RE: Jaguar F-Type: confirmed

RE: Jaguar F-Type: confirmed

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handbraketurn

1,371 posts

165 months

Saturday 7th April 2012
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Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

It sounds awesome, like a cross between a Nissan GT-R and clasic jag.

I REALLY hope they keep the design as close to the C-x16 as possible, because its amazing and I'd buy one tomorrow.

I've read that they are going for the drop top first for various engineering and launch-timing issues, and the coupe will follow. Given its suppose to be a drivers car, would have thought they should do it the other way around.

The Jag teaser video is pretty nice too, turn your speakers up.

https://f-type.jaguar.com/gb/en/one.aspx


Raitzi

640 posts

211 months

Sunday 8th April 2012
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Sound is amazing. Very close to original straight six from V6.

Ftumpch

188 posts

157 months

Tuesday 10th April 2012
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Excellent timing! It's spot-on for being released to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the demise of the Maserati 4200 Spyder, for which Jaguar has obviously quietly acquired the tooling.

Twincam16

27,646 posts

257 months

Tuesday 10th April 2012
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mph said:
drcarrera said:
It had better be available with a manual box!

If all they offer is a torque-converter slush box then Porsche won't need to worry about losing any Boxster/Cayman/911 sales (and Aston, Audi, BMW etc will sleep easy as well).
It would just take a few sales from middle aged female Merc SLK buyers ... wink
Automatics are becoming more popular than manuals these days, even in sports cars.

I think it will take a lot of sales from Porsche, Audi, BMW and Mercedes. I certainly hope so.
Well, it's not quite as clear-cut as that. Gearboxes are sprouting too many gears to physically fit into a traditional H-gate, and most of the proper sports cars in the ranges you've cited above have DSG paddleshift gearboxes.

Jaguar's auto 'box is good, but IMO for this car to credibly hold its own against the top-end BMW Z4s, it needs a proper DSG, specifically one that shifts down the instant you want it to rather than being overridden by a nanny-knows-best computer.