Coming from somebody who thought an i3 was good idea? The only possible reason for an i3 is that you need to tell folk you have a BMW. Pretty fkg useless otherwise. Much better EVs for much cheaper are available if you are not badge conscious.
Are you aware you can't get a stick shift Ferrari, and a Corvette is faster around a track? The Stallion has been gelded.
The idea that a Tesla badge is more fashion conscious than a Jaguar badge in California is debatable. While I'm not into badges, Jaguar does denote a racing heritage that Tesla lacks. Much like why folk buy Ferraris. There is a pedigree. Tesla lacks any racing DNA whatsoever.
But the main thing about the Jaguar is there is a 100+ different options. Other than the limited edition FE, no two i-Pace EV400's will be alike. But it will be first year, probably some bugs. However JLR put 1.5 million miles of testing in the i-Pace as of December 2017:
Jaguar I-Pace electric car testing: 200 cars, 1.5 million miles, and counting and they do have OTA just in case.
Tesla relies on OTA and has the customers to do initial testing. Or you would not find out the brakes were pooched 10 months after release and other easy to test issues.
Oddly enough, the reason I'm getting a Jaguar is due to my wife. She has an equal say in major purchases and she has extensive seat time on closed course tracks and has a competition license as well.
She didn't like the Model S or X. But she did 'accept' the Model 3. She loves the idea and price of the Jaguar. And for us, there is no option of a Model 3 other than used. I do not anticipate Model 3 availability of even the base configuration (LR/PUP) for all Day One donors until the fall or winter. I could be wrong of course. It's been over 4 months since I was told I'd receive a Model 3, and 2 years, 2 months, and 3 days since I donated. There was no guarantee that the $1000 would be refundable back then or now. So I saw it as a donation for a good cause, and gave it a 50/50 chance. Well, the coin came up heads! Congrats Elon! and the 20,000 people who patiently waited between 2 years and 2 months (2m = existing owners, their friends, and some speculators) depending on the rules at the time.
So perhaps Tesla might lose one sale. I doubt I'm alone. We will see come July/August when the EV400s are available for test drives in the US.
Of course Jaguar could screw this up. They could fail to deliver / on time. That's why I haven't cancelled the Model 3 donation, but it could be a long time before I get an 'invite' for a Model 3. There could even be other options by then. Who knows? And even a Model 3 invite today doesn't guarantee a delivery this year of anything but the LR/PUP/RWD black interior version. I hate black interiors and glass roofs. Sadly the Jaguar has a glass roof on the FE, but that was my choice. I could have bought a version with a hardtop but not if I wanted the FE package. It does have a light interior option.
