RE: Revealed: Jaguar F-Type

[CliveM]

The convertible looks great to me, I seem to be in the minority for thinking it looks much better than the coupe.
Terrible shame it's auto only as that'll mean I'll never have one.

[HighwayStar]

cjb1 said:

HighwayStar said:

TheAntics said:

This isn't a boxter contender...it's a different car altogether. I expect it to be priced much closer to the 911 and performance figures that sit between the cayman r and the 991 C2S.

Exactly... It's supposed to sit between the Boxster and the 911, it's a tad bigger than a Boxster. Do people on here actually follow the development of a new car or just wait til it appears and slag it off?
Whatever Jaguar built some folk are always going to be left disappointed or just not like what's on offer.
Personally I love it... Just like the concept, it's what jaguar need... Only demerit is auto only, they will lose potential customers for not offering manual or dual clutch boxes. Doesn't stop Mercedes selling loads of sports cars though.

Why is it that so many people immediately draw similarities to Porsches? I know they are often considered the benchmark (I've got one and understand why) but here Jaguar have designed and built a Jaguar, a new Jaguar. Jag are often maligned for their expertise in tempting it's public with 'concepts you can't have', 'designs we thought you'd like and we might build, but, no, we're not going to', 'look how clever our designer chappies are at coming up with pretty pictures of stunning cars we'll never build'.......This time it looks like they've taken it a step further and will actually produce the car, for goodness sake let's give them a pat on the back and give the car a chance to prove it's own worth, not prove that it fit's in between that Porsche and this Porsche, it'll have a Jaguar Emblem on the Badge not a Stuttgart shield, judge it for what it is......A JAGUAR please.

CJB1… well said.

[V12 Migaloo]

DJDally said:

Someone at Jaguar can trace photos of the Ferrari California! God I hate Jags, and this makes me hate them even more so.

Dont worry dude, you stick to your Mini Copper whilst the conescegnti will buy these...

[The Jolly Todger]

I've always seen the Boxtser appealing to 30-somethings whereas I see this appealing more to the 45+ bracket.

No doubt it will be close on price and performance but will it appeal to the same buyers?

[Imafreeman]

Wow that's no where near as nice as I was expecting it to be.

Disappointed.

[aston addict]

Looks fantastic and very faithful to the concept - just compare the pics.

Front end looks a little like Merc SLS roadster (no bad thing) and back end (from what we can see) a little like the Z8, which in turn paid homage to the E-type roadster.

Hopefully the interior will look equally as good. The XK is far too old and looks it.

Maybe this will slot just above a Boxster (and be a bit bigger) but cheaper than a 911. Would be perfect if that's where they positioned it.

[MycroftWard]

jl34 said:

The negative people on here were always going to slag it off because its a jaguar.

If I've any criticism it's that it's not a Jaguar.

CliveM said:

Terrible shame it's auto only as that'll mean I'll never have one.

Agreed, this is one of the main reasons why I wouldn't have a modern Jag.

[RoyaleDetailing]

Looks like a California + Maserati 4200 + Cheaper = going to be a success!

[Stu R]

That's incredibly good looking to my eye, absolutely beautiful car.

Can't wait to hear how it drives and some more details on it, I think they're on to a real winner here.

[TinyCappo]

So understadely pretty!

ill take mine in either Black or yellow please, coupe version would be nice too.

[crispyshark]

HighwayStar said:

cjb1 said:

HighwayStar said:

TheAntics said:

This isn't a boxter contender...it's a different car altogether. I expect it to be priced much closer to the 911 and performance figures that sit between the cayman r and the 991 C2S.

Exactly... It's supposed to sit between the Boxster and the 911, it's a tad bigger than a Boxster. Do people on here actually follow the development of a new car or just wait til it appears and slag it off?
Whatever Jaguar built some folk are always going to be left disappointed or just not like what's on offer.
Personally I love it... Just like the concept, it's what jaguar need... Only demerit is auto only, they will lose potential customers for not offering manual or dual clutch boxes. Doesn't stop Mercedes selling loads of sports cars though.

Why is it that so many people immediately draw similarities to Porsches? I know they are often considered the benchmark (I've got one and understand why) but here Jaguar have designed and built a Jaguar, a new Jaguar. Jag are often maligned for their expertise in tempting it's public with 'concepts you can't have', 'designs we thought you'd like and we might build, but, no, we're not going to', 'look how clever our designer chappies are at coming up with pretty pictures of stunning cars we'll never build'.......This time it looks like they've taken it a step further and will actually produce the car, for goodness sake let's give them a pat on the back and give the car a chance to prove it's own worth, not prove that it fit's in between that Porsche and this Porsche, it'll have a Jaguar Emblem on the Badge not a Stuttgart shield, judge it for what it is......A JAGUAR please.

