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It is the year 2013, and you find yourself sitting in the living room of your palatial mansion watching your favourite programme about the British aristocracy on your wall hanging 100 inch television when, suddenly, a commercial for a car appears. You already have several high-end cars, so why would you want this one? After all, they all seem to look and feel alike anyway.
British car manufacturer Jaguar has taken on the challenge of erasing their average customer’s preconceived notions. Being billed as the logical successor to the legendary E-Type of the 1960s, the F-Type class was unveiled for the very first time at the Paris Motor Show to a star studded guest list. Lana Del Rey’s appearance only served to increase the curiosity of the patrons thanks to her latest song, “Burning Desire”, which will be featured in a short film about the F-Type as the soundtrack.
Speed and adrenaline junkies will be happy to know that Jaguar has opted for an all-aluminum chassis. The focus of this design choice was to increase the acceleration of the car. The light-
weight material ensures that the car will not be weighed down, or even over encumbered. Providing the more gung-ho type of driver a great deal of agility and pickup. But that is only just one factor contributing to the speed of the vehicle. The aforementioned gung-ho driver will certainly demand a great deal of roaring power under the hood. F-Type will be available to customers in three versions, each with its own class of engine. The version eponymous to the class sports a supercharged V6 engine capable of hitting speeds of 60mph in 5.1 seconds and reaching a top speed of 161. The most powerful of the class is the F-Type V8S featuring, as the name would suggest, a supercharged V8 engine, reaching 0-60 in 4.2 seconds and topping out at 186mph.
The sports-car is currently not available with a manual transmission, but thanks to Jaguars good reputation when it comes to taking user feedback, we can be sure that a manual model will be made available. Satisfying any need a sports-car enthusiast may have