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Once In A Lifetime - The F-TYPE

Once In A Lifetime - The F-TYPE

Date: 2013-03-07
It had to be powerful, agile and utterly distinctive. It had to look, feel and drive like a Jaguar, a true Jaguar sports car; the latest in a distinguished bloodline. We couldn't just call it F-TYPE; we had to make it F-TYPE.

F-TYPE is engineered for high performance and instantaneously responsive handling. Powerful, supercharged engines and a lightning-fast gearbox; lightweight aluminium body construction and an obsession with balance and proportion; a superb suspension and a host of advanced driving technologies; peerless design and a driver-focused cockpit.

Together they produce a uniquely connected driving experience, and a sports car that only Jaguar could create - ultra-precise, powerful, sensual and, most of all, alive.

F-TYPE's technical excellence delivers a breadth of capabilities to suit the road, the conditions and the demands of the driver. Power is delivered from a range of three highly advanced engines - 3.0 V6 250kW, 3.0 V6 280kW and 5.0 V8 364kW. Each features a Roots-type twin vortex supercharger mounted in the 'V' of the engine to maintain the power plants' compact dimensions.

Jaguar is a leader in the field of Supercharged induction technology. The advantages of supercharging are clear and compelling. It provides a linear delivery of performance, and instant access to high levels of torque at all engine speeds, minimising the gap between the driver's demand for power and the engine's response. F-TYPE's Sports Exhaust delivers a crisp note from start up with the promise of performance, building to a race-car inspired crescendo at high rpm and during overrun.

The F-TYPE's Quickshift automatic transmission is both lightning-fast and superbly refined, offering the benefits of a double clutch transmission and a conventional automatic without the limitations of either. Eight closely-spaced ratios keep the engine within its most effective rev range for longer, providing instantaneous response and outstanding driver feedback, while also optimising the engine for both economy and outright performance.

To find out more about the extraordinary Jaguar F-TYPE, contact Jaguar Umhlanga on 031 566 2620 or visit us at our showroom, 6 Sunset Close, Umhlanga Ridge.