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Laura Berry

Senior Journalist

9 min read

I’m not sure if I’m even allowed to tell you this, but rumour is the reason why Jaguar’s berserk F-Pace SVR took so long to arrive - even as other brands were launching their own high-performance SUVs - was because a decision had been made to axe it before it even saw daylight.

Yup, about 12 months ago things were looking so uncertain for Jaguar Land Rover, what with Brexit and decreasing sales, that word is the British brand’s bosses drew a big, fat line through the F-Pace SVR to help cut costs.

Thankfully the decision was reversed and the F-Pace SVR went ahead. And I've just driven the first ones to arrive in Australia this week.

Read the full Jaguar F-Pace SVR 2020 review.