CJB1… well said.

I agree people are too quick to jump in with the Porsche comparison but let's face it, the only other recent 2 door sports car launch of note has been the new Boxster and IMHO it has the 'wow' factor over the Jag.
Jag still looks nice though, will be interesting to see the performance figs and list price and i prefer it's looks to the new 911.

[ParanoidAndroid]

cjb1 said:

What we all need to bare in mind is that:

1. Jaguar used to be aimed at a staid upper class market, bank managers, accountants, politicians and the like (Well not forgetting the exceptions, bank robbers like in the Sweeney of course).
2. Over the years the marketing boys have got a hold of the marque and manipulated it in to one more attractive to the younger set, sporty and attractive to the more flamboyant.
3. By developing cars like the XK8 R & RS along side the more sober XJ Saloons and family orientated 'X' Type Diesel Estates they have widened their market to survive in a vastly more competitive modern market.

Marvellous job to my mind, brilliant, well done Mr Lyons (OK, OK, I know he's deceased and the company has had more owners than a twebty year old Fiesta but you get my drift).

I do like it alot, just think the Coupe had the WOW factor, especially that e-type like rear window . Looking forward to seeing the Paris show cars.

[Domf]

i think it looks good, how many on here forget that modern car design is restricted by miles of red tape from Europe and the US dictating at what height bumpers, lights can be and the bonnet height for pedestrian impact etc. Ian Callum and his team can design a stunning prototype like the C-X16, but to get it in production and to pass the red tape, the design has to be watered down hence the F-Type. The E-Type had none of these restrictions in original form, but remember how by the Series 3 the looks had been weakened by bumper regulations in the US.
Well the F-Types future looks good for JLR, because if I remember correctly when the Evoque was launched many Pher's said 'it wasn't a real Range Rover, not pretty etc' now JLR have Halewood running 24/7 trying to keep up with demand. Beyond PHer world there's a whole car buying public who will like the car.

[Blown2CV]

if it is supposedly being pitched as a boxster rival, then boxster-priced it is going to be

[pti]

Stick some 21s on it and it's the concept that everyone was raving about a while back!

There's no pleasing some people.

[LuS1fer]

I have to be careful now as I initially hated the XK and now think it's a stunning car, helped by its relative rarity. My initial view of this is that it looks a but lacklustre/predictable and certainly doesn't scream "Jag" to me but I'll reserve the final opinion until I see more of them.

[Wills2]

looks great, but those pictures look so heavily photoshopped they look like renderings rather than actual pictures??

[nickfrog]

pti said:

Stick some 21s on it and it's the concept that everyone was raving about a while back!
There's no pleasing some people.

...which clearly was not a concept as they had already tooled up for the production car, oldest trick in the book since Audi invented that marketing coup with the TT.

Very beautiful car nonetheless and really good news for the brand and UK jobs.

[cjb1]

HighwayStar said:

cjb1 said:

HighwayStar said:

TheAntics said:

This isn't a boxter contender...it's a different car altogether. I expect it to be priced much closer to the 911 and performance figures that sit between the cayman r and the 991 C2S.

Exactly... It's supposed to sit between the Boxster and the 911, it's a tad bigger than a Boxster. Do people on here actually follow the development of a new car or just wait til it appears and slag it off?
Whatever Jaguar built some folk are always going to be left disappointed or just not like what's on offer.
Personally I love it... Just like the concept, it's what jaguar need... Only demerit is auto only, they will lose potential customers for not offering manual or dual clutch boxes. Doesn't stop Mercedes selling loads of sports cars though.

Why is it that so many people immediately draw similarities to Porsches? I know they are often considered the benchmark (I've got one and understand why) but here Jaguar have designed and built a Jaguar, a new Jaguar. Jag are often maligned for their expertise in tempting it's public with 'concepts you can't have', 'designs we thought you'd like and we might build, but, no, we're not going to', 'look how clever our designer chappies are at coming up with pretty pictures of stunning cars we'll never build'.......This time it looks like they've taken it a step further and will actually produce the car, for goodness sake let's give them a pat on the back and give the car a chance to prove it's own worth, not prove that it fit's in between that Porsche and this Porsche, it'll have a Jaguar Emblem on the Badge not a Stuttgart shield, judge it for what it is......A JAGUAR please.

CJB1… well said.

Thanks HighwayStar, It was a bit of a rant but it just grips my sh#t when people do that.

[tinkertaylor]