Like us you probably haven’t had a chance to duck over to Europe to check out the Geneva Motor Show. So here’s the first of a two part series bringing you a selection of the cars on show. Here we start with Alfa Romeo and go through to Lexus.
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Jaguar XFR-S Sportbrake revealed
When Geneva rolls around Jaguar will tread where BMW is unwilling to go when it reveals the XFR-S Sportbrake. It’s a pretty simple recipe and involves two main ingredients: the XF Sportbrake and the XFR-S.
The former provides the body shape while the latter offers up the stonking 404kW/680Nm 5.0 litre supercharged V8. Thankfully the estate bodystyle means there’s no room for the OTT rear wing found on the XFR-S sedan.
You can reach 100km/h in 4.8 seconds and you’ve got 1675 litres of cargo space to fill. Pace and space are things we like in a fast wagon.
Australian pricing for the seriously sexy Jaguar F-Type Coupé has been announced and starts at $119,900 for the entry-level model powered by a 250kW 3.0 litre supercharged V6.
The wick has been turned up on that supercharged V6 to 280kW for the F-Type S Coupé, priced from $152,300. Things get a lot more serious with the F-Type R Coupé, which boasts a 5.0 litre supercharged V8 pumping out 404kW and will set you back $219,600 plus on road costs.
Further details from Jaguar can be read below and if you can buy one of these cars we highly recommend you do so. They are beautiful!
Henry Catchpole from Evo took a Jaguar F-Type V8 to Romania in search of the country’s best driving road. Well, actually, he’s looking for the world’s best driving road, but it will make more sense after you’ve watched the clip. You might think you know how this ends, but you probably don’t.
This is a really well made film that we expect you will enjoy quite a lot.
Suffering through those Super Bowl commercials reminded us we’d not made the time to watch Steve Sutcliffe’s video review of the very desirable Jaguar F-Type R Coupé. We’ve watched it now, and you can too if you haven’t already.
Sutcliffe was at the press launch held at the Circuit de Catalunya and had a merry old time testing the limits of adhesion and wear rate of the R Coupé’s rear tyres.
Half his luck!
In case you’ve missed it there’s a big game of football on tonight. And we don’t mean the Man City v Chelsea game either. It’s American football and, of course, it’s the Super Bowl.
That means all the big wig advertising agencies have been locked away in rooms for months trying to come up with something clever and memorable. We’ve taken a look at the motoring-related TVCs and we’re sorry to say the standards from the big auto makers has slipped.
Most of these ads are pretty lame. Subaru should just be embarrassed. Audi, Kia and Volkswagen can perhaps keep their heads above water for producing moderately entertaining ads, but the rest are just shit.
Have you seen the Mercedes-Benz chicken ad? It’s pretty good. You see a chicken like to keep its head still, even when its body is being moved around. Mercedes figured that was a good way to illustrate the benefits of its Magic Body Control which “ensures optimum driving comfort”.
Jaguar thought that was good, too, but also felt they could go one better illustrating the benefits of cat-like reflexes.
You can watch both of the ads are below, after the break. Watch them both, have a chuckle, then let us know what you think.
[via My Car Portal]
If you’ve been seduced by the stunning good looks of the Jaguar F-Type Coupé but are so greedy to think the 404kW R model is not fast enough then you’ll just have to bide your time.
Ian Callum, Jaguar design director, hinted to Autocar that higher performing RS and RS GT models are likely.
“Our obligation is to maximise the opportunity in the car in every direction,” Callum said. “It is clear that the platform is very capable. Whatever the powertrain, the body will work with it.”
Callum’s comments were supported in a more direct fashion by Steven de Ploey, Jaguar global marketing director, who said: “We’ve shot all our bullets on day one in the past. We now have a well balanced model cycle plan for each car, upward, downwards and sideways. With the F-Type, the RS is one of those possibilities.”
[Source: Autocar]
The Jaguar F-Type Coupé has arrived and boy do we like it. Just wait until your ears feast on the sounds of the F-Type R Coupé after the break. Oh yes, yes and more yes!
Of course the coupé model sits nicely alongside the equally good looking F-Type roadster which has won admirers all over the world. Based on the 2011 C-X16 hybrid concept, not a lot has been lost in translation. The F-Type Coupé really is a remarkably good looking car.
Jag hasn’t gone half-hearted either, no, they’ve rocked up to LA with the very angry R version, which we haven’t seen in the convertible model yet. It’s been worth the wait too. Check out the specs below:
Jaguar F-Type R Coupé
Engine: 5.0 litre supercharged V8
Power: 404kW at 6500rpm
Torque: 680Nm at 2500–5500rpm
Weight (unladen): 1650kg
0–100km/h: 4.2s
80–120km/h: 2.4s
Fuel consumption: 11.1l/100km
Jaguar F-Type S Coupé
Engine: 3.0 litre supercharged V6
Power: 280kW at 6500rpm
Torque: 480Nm at 3500–5000rpm
Weight (unladen): 1594kg
0–100km/h: 4.9s
80–120km/h: 3.1s
Fuel consumption: 9.1l/100km
Jaguar F-Type Coupé
Engine: 3.0 litre V6
Power: 250kW at 5500rpm
Torque: 450Nm at 3500–5500rpm
Weight (unladen): 1577kg
0–100km/h: 5.3s
80–120km/h: 3.3s
Fuel consumption: 8.8l/100km
All models are fitted standard with a variation of the ZF 8-speed auto, also found in the BMW M135i. Carbon Ceramic Matrix brakes can be optioned in the S and R versions. There’s also a hidden rear spolier which comes out of hibernation at 110km/h and goes back into hiding when the speed drops below 80km/h.
The F-Type Coupé goes on sale in Australia in the second hald of 2014. Pricing will be confirmed closer to its launch. An R version would be really nice thanks very much. Now, where have I put those Lotto numbers…
Jaguar brings word its F-Type Coupé will be revealed at a secret location in Los Angeles on 19 November. The following day the F-Type Coupé will make its show debut at the Tokyo Motor Show, before also being on show at the LA show after globe spins around a bit more.
Based on the very sexy 2011 C-X16 concept, the tintop F-Type will mostly be a cut and paste job from the convertible version. We can’t wait to see more!
The lights have been turned off at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show and the mammoth task of dismantling the huge displays has begun. To recap what you may have missed here’s a selection of 120+ pics reminding you what was on show.
It’s been a long while since we brought you a random wallpaper, an image we offer up for no other reason than the car in question must be shared with you. So when this image of a 1966 Jaguar XJ13 prototype came our way we knew exactly what we had to do.
Those of you who know your Jags will know the XJ13 was never raced and that the prototype in these pictures is the only one ever made. And if you really know your stuff you’ll know the XJ13 was crashed in the early 1970s and sat in storage for a couple of years before it was rebuilt.
We’ve been a little cheeky and copied and pasted a slab of text from the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, accessible via the Wayback Machine, which details the story of this remarkable looking car.
By chance, if you happen to be reading from England you’ve got a chance to see the XJ13 in action at the 2013 Kop Hill Climb which is on this weekend.