F-Pace for Family?
 

Hello Jaguar friends! I'm considering a 2019 F-Pace but I really need to know if it has enough room for a family with two young kids (two car seats). I bought a BMW X1 last year without testing my car seats (I know, I'm a dummy) and it's way too tight. They fit, but no one fits in the middle and I have to sit really close to the wheel. Both car seats are forward facing and slim (Dionos).

What I want to do is go to a dealership and test my car seats but with COVID-19, that's not possible right now. Any owners with two car seats that can share their experience? I don't need a ton of space but I want to be comfortable and possibly have enough room to fit someone in the middle.

@Katharina784


Hello Katharina, welcome to the forum. The F-Pace has an interior width on the rear seat of 1440mm. The X1 has 1465mm . So presumably you loose 25mm ....
But a test resulted in this :

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.jag...b08fec6e20.jpg


More context on the F-Pace : https://www.cars.com/articles/2017-j...1420688852817/


But I wonder where you went wrong, since in the X1 also 3 seats fit : https://babydrive.com.au/best-family...ndly-features/

If any 'wider' person has to sit in between these two seats you need a wider car, or a third row. The last is for example this type, the Discovery Sport [ [url]https://build.landrover/AE1E0641 ].

You could consider changing the carseats : how old are your children and how much more will they fit in these seats ?

Or do some reading : https://www.cars.com/news/car-seat-check/

Maybe you could call someone at a local daycare and ask if they know of a make/model that allows for two carseats and a 'wider' person in between. Many types of vans would be suitable.

Good luck,
Dan

Thanks, Dan! I had one wider car seat up until now that was rear facing, so that didn't help. It's really more the leg room/space between the front and back seat that's the issue in the X1. But I probably need to be patient and wait until we're back to normal and really take the car seats on a test drive.

Not really a van person ;)

Hi Katharina,

I edited the text before you replied..
We have 3 kids, now 25/23/19... When they were younger and only one needed a booster seat still, we bough another car. I carefully considered they would grow taller and needed enough head and legroom...

But what I forgot : teenagers get wider too , that goes 3 times faster and with all three ! So very soon we needed to change again. We bought a Land Rover Discovery 3 [ LR 3 in the US ].
The present day equivalent is the Land Rover Discovery 5. It is huge and matches a van in volume. But the driving is nearest to the Range Rover : a secret tip from my dealer is that if you
want Range Rover driving at a more affordable price, by the D5... .. have a look and a testdrive : https://www.landroverusa.com/vehicle...ery/index.html

That was super helpful, Dan. Thank you! My kids are 2 and 4, so they'll be in booster seats for a while. No teenagers getting wider yet :) Is the legroom metric a good one to compare how much room there would be between rear and front seat?

F-Pace Leg Room
 

Hi Katharina - we bought a 2nd hand, 2017 model, F-Pace 3.0S last year (only 140kms on the clock, so virtually brand new). Having had our 6'5" something son in law and daughter in the back with plenty of room to spare, I think you will find the rear legroom is more than adequate, as it is up front. All the safety fittings are in place for booster seats etc too. Our son & daughter in law have a 5 month old boy & his seat fits fine.
The other selling point for us was the large boot space. A very comfortable & capable SUV to drive, am getting around 10.5L/100kms out of the 3.0 Supercharged motor, so not too dissimilar to our previous 3.8L Supercharged Holden Calais. The only (minor) aversion I have is the hard plastics on doors, dash etc, and the rotary gear select could be better, but I think that has been changed to a conventional lever now. I dont think you'd regret buying one, a bit more unique than Beemers too!!

Hi Katharina,

I looked the measurements up. Space between front/rear is 65mm more in the F-Pace..
But do go and have a think about the Land Rover D5 ; the space inside is increadable...

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.jag...4454e64d3f.jpg