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.
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Evo and subie both hit those numbers in 2004 without the price tag
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Is it me or the whole making a smaller engine thing and making some serious power a new thing that car makers are doing. The new Ford Gt moved from v8 to v6, and now the Jaguar with a flat 4 :| Are we slowly moving into the hybrid ages?
That’s better milage than my 2013 civic wtf
The article claims that the I4 is 0.1s quicker to 60 mph than the V6. It’s important to point out here that this is comparing the automatic I4 to the manual V6. The auto V6 is still quicker than the auto I4.
These are the stats from Jaguar’s website:
I4 (Auto): 0-60 in 5.4 seconds
V6 (Manual): 0-60 in 5.5 seconds
V6 (Auto): 0-60 in 5.1 seconds
I think its a silly move considering the price gap between the I4 and V6 is relatively small. Yes, one would get better fuel economy but, if that’s what you care about wtf are you doing looking at a sports car?! MY V6 averages about 14.6mpg (because I honestly cant get enough of that exhaust note!!!!) I’ve owned the car for a month and on the 2nd day I turned off the active exhaust, for a minute, just to see what it was like, that was the saddest minute of my life! Anyway, I’m not mad about the i4, I just hope Jaguar doesn’t do anything stupid like replace the V6 with it, as that would be absolutely moronic.
F types make my pants a bit tighter than usual in the crotch area.
Cant wait to know if it is possible to fit that “meticulously tuned” exhaust to the xf/xe with the same 2.0 ltr ingenium motor