F-type - can anyone please explain...

[Ozzie Osmond]

.. why the V6 costs from £52,000 but the V8 starts at an eye-watering £86,000
An additional £34,000 seems a lot of cash for adding a couple of cylinders.

http://rules.config.jaguar.com/jdx/en_gb/f-type_k1...

[Ozzie Osmond]

lexusboy said:

To maybe add a bit more 'prestige and exclusivity'

I'd need one hell of a lot of additional prestige and exclusivity for £34,000!

Given that you can buy a complete Jaguar XE on the road for £27,000 it seems a little rich to ask customers to pay,

• The price of an F-type, PLUS
• The price of an XE, PLUS
• £7,000 in cash

to add those couple of cylinders, especially since the V6 engine is same engine as the V8 simply with two cylinders omitted, as shown in these two images,

[Ozzie Osmond]

robm3 said:

I think the V6S is the sweet spot in the range

Yes, that seems a quite widely held opinion. To my eye the value looks pretty good at the lower end of the model range.

[Ozzie Osmond]

I suspect the F-type S is decent value. Some great cars around that price keep things competitive.