New Jaguar F-Type 75 marks end of production
Just one year left for the F-Type - it's signing off with a V8-powered flourish
Next year will mark the Jaguar F-Type’s 10th anniversary. We can all recall the excitement, right? The return of the Jaguar sports car in those heady days of 2013, the endless Porsche comparisons, the passenger rides that stoked further excitement but revealed very little… and a car that, by and large, nailed its brief. You’re unlikely to feel sad behind the wheel of an F-Type, put it that way. But all good things must come to an end, and the 2024 model year (on sale now) will be the last one for F-Types. The Jaguar electric revolution is coming, don’t forget. Handily, 2023 marks 75 years of the XK120, the very first Jaguar sports car, so there’s this run-out model to celebrate both milestones - the Jaguar F-Type 75.
Only available with the 5.0 V8 (the 2.0 would hardly seem right) in either 450hp or 575hp R format, the F-Type 75s are marked out with a range of cosmetic tweaks. Outside, that means stuff like unique 20-inch black alloy wheels, new badges and the option of Giola Green paint, while inside the 75 gets performance seats as standard as well as ‘the unique silhouette motif on the Engine Spin centre console finisher and stainless-steel tread plates’. There’s also Windsor leather and an Ebony Suedecloth headliner for the interior - no, this is not a comprehensive overhaul by any means. Because at this stage, it wasn’t going to be. And if ain’t broke, there’s no need to fix it - the F-Type still looks fantastic in high-spec costume.
Underneath, the 75s are the P450 and P575 F-Types that were introduced with the most recent 2020 updates, the former offered with rear- or all-wheel drive and the latter AWD only. That means 0-60mph in just 4.4 seconds for both 450hp derivatives (with a top speed of 177mph) or 3.5 seconds and 186mph for the flagship R 75. The most significant chassis change is a wider Pirelli P Zero, now 265/35/ZR20 and 305/30/ZR20 for both models. Buyers opting for the R 75 can opt for forged wheels and ceramic brakes if desired.
At the other end of the range, the 2.0-litre, 300hp will continue until the end as well, albeit without the ‘75’ add-ons. Both cabrio and coupe remain available, only with rear-wheel drive exclusively, meaning 0-60mph in 5.6 seconds and 155mph. Jaguar spotters will be able to identify an MY24 car of any stripe thanks to wheel centres and grille badges that are now black (instead of red), plus the colour for the R and R-Dynamic badge accents - what was red and green and now black and grey. This seems a bit of a shame, because everything on every car is monotone now, but there we are.
The 2024 F-Type range is a simpler one to understand than some previous efforts, with just one spec available: either R-Dynamic for the four-cylinder model, or 75 for the V8s. Prices kick off at £62,235 for the 2.0 R-Dynamic Coupe (£67,825 for the equivalent Convertible), with the 450hp costing from £78,330 for the rear-wheel drive coupe. Adding all-wheel drive pushes the prices to £83,290, with the pair of 450hp convertibles costing £83,920 or £88,880. For the 575hp R 75, prices begin at £102,870, or £108,065 for the drop-top. And you already know where to look if that’s too much for a V8 F-Type fix.
The 2024 model year F-Types are on sale now, with first deliveries due early next year. Then, not long after, Castle Bromwich won’t be making V8s for F-Types anymore, and that’ll be sad. An all-electric Jaguar sports car is widely assumed to be in the works for several years down the line, but there will be nothing to succeed the combustion-powered F-Types immediately. We suggest you get them while you still can.
I have a current V8 R that I’ve had for about 18 months now - bought instead of a 992 - and I absolutely love it. A wonderful hybrid of GT and muscle car that is objectively inferior in many, but not all, ways to the Porsche but subjectively lives in another universe. It always makes me smile, is fun at any pace, remains beautiful to look at, viscerally rapid and - simply - it cheers you up.
May be a keeper as the last of a generation.
I have a current V8 R that I’ve had for about 18 months now - bought instead of a 992 - and I absolutely love it. A wonderful hybrid of GT and muscle car that is objectively inferior in many, but not all, ways to the Porsche but subjectively lives in another universe. It always makes me smile, is fun at any pace, remains beautiful to look at, viscerally rapid and - simply - it cheers you up.
May be a keeper as the last of a generation.
It's not as quick as its competitors, nor is it as well-equipped, practical, economical, etc etc - but all of that gets left behind when you drive it. Nothing's given me such a smile on my face. Same as what ettore said.
I bought mine from Jaguar and they tried to upsell me into newer models a few times. First was a pre-facelift R, they tried to sell the AWD (or 4WD, whatever it is). I said it's nice, but why isn't it as tail-happy as mine? That's rather boring, right? They didn't understand that customer feedback, and yeah I know I was probably an outlier to their target market.
Fast forward to last year and they gave me a facelift P450 V8 RWD. Again, I brought it back saying it was nice, but where's the sound gone? Why's it so quiet? Cue another round of scratched heads and "what the f
k" murmurs. Woe betide a then-30 year old wanting a noisy undriveable car.When the car was due for a service this year, Jaguar offered kindly to pick up and drop off my car, no courtesy car required. They'd leave me a Freelander if I wanted it, I politely declined. They left it anyway, I didn't drive it.
I'm not the biggest fan of the facelift but if it drove and sounded as good as the early F-Types, I'd be happy. Sadly it seems the marketing strategy in the early 2010s of "make this different to the XKR" was soon s
tcanned, debateable whether it's due to EU laws about cars not being able to make noise or whether it's Jaguar themselves realising that their older buyers didn't want a noisy car - but I don't think anything else Jag offers these days would keep me as a buyer. So I'll be hanging on to mine until I can afford something with an Italian V10 in it.„Jaguar is a quintessentially British automaker renowned for its rich history of desirable sports cars, sports sedans, and worldwide racing success.“
Well the sports car(s) will soon be off, and the two leggy saloons with their unexiting 4 bangers can’t be long for this world. So…on to a rich legacy of three average SUVs.
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But final edition looks fine and the V8 will be lovely.
Love the soft top version even though its flawed but they're not doing it any favours with that poor choice of lighting on the publicity shots.
I just hope Jaguar are here long enough to honour the warranty when they sell a few hundred electric cars before being consumed by Geely.
The demise of the Jaguar V8 is going to come around all to quickly.
Count myself very lucky to own a Project 7, every occasion in the P7 is a event, from the snarling start up and high idle to shifting through the gears at any speed, there’s so much depth to that glorious V8, burbles, pops, bangs, lift off backfires.
It’s properly relentlessly fast in any gear, with the roof down in a tunnel…. Phooarr!
Again, lucky to have driven or been driven in a fair few nice cars, Ferrari’s, Lambo’s, Porsches etc. Bar the F40, the P7 holds a special place in my heart, if faced with financial woes I’d sell my house before selling the car.
As for the looks, yep, I look over my shoulder when I walk away, in fact I very rarely let it out of my sight when not in storage. Some days I just stare at it, run my hand over the panels, to me it’s art on wheels.
Two roads down from me a guy has a V8 R RWD coupe and he gives it beans past my house, a unmistakable sound and I love hearing it in the mornings, makes me smile knowing he’s probably smiling too.
Buy one if you can, you won’t be disappointed.
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