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.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
finally feels like a classic British roadster type, I can totally see why they would do this, changes the car completely but sounds like a pretty sick package to me, though I would think a little lower cost would be necessary for a real increase in sales, but I’d be totally happy with an almost 300 hp lightweight coupe, or convertible, sounds like a ton of fun and would definitely be more nimble in the bends… shame I still am not going to be able to justify 50grand for a car anytime soon
This would be a good candidate to swap into a fiero…
Yeah, it’s expensive new, BUT THINK IN 5 YEARS WHEN THESE SEXY BEASTS WILL BE GOING FOR $25000
What’s next, a DIESEL?
It’s going to have to be pretty exceptional to be worth 50k as an inline 4.
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Looks like Jaaag wants to compete with the 718 😜
I hope it’s not as bad as the 718. I do like that there’s still a V6 and a V8. Porsche and Ford that’s how you do it.
I’m cautiously optimistic. The thought of a more budget friendly F-Type is intriguing. Its a stunning design, but as others have noted, lets hope they don’t make a hash of it in the sound department.