Saar: The company’s official website has listed the SVR-marked F-Pace as part of the variants list.

It was in October of 2016 when Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) introduced the F-Pace in India. Back then and until yesterday, it was only available with diesel engine options. In the month of March 2018, the Tata-owned British marque unveiled the F-Pace SVR and we went head over heels for it. It turns out that JLR India will soon be introducing the quickest iteration of the F-Pace on our shores. The company’s official website has listed the SVR-marked F-Pace as part of the variants list.

What makes it so special? The acronym SVR comes from JLR’s in-house tuning division – Special Vehicle Operations. The performance-oriented division is similar to what AMG is to Mercedes-Benz, Polestar is to Volvo and the M division is to BMW. In other words, don’t take any SVR-marked car lightly. The Jaguar F-Pace SVR houses a 5.0-litre supercharged V8 engine that produces 550PS/680Nm. It comes coupled to an 8-speed automatic transmission that directs the oomph to the road via an all-wheel-drive system.

As per Jaguar, the F-Pace SVR can complete the 0-100kmph sprint in 4.3 seconds and top out at 283kmph. Those figures are impressive for something that weighs more than 2 tonnes, is over 4.7 metres in length and isn’t a low-slung sports car. To achieve such performance figures, the eggheads from the Coventry-based carmaker tweaked the SUV’s aerodynamics. For instance, the air intakes are larger than the standard SUV and the side air vents lower the air pressure in the wheel arches which results in a reduced lift, better cooling and enhanced high-speed stability.

Along with fine-tuning the aerodynamics to make the F-Pace as stable as possible through the corners and at high-speeds, Jaguar has also injected it with weight-saving materials. For instance, the exhaust system is 6.6kg lighter on the F-Pace SVR when compared to the one on the standard variant. Compared to the standard F-Pace, the optional 22-inch alloy wheels on the F-Pace SVR are 2.4kg and 1.7kg lighter at the front and at the rear respectively.

Unlike the Prestige variants, both of which are locally assembled, the SVR variant of the Jaguar F-Pace will be imported via the CBU route. Price-wise, it will compete with the likes of the Porsche Cayenne Turbo, Mercedes-AMG GLS and the Range Rover Sport SVR.