crap SA who had the audacity to say something along the line of "Why are we here if you're not buying the car now?"

Oh, and even without such crap dealership experience, the pathetically low rear headroom killed the notion of buying one for me, and I'm not even that tall.

The same cramp-ness as the Macan, but with crappier reliability. Ha..no.

Originally Posted by Matteus GLC AMG

So, a few of you here will know what I'm going to say. I had an AMG43 on order, but got concerned about the extreme tyre crabbing issue, and then highly irritated by MB's handling of this issue
So I went and test drove a 3 litre petrol F-pace. Yes, the inside isn't quite as nice(but still excellent), and of course, one still has some concerns about quality, although it's clear from the forums that a lot of this has been fixed now that it's nearly a year old. However, I did cancel my GLC order, and ordered the Jag instead because, whilst the two are similarly powerful, the handling on that Jag is different class - it is seriously seriously good and put a huge smile on my face (as did the noise of the engine under heavy acceleration. I test drove the Macan as well, and frankly, I preferred the Jag. Coming from a BMW M4, it was clear that the Jag would still keep me happy . I might add that it was a cold day, and the car was on 22" wheels, and try as I might, I couldn't get it to crab or judder!
Also, let's face it, it's the sweetest looking SUV out there - an absolute babe! And actually, thinking about the inside, I actually prefer the integral screen rather than the 'perched' ipad look-alike in the GLC, and I can tell you that the upgraded hi-fi is better than the Burmeister branded (but with no Burmeister manufactured equipment) GLC version.


So, sorry to provide this feedback on an MB forum (which is what I had planned to buy of course, and why I'm a poster here) but these are my honest thoughts having gone through a process of evaluating the two cars. Phil above came to a different view I know, and that's fine, but I'm very happy with where I got to(and thanks to JP Dejongj for his help as well!!)

Originally Posted by dejongj

Triple black - the best combination

Originally Posted by Matteus GLC AMG

Sorry, if you're saying the F-pace and Macan have the same rear headroom, then I fear you have destroyed your credibility my friend. There's about 4" difference!!

Originally Posted by speed12sil

O rly LOL:

Macan:

http://www.macanforum.com/forum/1624361-post5.html

Front Headroom: 910mm (min) ~ 1000mm (max)
Front Legroom: 600mm (min) ~ 840mm (max)

Rear Headroom: 920mm
Rear Legroom: 570mm (min) ~ 820mm (max)

FP:

http://www.jaguarusa.com/all-models/...ons/index.html

Headroom - Front (in.) 37.8 (960mm)
Headroom - Rear (in.) 37.5 (953mm)

Wow a whopping ~1.3" difference

Originally Posted by Matteus GLC AMG

Ha, yes - my wife always says that I add a few inches to estimated lengths.........

Originally Posted by dejongj

She told me that as well