#FPACE
Utrecht, Saturday 4 July 2015: The Jaguar
F-PACE broke cover today in front of a predicted live audience of
one million people as it supported Team Sky on Stage One of the
Tour de France in Utrecht. Over two billion more were also
estimated to have watched on television or online around the
world.
Five Team Sky riders - Ian Stannard, Luke Rowe, Peter Kennaugh,
Leopold König and Chris Froome - were supported by
the F-PACE during the Grand Depart, providing a pressurised real
world test of Jaguar's first performance crossover.
A cutting edge bike rack, designed with an innovative telescopic
clamp by Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations, was
developed specifically for the stage and carried two Team Sky's
Pinarello Bolide Time Trial bikes.
The F-PACE shed its hard camouflage in public for the first time
and instead sported a specially created wrap, hinting at the final
design of the vehicle, which will be fully unveiled later this
year.
Team Sky Head of Technical Operations & Commercial, Carsten
Jeppesen, said: "The atmosphere in Utrecht was incredible. The
Netherlands has a huge passion for cycling and right from the
moment we arrived at the start line, you could feel the excitement.
The appearance of Jaguar's F-PACE prototype definitely added to the
hype today - you could see it made a big impact with the
crowds."
YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC3woUBN6Dg
For further information please contact:
James Scrimshaw
Senior Public Affairs Executive
Jaguar Land Rover Australia
Phone: +61 2 9020 1773
Email: jscrimsh@jaguarlandrover.com
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Tim Krieger
General Manager - Communications & Public Affairs
Jaguar Land Rover Australia
Phone: +61 2 9020 1505
Email: tkrieger@jaguarlandrover.com
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Note to Editors
The world premiere of the Jaguar F-PACE will be at the Frankfurt
Motor Show in September and will go on sale from 2016.