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F-Type wait almost over
Jaguar prepares to reveal
all-new sportscar in fi nal
form at Paris motor show
By MIKE COSTELLO
JAGUAR will unveil its productionready
F-Type roadster at the Paris
motor show on September 27, giving
the world its fi rst undisguised look
at the long-awaited aluminium twoseater
before it goes on sale in Europe
around mid-2013.
The British prestige marque has also
announced the fi rst engine details for
the sportscar – a spiritual successor to
the famed E-Type of the 1960s that has
been 12 years in the making – revealing
the rear-drive soft-top will be powered
by a trio of supercharged six- and eightcylinder
petrol engines.
Entry versions will be available
with a newly developed 3.0-litre
F-Type prototype
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supercharged V6 engine in two
different states of tune, producing
either 250kW or 280kW of power.
Jaguar has also announced a fl agship
version, to be powered by the existing
supercharged 5.0-litre V8 engine that
produces 380kW in the XF, XK and XJ.
According to Britain’s Autocar,
Jaguar is expecting a 0-100km/h sprint
time of less than fi ve seconds for the
fl agship variant, with a top speed of
around 300km/h.
All engines will receive a fuel-saving
idle-stop system as standard.
As GoAuto reported in April, the
F-Type is slated to appear in Jaguar
Australia showrooms within months of
the global launch next year as a rival for
the likes of the Porsche Boxster, BMW
Z4 and Mercedes-Benz SLK.
A hard-top version is expected to
emerge as early as 2014, as previewed
by the C-X16 hybrid coupe concept
shown at the Frankfurt motor show in
September last year.
The production reveal will be
the culmination of a dozen years of
intermittent development, with Jaguar
fi rst fl oating the idea of returning to the
two-seater sportscar fold way back in
2000 at the Detroit motor show with the
original F-Type concept car.
Jaguar Cars global brand director
Adrian Hallmark said the Paris
unveiling would be a “truly signifi cant
day in Jaguar’s history”, marking the
company’s return to the sportscar market
that it “originally helped to create”.
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