Jaguar I-Pace | PH Fleet
Used Jaguar EV prices seem almost too good to be true - time for Matt to discover the reality...
Ever since first driving an I-Pace back at the end of 2020, I’ve liked them. Back then it felt like another great Jag - fast, handsome, plush, engaging - just with battery power. As subsequent test drives have thrown a family into the mix, its appeal only increased, with decent refinement, practicality and space. I’ve written previously about how an I-Pace would have suited our requirements almost down to the ground; we just needed a few more chargers, specifically around Suffolk where we regularly visit family.
Well, that was nearly three years ago, there are more chargers now, and AE71 OZD now sits on our driveway where an X3 M40i used to, complete with an Easee One charger on the wall next to it. I’m absolutely thrilled, truth be told. The BMW was a dream, no doubt, but expensive to run - £600+ VED, £80+ fill-ups, £250+ tyres - for a car that was doing less than 10,000 miles a year. With a wedding to pay for and residuals strong, it was the right time to bid a fond farewell.
The Jaguar situation has changed quite a bit since 2023, too. You might have heard. For what it’s worth, I’m keeping the faith; the I-Pace demonstrated how innovative and original Jaguar can be with electric, so here’s hoping for more of the same for whatever the Type 00 becomes. Clearly the situation is very different this time around, but who’s to say that lightning can’t strike twice? Anyway, that’s for the future. How this particular Jag came to be ours was actually a reasonably simple affair. Newer alternatives appealed with their faster DC charging speeds and, to be frank, rosier reliability record, but the speed, style and swag of the Jag won out pretty quickly.
The lack of powertrain evolution over the years that perhaps held the I-Pace back as a new prospect - no long-range rear-drive model, no performance derivative - certainly makes looking for a used one simpler. Because they’re all the same in terms of performance, from 2018 to 2025. We knew we wanted Pivi Pro, which meant cars from very late 2020 onwards, we wanted a panoramic roof (a £995 option when new), and we didn’t really want the black leather. HSE spec boasted a lot of desirable equipment, so that became the model to seek out (with hundreds of I-Paces for sale at any one time, a search can soon become a slog).
Ideally we didn’t want another black car, but this one ticked too many other boxes to ignore. A 2021 HSE with Light Oyster Windsor leather, the roof, sensible wheels, fewer than 40,000 miles and 94 per cent battery health. Plus clear glass - what a result. It was for sale at Harwoods Jaguar Land Rover Brighton, who were fantastic to deal with throughout. The I-Pace must have been the cheapest car for sale there by a mile, given the glut of Defenders and Range Rover Sports around, but our treatment was top notch. We even got a little handover room like it was a YouTuber collection.
First impressions? It’s just as lovely as I remember I-Paces being, thank goodness, the steering and ride still superb. Wear appears to have been minimal inside, so that feel of a £75k Jag is still in evidence despite paying much less than a third of that. It cruised home from the south coast beautifully, and plugging in at home feels just as gamechanging as expected. But we’ll be at the mercy of public chargers again very soon, with a family holiday to Norfolk imminent. More on that next time.
FACT SHEET
Car: 2021 Jaguar I-Pace HSE
Run by: Matt Bird
On fleet since: August 2025
Bought for: £21,700
Mileage: 38,622
Last month at a glance: To EV or not to EV - now the question’s answered
It always struck me as the most Jaguar-like Jaguar of recent times, somehow. Bit of a guilty pleasure..?
Top tip; if one likes cruising around with the windows down, Yakuza-style, window hair nets are much more preferable to Ugly Kid Glass as they cut out buffeting. One can obtain them for the Jag Wah, I believe.
Bad - it will go wrong (a lot !) and the dealers are without question the worst of the worst, you'll get better customer care in Mcdonalds, I would think with Jag's latest direction it's probably worse then when we had ours
I watch prices all the time but not sure theres a price they will drop to where the hassle adds up
Good luck
There have only been a few minor niggles along the way, including a windscreen that needed resealing and a new battery management module (replaced under the extended warranty), but much less than other car I've had, and overall pretty good for what is now a 7 year old car.
The only potential drawback with the I-Pace over newer EV models is that the DC charge rate is capped at around 100 KW, so if you were very frequently doing public charging it might not suit your use case. But if you can charge at home and/or dont need to charge very rapidly, it is perfectly adequate.
For the money, second hand they are an absolute steal.
My neighbour just got rid of his, somewhat reluctantly after less than a year due to constant niggles and being left stranded due to the 12v battery issue, which wasn't a cheap fix.
It's a car I really like but wouldn't own.
We've run one for 18 months now, it really is a lovely place to be and a lovely thing to drive, excellent ride/handling although ours has air + dynamic ride + the smallest wheels possible (20s). It can really shift too.
Only thing to go wrong in that time is one of the rear exterior door handles stopped working, lease co fixed and now we've got fingers crossed!
I'm really tempted by an XFR though, to try and get the same grace/pace thing but with a bit more noise as i've never had a v8.
Not a car to own without a solid warranty. He usually has a couple of Volvo XC90s with failed ERADs, so another car to keep a warranty on.Love the car, done 10k in mine in 6 months with no issues
It always struck me as the most Jaguar-like Jaguar of recent times, somehow. Bit of a guilty pleasure..?
Top tip; if one likes cruising around with the windows down, Yakuza-style, window hair nets are much more preferable to Ugly Kid Glass as they cut out buffeting. One can obtain them for the Jag Wah, I believe.
Check the windscreen is still bonded in regularly as they like to relax & let water in. Straight onto the ECU’s. Pan roof occasionally too. Traction battery fault is usually warranted now but enjoy waiting 12 months for a booking. If your AC stops working then sell it the same day. Pipes regularly fail and thats a 2 man, 2 day body off repair.
Again, lovely “when” they work together
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