Welly 1:43 Jaguar F-pace and 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport

Like it or not SUV’s are dominant in the marketplace and every day it seems more and more premium SUVs are released and Welly keeps putting them out as well.  The famed Range Rover Sport, reviewed on here as the orange 1:24 from Welly a few years ago, now comes in a smaller 1:43 with a sleek green color joins the all-new Jaguar F-pace, Jaguar’s first SUV.

2015 Range Rover Sport

What Land Rover did to the second-generation Range Rover Sport is make a Range Rover look more sportier than the boxy first-generation and it works, but now looks like the larger Range Rover and the new Velar so confusion will ensure.  The sport starts with familiar Range Rover styling cues and then adds hood and front fender vents, aggressive front bumper, larger wheels, lower roof in black, and more power courtesy of the 5.0L supercharged V8 that makes 510 horsepower through an eight-speed automatic and despite the sport nature it can still go off-road with part-time four-wheel drive and an air suspension for added ground clearance.  If that’s not enough then the SVR edition adds more track performance and more power from the 5.0L supercharged V8 shared with the Jaguar F-pace.

The smaller 1:43 scale looks better than the 1:24 and despite not having an opening hood you won’t miss it since the engine compartment offers nothing to look at.  The front has slim headlights with quad lamps, slim grille with Range Rover letters, and a lower bumper with black trim and LED foglights.  The hood has vents that match the front fender vents, the all-black roof sets off the look with the dark green color as does the silver split 5-spoke wheels, while the rear has Range Rover taillights, RANGE ROVER letters on the rear gate, and dual exhausts on the black bumper trim.  The roof has a panoramic sunroof that stretches to two rows to an interior with supportive front seats, 4-spoke steering wheel, and a dashboard that looks lifeless because almost all controls are part of the electronic touchscreen in the center.  The base shows off the exhaust and some suspension components, though the pullback motor does interrupt most details as well as the rear seats.  Sometimes a smaller scale just works better!

Jaguar F-pace

On the other side Jaguar has now feature their first SUV, the F-pace, and plans to offer more with the E-pace and electric I-pace SUV’s.  Styling is shared with other Jaguar models with some influence from the F-type sports car (though the E-pace tends to look more like the F-type) with sleek curves, large center grille, and slim E-type taillights.  The interior, like the Range Rover Sport, goes for a clean look with gauges and controls mostly on a flat touchscreen and the famed rotary shifter in the center console for the transmission.  While the Range Rover Sport goes for a V8, the F-pace uses the 3.0L DOHC supercharged V6 that produces 340 horsepower to an eight speed automatic transmission and while it offers four-wheel drive it is less extreme than what is found in the Range Rover.

The blue color with blacked-out 5-spoke wheels really makes this F-pace SUV stand out and look very sporty.  The front has slim Jaguar-like LED headlights with lower scoops in the grille and a large oval grille in the center with the red cat logo.  The side profile is clean and sporty with little chrome trim and surprisingly no sunroof at all, while the rear has those sleek F-type taillights, a rear spoiler over a small rear window, and a lower black trim bumper with dual exhaust tips.  The base shows off the exhaust system and some suspension components, while the doors open to an interior with a smooth dashboard layout with no visible controls, a sporty 3-spoke steering wheel, bolstered front seats, and a center console with the visible round transmission knob.  Unlike the Range Rover Sport the F-pace also comes in 1:64 scale from Welly so there are many ways to get the most sporty Jaguar SUV out there and all of them are made so far by Welly.