Zero % financing from Jaguar

The slow sales could be from what's also holding me back. I did a test drive of the i-pace as soon as one was available in Houston. I'm on my third EV/PHEV vehicle, now; with home charging, so it's not like I don't have a grasp of the issues. First off, the i-pace is typical of Jags since I first became aware of the marque in the mid-50's. I absolutely adore the styling. From the XK 120 (former owner), the 3.8 S-type to the E-type; they are sublime. They have also had English electrics (I've had 3 MG's, 1 Austin Healy 100-4, Daimler SP 250, XK-120 and a '74 RR Silver Shadow) and that's why I haven't owned any English car for many, many years. The electrics just were never reliable, never mind the oil leaks. I'm replacing my two PHEV's next year and the i-Pace is on the list--probably head of the list based on it's looks and driving experience. That's why I'm watching the owner experience on this forum VERY carefully. An all-electric English car--what's to worry? To date, I'm not impressed. I see a lot of electrical problems. The display i-Pace at the Houston Auto Show displayed a message: "Electrical Charging Fault" on the center console. But, I've got a year to wait and see. I wonder if others are doing the same thing?

Low Sales? (Poor local advertising/knowledge)

I seen the 0% news also.

Surprised at that. Feels like-a desperate act. And... makes me think for the first time about my choice.

I bought a completely laid out SE addition in November. I have not had one iota of problem. There was a very, very short Learning curve on the charging procedure. But it was mostly user and not anything else. But here’s the thing, although I didn’t want to see the I-Pace coming and going all the time. I wanted to have something somewhat unique. On the other hand I didn’t expect to go from November to late February and only see one in Colorado. I’m sure there have been others sold. But it makes me wonder. I went to a charging station today and there was a Tesla 3 also getting charged. For the first time, I had to admit to myself that I thought the Tesla look pretty good and it made me reconsider. When I take that, and add to the “now we’re giving you the car @ 0% interest, it bothers me a bit.

Again, I have not had ANY problems at all. Never even close to running out of energy, and the home 220-240-volt setup is just great (ChargePoint). But I don’t want to look up—say in a year from now—and have a vehicle that is abandoned by the manufacture or unable to get routine service.

And it is true. Sales persons seem to have very little knowledge and/or understanding of the I-Pace. MOST ALL OF US HERE KNOW FAR MORE THAN ANY OF THEM.

The Tesla 3 does look sleek.

I think JLR's design and engineering team created a GREAT car but left sales and marketing out to dry... little to no advertising, little to no dealer training, about all they did right was beat the other luxury players (Audi, Mercedes, Lexus, etc.) to market, but to most people the I-Pace is a well-kept secret. The 0% financing simply appears to be a last-ditch effort to spice up sales at a traditionally awful time of year for car sales. Remember, too, that JLR typically does model year changeovers earlier than the U.S. (for Europe), so this may also be an attempt to help move the MY2019 inventory to make room for MY2020 coming late spring. I'm told not much change coming to the I-Pace for MY2020, so if you haven't bought yet, holding out for a 'improved version' doesn't look to offer much benefit.