RE: So long Jaguar F-Type, auf wiedersehen Audi TT

[percymon]

Last F-type starts its way down the assembly line tomorrow. Still a great looking car but always been too expensive. Jaguars future in £100k+ vehicles will be an interesting journey to watch.

[cerb4.5lee]

I've always liked the V8 F-Type, and we had a brand new TTS Coupe back in 2012 as well. It is a real shame that both these cars are going I reckon. Times are certainly changing, and not necessarily for the better either.

[blearyeyedboy]

percymon said:

Last F-type starts its way down the assembly line tomorrow. Still a great looking car but always been too expensive. Jaguars future in £100k+ vehicles will be an interesting journey to watch.

To be fair, you can't blame them. They took on the BMW 3 series once with the X Type which missed the mark (though it was a better car than many thought), and commercially couldn't get the XE to sell in the numbers hoped for, even though that was a much better effort.

If volume isn't working for them, they've got no choice but to aim upmarket. It'll be too rich for my blood but I wish them all the best.

[Coldplaya]

blearyeyedboy said:

percymon said:

Last F-type starts its way down the assembly line tomorrow. Still a great looking car but always been too expensive. Jaguars future in £100k+ vehicles will be an interesting journey to watch.

To be fair, you can't blame them. They took on the BMW 3 series once with the X Type which missed the mark (though it was a better car than many thought), and commercially couldn't get the XE to sell in the numbers hoped for, even though that was a much better effort.

If volume isn't working for them, they've got no choice but to aim upmarket. It'll be too rich for my blood but I wish them all the best.

I think the main drawback is their lack of proper hot variants for the XE. Yea the S, but they didn’t have an m3 equivalent. The F pace sells pretty well by all accounts and that does have a halo model. In saying that the XF did but I thought that also sold well particularly the mk1, perhaps less so the mk2.

F types, particularly the heavy facelift from 2019 look very good value, earlier cars are somehow the same price used with very weird crossovers on price. Cant tell why unless somebody else can? P450 look probably one of the few places of value in this market.

[bennno]

Coldplaya said:

F types, particularly the heavy facelift from 2019 look very good value, earlier cars are somehow the same price used with very weird crossovers on price. Cant tell why unless somebody else can? P450 look probably one of the few places of value in this market.

Agreed, I picked up a P450 cab with 4.5k miles from a main dealer for <40k on that basis. At that price it was better value than anything.

I think exterior looks wise the earlier cars might shade it, but the 450 interior, tech, suspension upgrades make it a sensible option.

[humphra]

Mk3 Audi TTS convertible driver here, having bought it a couple of months ago after I decided to reduce from 3 cars to 1. Much as I love cars, I believe they need to be driven to stay healthy and I just wasn't driving any of them enough, so I wanted a fun, good looking 2 seater convertible to become my one and only......

I've had a Boxster, a Z4, a Mk2 TT convertible (plain ol' 2wd version), R170 SLK320, turbo'ed Mk2.5 MX5, plus owned a whole host of various other cars, and test driven many more. But I wanted something easy to live with and though I flirted with the idea of the Jag F-Type convertible, as it looks and sounds awesome, but the boot size is just not liveable as an only car and the driving experience...... the handling just felt (to me at least) more GT and didn't inspire me to want to chuck it around corners (I live in Milton Keynes, so there are plenty of opportunities to chuck it around roundabouts!). Hence the TTS..... yes, it's not as agile as the Boxster, doesn't sound quite as as nice as the SLK320 (i loved that V6 engine noise), but it's bloody easy to live with, can poodle for 80-90% of the time I'm driving and that's all I need from it, but can also fly and sound well enough for the 10-20% of the time I want to have fun. It also looks good, the interior is just lovely (Audi have always been good at interiors) and the it's practical enough for 90% of what i need from a car. As an only car and 2-seater convertible, it's a very good car.

And for those who still churn out the old "TT is a hairdresser's car" comments - your Mum's calling; she says it's time to stop playing with the other children to go and have your tea.

Edited by humphra on Wednesday 17th April 16:32

Edited by humphra on Wednesday 17th April 16:32

[Dave211]

After looking at bmw and mb again (I couldn’t bring myself to have a vw in a pretty dress). I settled for the F-type R p575… in Carpathian Grey… the reliability of the other so put me off especially the m5. (That knew its own way to the dealership!) As for the F, really screwed together well, good performance. It pulled 617 on the rolling road, (even the P450 is conservative as they manage 480 stock). I may remap mine when it’s out of warranty. The only slight niggle is the angle of the infotainment screen, (sun reflects off it) but anything else would spoil the aesthetics I think. I find it really comfortable and that lovely v8 burble to boot. Sounds good without the childish noises the others make.