- José Mourinho becomes the 100,000th Jaguar F-PACE customer
- Football manager, Mourinho surprises Jaguar employees as he joins them on the production line as Jaguar's latest recruit
- Jaguar F-PACE is the current World Car of The Year and fastest ever selling Jaguar
- Watch the short film of Mourinho working on his new F-PACE
16 November 2017, London: José Mourinho made a surprise visit to Jaguar Land Rover's factory in Solihull, to watch employees build his new car, the 100,000th F-PACE.
Mourinho wore bespoke Jaguar overalls and made his way directly to the factory floor to oversee the production of his car and helped the team as it moved along the production line.
Mourinho said: "It was an amazing experience to visit Jaguar's factory and see all the cars, technology and hard work that goes into developing such a beautiful car. Jaguar is a brand that I have been involved with for many years. Back in 2014, I was the first UK customer to receive the F-TYPE Coupe and now to become the 100,000th Jaguar F-PACE customer is something that is very special."
Upon arrival at the factory, José gave a team talk to the employees, motivating them and talking about having pride and passion in your work, and the products they deliver.
Ian Callum, Director of Design, Jaguar said: "It's great to have one of the most successful football managers drive the F-PACE, our SUV that has been voted as the best and most beautiful car in the world by the 2017 World Car of the Year jury. Just like José Mourinho, the F-PACE is all about individual style and top performance."
The F-PACE is the fastest selling Jaguar vehicle ever and is currently the fastest Jaguar vehicle to reach the 100K sales mark.
In 2016, Mourinho test drove the Jaguar F-PACE as part of an extreme high-performance driver training experience in the Arctic Circle. José Mourinho mastered the art of high speed drifting and full throttle ice driving on a 60km frozen lake at Jaguar's extreme testing facility in Arjeplog, Sweden.
The Jaguar F-PACE offers an unrivalled blend of performance, design and practicality. To ensure that every system functions perfectly even under the most extreme conditions, the new F-PACE has been subjected to one of the most demanding test programmes the company has ever devised.
Here is the link to the short film of Mourinho working on his new F-PACE: https://youtu.be/ug CFQ__aU2U
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Notes to editors:
- The all-new Jaguar F-PACE: a performance crossover for those who love driving, with unrivalled dynamics and everyday usability
- Priced from $72,510, F-PACE is available to order and configure now at https://www.jaguar.com.au
- The F-PACE is the fastest-selling Jaguar ever - the fastest a Jaguar has ever reached the 100K mark
- Models include Prestige, R-Sport, Portfolio, S and First Edition
- F-TYPE-inspired form that delivers on the promise of Jaguar's breakthrough C-X17 concept, with a spacious, luxurious cabin and large 650-litre luggage compartment
- Strong and stiff Lightweight Aluminium Architecture delivers agility, refinement and efficiency
- All-Wheel Drive (AWD) delivers reassuring levels of grip for all-weather confidence, further enhanced with segment-leading traction technologies including Adaptive Surface Response
- F-PACE is the current World Car of the Year and World Car Design of the Year collecting the awards at the 2017 World Car Awards - the first time Jaguar has collected the top award and only the second brand to collect both awards in the same year
- It is Jaguar's most searched car online ever with 3.6 million unique page views of F-PACE content in the first six months after its reveal
- More than 578,261 online configurations were completed for F-PACE in its first six months on sale
Contribution to UK Manufacturing
- The F-PACE is designed and developed in the UK and built at Solihull
- Jaguar Land Rover invested £127m in its Solihull facility to build the F-PACE, part of a total £2bn investment in the plant
- £5bn of UK supplier contracts were awarded to support production of the Jaguar F-PACE.
- The F-PACE is one of six vehicle lines at Solihull where 700 suppliers deliver over 13.5 million parts a day. That's 3.1bn parts a year