Jaguar F-type
Jaguar F-Type
Model Year: 2014 Mileage: -
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: 95 POINTS
Value for Money: 93 points
Joy of Ownership after 2 weeks: 98 points
Joy of Ownership after 2 years: 92 points
Cost of Ownership: 80 points
Sportiness: 95 points
Comfort: 80 points
Reliability as Used: 90 points
Resale Value: 90 points
Image Value: 97 points
Charisma Points: 90 points
Years of Manufacture: 2014-
Engine: 3.0L V6
Max Power: 380 hp 279 kW
Acceleration 0-100km: 4.8 s
Top Speed: 275 km/h
Price Range: €75,000-€115,000
Pros: Design, soundscape, sturdiness, handiness, quality
Cons: Cramped, expensive as used, basic model lack of power, modest basic equipment
Alternative: Porsche Cayman S
Summary: The most personal Jaguar since the E-Type. A driver's car that's also fun. Quality-wise, Jaguar has taken a significant leap forward with the F-Type compared to the previous XK, promising a bright future for used car buyers. However, the Finnish importer has priced it so high, used markets will never be extensive. Currently, only three are for sale. In my opinion, the F-Type is the best future used Jaguar, you just need to wait a few years and act quickly if and when they become available.
The Jaguar F-Type marks a return to the company's roots: a two-seater sporty convertible focused on performance and agility. The F-Type sounds like a wild cat when driven, thanks mainly to its active exhaust system, which adds a new dimension to the car's animalistic character. Its valves open at 3,000 RPM, allowing the exhaust to reach a breathtaking crescendo right up to the red line. In terms of sound, the F-Type is the most memorable Jaguar I have driven; even the XKR-S doesn't match its wide, powerful tone.
The F-Type is strikingly beautiful, modern, and compact. It's as phallic with its long bonnet as the E-Type, but lacks the feminine and balancing delicacy of the E-Type.
The company's future visions are encapsulated in the F-Type's confident design language. Jaguars have always epitomized curvaceous "muscular" simplicity, and the F-Type is no exception; its form is defined by two "heart lines" that create front and rear wings. Visual appeal is central to Jaguars, and because of its appearance, the F-Type is immediately recognizable.
Inspired by fighter jet cockpits, the driver's environment groups controls ergonomically by function. The SportShift controller for its eight gears looks as if it belongs in a jet. The dashboard air vents open only when instructed by the driver or computer, otherwise remaining elegantly out of sight.
An ideal 50:50 weight distribution, a lightweight aluminum body, and a suspension that adjusts 500 times per second create an excellent foundation for a driving pleasure. Adding in the nearly 340-horsepower V6 engine paired with an 8-speed Quickshift automatic gearbox, the F-Type rewards even inexperienced drivers with a precise and smooth ride on winding asphalt roads. The fastest R version accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 4.3 seconds and reaches an electronically limited top speed of 300 km/h. Even the base version achieves 0-100 km/h in 5.3 seconds and 259 km/h. Yet, as a driving experience, the F-Type is surprisingly a slight disappointment.
In nature, the Jaguar is a predatory beast, fearsome and unpredictable, the bravest and most feline of the wild animals. One would expect such unpredictability and excitement from the F-Type due to its defiant, sleek look, but I find the F-Type somewhat toothless. It has been refined to the point of almost being too perfect, lacking the genuine fear and respect every true sports car demands from its driver.
The F-Type's wheel doesn't make your hands sweat, adrenaline levels rise, or pulse quicken in sync with the car. The F-Type doesn't need me, the driver. It is, from any corner or measure, already perfect by itself. Driving it makes me miss the human touch of the E-Type and all the R models in Jaguar's history.
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