The F-Type coupe/convertible gets tweaked looks and a streamlined engine range.
The rival to the Porsche 718 gets tweaked looks and a streamlined engine range. By Richard Leu
It still looks gorgeous after all these years … It certainly does, even after six years in its current generation. Rather than getting completely redesigned, the Jaguar F-Type (in both coupe and convertible forms) has been updated with tweaked looks, a more modern interior and a streamlined engine line-up.
Although the design language is basically the same as ever, the lights on both ends of the car now have a more wraparound feel. Note the XE-like head lamps and new 20-inch wheels that give the F-Type a more stellar appearance.
Inside, there are new digital displays for both the instrument panel and infotainment. The seats have also been updated, though the F-Type hasn’t inherited the nicely sculpted steering wheel of the I-Pace battery electric vehicle.
That’s a shame.What has happened to the engine line-up?
In the pre-facelift model, there were four-, six- and eight-cylinder petrol engines. Now the V6 options have been omitted.
On the baseline front, there’s the usual 300hp 2.0litre petrol-turbo with rear-wheel drive, while on top is the 575hp 5.0-litre supercharged with all-wheel drive good for a 3.5-second 0-100kph time.
Making up for the absence of the V6 is a detuned version of the V8 generating 450hp available with either of those driver formats; standard across the range is eight-speed torque-converter automatic.
While an intoxicating engine noise has been a selling point in the F-Type, there’s now the so-called Quiet Start before it can be switched back to Dynamic mode.
As the 575hp version was known as SVR and is now ca ll e dR , J aguar w ill h ave th e c h ance t o possibly make an even wilder variant in the future before this generation ends.
Expect Thai sales of the revised F-Type to start early next year. The four-pot models of thepre-facelift range from 6 million to 7.5 million baht, targeting punters of the 718 Cayman and Boxster from Porsche.