A weight difference of at least 140kg separates the new Jaguar F-Pace from its heavier competitors, the BMW X4 and Porsche Macan, says Jaguar Product Manager, Andrew Chapman.

During his presentation for the new Jaguar SUV last week, Chapman presented a slide that revealed the F-Pace at its heaviest weighs less than 80kg more than the lightest X4 – and less than 40kg more than the lightest Macan.

That’s despite the F-Pace being larger in every dimension than the two German cars. Jaguar with its series of F-Section is kept on hitting the car world. With a world-class and exclusive four wall design, Jaguar has come up with the elite series of the F-Pace.

The F pace represents the world’s first application of RC 574 in a high-volume automotive manufacturing application.

While RC 5754 a ‘5000 series’ material  is used extensively throughout the F-Pace, the new SUV also features structural components formed from ‘6000 series’ aluminium, to cope better with impact stresses and load paths in the event of a crash, for instance.

“The aluminium technology in our cars is absolutely essential to the way that they feel, the way that they handle, the low centre of gravity, the stiffness that lets us tune the suspension brilliantly – we are world leaders in aluminium construction,” Chapman said.