The Jaguar F-TYPE

The F-TYPE encapsulates Jaguar, and with the 23MY Jaguar F-Type being revealed on the 10^{th of} January 2022, we thought we’d go back over the history of the F-TYPE.

The journey of the F-TYPE actually starts with the E-TYPE, an iconic British car produced from 1961 and 1975, recently put back in the public eye in the 5^th season of Mad Men. Ranking first in the telegraphs “100 most beautiful cars”, the E-TYPE is rumoured to have been called “the most beautiful car of all time” by Enzo Ferrari himself – though this has never been confirmed.  

A hop, skip and a 25 year jump later, the F-TYPE makes its first appearance in the British Motor Museum, Gaydon, in the year 2000. For those knowing the F-TYPE launched in 2013, this may seem surprising, but having been taken over by Ford in ’89, the priorities of Jaguar were changing. In 2002 the F-TYPE concept was scrapped, having failed to make large scale production feasible, in what ended up a trade-off with Jaguar’s Formula 1 investments.

The F-TYPE is Born

It took 10 years for the F-TYPE to return to the scene at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, the first 2-seater sports car in 50 years for Jaguar. After 4 years of F-TYPE growing more driver focused and sportier by the year, the Project 7 was born, the first limited edition F-TYPE equipped with a v8 engine. This, to celebrate the accomplishments of the Jaguar D-TYPE (1955) which later went on to be the third most expensive car ever sold at auction, going for an eye-watering £16,772,619.

More recently, the F-TYPE brought the arrival of the SVR range at Jaguar. Though still a day-to-day sports car, the F-TYPE SVR boasts a top speed of 200mph and a 0-60 of 3.5 seconds. Simply unbelievable performance.

F-TYPE (23MY)

There is a broad spectrum to choose from when it comes to the F-TYPE. While all hold the prestige, and the beauty of the F-TYPE, options range from sports car to driver’s paradise. The F-TYPE Coupe P300 RWD starts at £54,635 with a top speed of 155, hitting 60mph in 5.4 seconds, not exactly slow. By default, the F-TYPE comes with touch pro, parking cameras and aids, 10” touch screen display, Apple Car play, active sports exhaust and 18” Style 1036 wheels. At the other end, the F-TYPE R-Coupe, starting from £100,030, reaches 0-60 in just 3.5 seconds and can climb all the way to 186mph while also having R interior, R branded steering wheels, 20” 1066 Diamond Turned / Black contrast wheels, this F-TYPE is really going to turn heads. These prices are as of 24/01/21.

There is a whole range of cars between these two, P300 and P450 are available in Dynamic or Dynamic-Black, with the P450 available in RWD and AWD, we’ve got the F-TYPE for you.