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Jaguar sets lively young F-Type cat among the pigeons
Jaguar’s F-Type can now be ordered with a four-cylinder engine, writes Lerato Matebese
When Jaguar launched its F-Type models in 2013 there was finally a sports car from the British brand to take on the establishment headlined by the Porsche 911. Of course, the Jag was anything but the precision tool its German counterpart offers, relying instead on front-engine, rear-wheel-drive dynamics and the theatrics of growling supercharged V6 and V8 engines. The latter required that you treat it with the utmost respect, caress the throttle to get the best out of it and avoid getting giddy with the controls lest it send you barrelling into hedges. For many, the V6 was always the sweeter of the models, dishing out just the right amount of power at the driver’s disposal. This has remained true. However the inclusion of the all-wheel-drive V8 variants — including the SVR — has made the more powerful model a much more civil, yet savage animal to live with. While both the V6 and V8 have moved upstream in pricing — both costing on the wrong side of R1m — they have decidedly left a ni...
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