Ian Callum's two-seater carried Jaguar's sports-car lineage from 2012 to 2024. The engines, the numbers, and why it earned the comparison everyone made.
The Jaguar F-Type is a two-seat sports car built by Jaguar Land Rover from December 2012 to June 2024 at Castle Bromwich, widely regarded as the spiritual successor to the E-Type.[1] Designed under Ian Callum, it replaced the XK and deliberately drew on classic Jaguar styling from the 1950s and 60s.[1] By the end of the run, 87,731 had been built.[1]
The specification
The F-Type came as a convertible or a fastback coupé, with rear- or all-wheel drive.[1] Engines ranged from a 2.0-liter turbocharged four rated at 300 PS, through a 3.0-liter supercharged V6 offered between 340 and 400 PS, to a 5.0-liter supercharged V8 spanning 450 to 575 PS.[1] Buyers chose between a six-speed ZF manual and an eight-speed ZF automatic.[1] The spread in performance was just as wide: 0–60 mph took 5.7 seconds in the P300 and 3.5 seconds in the R P575.[1]
The fast ones
The F-Type R delivered 542 hp and 0–60 mph in 4.0 seconds.[1] Above it sat the SVR, whose 567 hp pushed the car to a 200 mph top speed with 0–60 in 3.5 seconds.[1] Along the way came a 250-unit Project 7, a 400 Sport edition, a 150-unit ZP Edition, and a 2019 facelift that refreshed the later cars.[1]
Its place in the lineup
The F-Type mattered because of what it stood in for. Jaguar had not built a true two-seat sports car in this mold for decades, and the F-Type carried that weight gracefully — modern hardware under styling that acknowledged the company’s best-loved shapes without imitating them. It closed out its production life in 2024 as the end of a distinct chapter for the marque.[1]
The complete figures for every variant live on the Jaguar F-Type database page, and you can see the current market in the F-Type inventory available now.
Sources
- Wikipedia, “Jaguar F-Type”, wikipedia.org. Tier 2
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