You Can Now Have Your Jaguar F-Type With A 297bhp Inline-Four
Up until now, you’ve been able to buy an F-Type in two very distinct engine flavours: V6 or V8. Now though, there’s a third option, and it might prove a tad controversial for the moody purists out there. Yep, the F is the latest posho sports car to be offered with a four-cylinder engine.
It’s an all-new version of Jaguar’s 2.0-litre petrol Ingenium unit, putting out 297bhp. In terms of power it neatly fits under the 335bhp V6 which formally served as the entry point, but here’s the thing: as the new car is 52kg lighter, it’s actually a little quicker. 0-60mph takes 5.4 seconds, compared to 5.5 in the base V6. Colour us intrigued.
It gets better, as the bulk of that 52kg saving is - as you’d expect - located at the front. The V6 F-Type feels heavier in the corners than it really ought to, so a sizeable weight saving on the front axle is jolly good news. So it’s quicker in a straight line, should be more nimble in the bends, and uses 16 per cent less fuel than the V6 (39.2mpg combined). It puffs out just 163g/km of CO2, meanwhile.
And now for the downside: dropping two cylinders is - of course - not going to do wonders for this new ‘baby’ F in the noise department. Jaguar has assured the world that the air intake and exhaust have been “meticulously tuned to delivery renowned F-Type sound,” but we’ll be reserving judgement until we hear this beast for ourselves.
Tempted? It goes on sale this Spring in coupe and convertible forms, fitted with an eight-speed automatic gearbox - no mention of manual options just yet. It’ll set you back £49,900, around £3600 less than the cheapest automatic V6. It’ll make its public debut at the New York Auto Show.
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You must be joking! 😡 if Jaguar are going to call this an E-Type successor, it should ONLY come with a proper set of powerful engines, capable enough to make this one of the fastest cars you can get!
I’m still in for a second hand F-Type R. Screw this 4 cylinder bullcrap
Why not make it an even 300bhp? Lol.
It better be 52kg lighter! They lopped off two cylinders!
That exhaust pipe doesn’t suit it, looks like one from a Megane!
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Dude 2 times?
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Nissan 420sx kicked in yoo
THat’s a good start for a lighter F-Type. Being an all aluminium car, how can it weigh over 1700kg (kerb weight) with the base engine? And it isn’t a very big car either… a BMW 2-series coupe is about as long as the Jaaaaaaaag and weighs 250-300kg less (and it’s a steel car).
I like this, keeping the V8 and V6 but still offering something more economical, great idea as long as they keep the V8 and V6
39.2 mpg combined That’s gotta be a typo. If not that’s very impressive for that kind of power.
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