Tuesday 13th July 2010

Jaguar 'F-Type' Gets Green Light

Boxster rival confirmed as part of JLR model offensive (let's hope it looks this good)

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XK180 concept - will new car look this good?

Tata Motors CEO, Carl-Peter Forster, has confirmed that Jaguar has been given the go-ahead to build its long-awaited Boxster-rivalling roadster.

Speaking to German trade paper Automobilwoche, the boss of Jaguar Land Rover's parent company revealed that the so-called 'F-Type' - a spiritual successor to the Jaguar E-Type - will form part of a new model offensive for JLR.

Joining the new sports car - which will sit below the XF in the company's product line-up - will be a replacement for the X-Type, an XF estate and a long-wheelbase XF for the Chinese market.

As for Land Rover, the new Range Rover Evoque has already been revealed, but it will soon be joined by a new Freelander. This will be smaller than the current car, making room for a larger seven-seat version to slot between it and the Discovery. Finally, by 2015 there will also be an all-new replacement for the iconic Defender.

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[adycav]

Great news, Jaguar really have momentum at present.

[VladD]

Cool. Let's hope it's worthy of the name and there's no diesel option.

Edited by VladD on Tuesday 13th July 12:53

[Marwood79]

The 180 concept above looked good... but I preferred the actual F-Type concept. Looking forward to this - may well be my next car.

[White-Noise]

I saw the 180 at goodwood a while back and it was absolutely stunning

[Insincere Dave]

I give it 10 minutes before some retarded 10 year old calls it 'Indian rubbish'

[SirRalph]

I remember drooling over the F Type at the motor show in Birmingham over a decade ago. It doesn't even look dated now. Here's hoping they make a coupe version with a decent engine.

[toast boy]

I dearly hope they don't the ball with this one, they seem to be churning out some good cars at the minute and this would be a brilliant drive forward if they get it right. I'd like the original F Type concept over the X 180 though.

[havoc]

toast boy said:

I dearly hope they don't the ball with this one, they seem to be churning out some good cars at the minute and this would be a brilliant drive forward if they get it right. I'd like the original F Type concept over the X 180 though.

...although would it be sacrilege to prefer an FR platform to the car, hopefully with a tweaked version of their V6 as standard, and a shoehorned-in 5.0 V8 (n/asp, please) as the '-R' version. A shortened XK platform would do that, although I don't know which one they're using as a donor.

[Twincam16]

A little bit of wee has just come out.

[mightymouse]

Oh yes please not that I could afford it mind but just to drool.........

[WhiteBaron]

[MX7]

I hope it looks as good as that. Will it have some sort of roof option?

[Twincam16]

havoc said:

toast boy said:

I dearly hope they don't the ball with this one, they seem to be churning out some good cars at the minute and this would be a brilliant drive forward if they get it right. I'd like the original F Type concept over the X 180 though.

...although would it be sacrilege to prefer an FR platform to the car, hopefully with a tweaked version of their V6 as standard, and a shoehorned-in 5.0 V8 (n/asp, please) as the '-R' version. A shortened XK platform would do that, although I don't know which one they're using as a donor.

I like to think it'll be a SWB version of the XK, hopefully positioned below it, price-wise, to reflect the 'democratisation of the supercar' spirit of the E-Type (£2k when a Ferrari was getting on for £9k, so nowadays it'd be the equivalent of about £30k+). I'm guessing most comparable target will be the Mercedes-Benz SLK, with the 5-litre V8 (supercharged for nutters) at the top of the range, working down to the XF's 3-litre V6.

£30k for the V6, maybe £50k for the V8, and with any luck if they really are going to replace the X-Type, they might to well to start with this floorplan and lengthen it rather than platform-engineering a Mondeo. Obviously a smaller engine will be needed for a tilt at the 320i, so maybe after a while, a budget F-Type will be available as a kind of very posh, nicely-finished MX5-basher with a 2-litre engine.

Diesel wouldn't be preferable, but given the fact that Jaguar's diesel isn't half bad, I wouldn't hold it against them if they did use it.

[Twincam16]

MX7 said:

I hope it looks as good as that. Will it have some sort of roof option?

I really hope it's got a Z4-style canvas roof. An overly-elaborate folding metal thing that crushes everything in the boot when opened wouldn't be as good, plus it'd rob you of the chance to specify it in British Racing Green with biscuit hide and matching hood fabric.

[clarksonisawilly]

Insincere Dave said:

I give it 10 minutes before some retarded 10 year old calls it 'Indian rubbish'

Indian rubbish.



No, it's brilliant. Is this going to be much different from the concept of almost a decade ago? Hope not, that was very beautiful.

[ManOpener]

WhiteBaron said:

Am I the only one who thinks that looks a bit like a BMW Z8?

[aeropilot]

Coupe version for me with a sensible-ish rear hatch load area and a 2.5L twin-turbo V6 and proper mechanical LSD.......pretty please

[SmartVenom]

Twincam16 said:

I like to think it'll be a SWB version of the XK, hopefully positioned below it, price-wise, to reflect the 'democratisation of the supercar' spirit of the E-Type (£2k when a Ferrari was getting on for £9k, so nowadays it'd be the equivalent of about £30k+). I'm guessing most comparable target will be the Mercedes-Benz SLK, with the 5-litre V8 (supercharged for nutters) at the top of the range, working down to the XF's 3-litre V6.

£30k for the V6, maybe £50k for the V8, and with any luck if they really are going to replace the X-Type, they might to well to start with this floorplan and lengthen it rather than platform-engineering a Mondeo. Obviously a smaller engine will be needed for a tilt at the 320i, so maybe after a while, a budget F-Type will be available as a kind of very posh, nicely-finished MX5-basher with a 2-litre engine.

Diesel wouldn't be preferable, but given the fact that Jaguar's diesel isn't half bad, I wouldn't hold it against them if they did use it.

I really hope you are right on those prices, but I just can't see them being able to do this for £30K. It really would be an amazing repeat of the past if they can. In fact if they can I won't even care if they make up the stats for this one as well!

[ctallchris]

I like that concept very much.

Sod the boot and shove a rag top in the top of the boot and i'd pay aston money for it

[10JH]

XFR Estate would be awesome!