Jaguar's £60,000 electric I-Pace is named 2019 UK Car of the Year

Jaguar's new pure electric I-Pace has been voted Car of the Year by a panel of motoring experts, who are tasked with driving the latest models all year round. On the charge: UK road testers clubbed together to decide that the Jaguar I-Pace electric SUV should be the 2019 Car of the Year John Challen, director of the UK Car of the Year Awards, said the I-Pace was a worthy winner of the 2019 gong, as it was at the head of the contenders for practical, usable and great looking electric vehicles. Rawdon Glover, Jaguar Land Rover MD, collecting the 209 Car of the Year gong for the I-Pace Judges rated it for its ground-breaking design and tech as well as rapid charging More importantly for potential customers, it's also has a claimed range of up to 292 miles on a single charge - though real-world tests show it's closer to 253 miles - and can be charged to 80 per cent battery capacity in 40 minutes from a 100kW DC charger. UK Car of the Year 2019 category winners Best Supermini – Volkswagen Polo Best Small Hatch – Volvo XC40 Best Family – Skoda Karoq Best Executive and overall winner – Jaguar I-Pace Best Luxury – Rolls-Royce Cullinan Best Estate – Volvo V60 Best 4×4 – Suzuki Jimny Best MPV – Peugeot Rifter Best Coupé – Bentley Continental GT Best Cabriolet – Mazda MX-5 2.0 Best Hot Hatch – Ford Fiesta ST Best Performance – Alpine A110 Using a home charger with an AC wall box, it takes around 10 hours to achieve the same state of charge - which is adequate enough if you're plugging the car into the mains overnight. The I-Pace, which is priced from £60,995 - once you factor in the £3,500 plug-in car grant subsidy for pure electric vehicles The I-Pace managed to hold off some stuff competition, including the £250k Rolls-Royce Cullinan The Bentley Continental GT, which costs from £160,000, was voted best coupe by road testers Other notable mentions went to the Alpine A110, voted the best performance car, and the Suzuki Jimny, which won best 4x4 Judges revealed that the I-Pace only just took the prize by the skin of its charging cable, pipping contenders including Alpine's A110 sports car, the Volvo XC40 SUV and Suzuki's cheery Jimny 4X4.