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Finally! Top Gear drives the Jaguar F-Type
Paul Horrell reports from Scotland’s finest roads on Jag's first proper sports car in decades…
Finally! Top Gear drives the Jaguar F-TypeLatest news
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Be afraid: it’s the Jag XKR-S GT
It's the most track-focused Jag road car in history, and it wants to hurt you
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Jag F-Type meets its grandparents
As Jaguar’s first sports car in decades draws near, its predecessors gather for a celebratory high-speed run…
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The new XFR-S sounds incredible
Watch Jaguar's fastest ever saloon car being awesome here
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And the new power Jaaaag looks good doesn't it? Aggressive, sharp and poised. And that angry aesthetic has purpose. The Johnny Bravo-sized chin helps provide adequate airflow into the engine bay, the side mouldings clean the air up around the car and the carbon fiber diffuser helps keep it stuck to the ground. These aero additions have made the XFR-S want to take off 68 per cent less than an XFR. Which is a lot. Oh, and the rear wing? In the UK we'll get the bigger one (the one pictured that makes it look like it's ready for 1000 miles around Bathurst) as standard, but if that's a bit too brash for you, you can spec a smaller one.
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As we found out last month, Jag spend hours and hours pounding around the Nurburgring to improve the dynamics of the car. So avert your ears Mr May, but the car's now 30 per cent stiffer, got a re-designed rear sub-frame, bigger brakes and wheels and a new set of rubber. The steering has also been given bits from the upcoming F-Type.
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Frankly, if it's anything like the last car to get the R-S treatment from Jaguar Land Rover's specialist ETO division, the XKR-S, you'll be shifting hard. The fast XK is rightly lauded for its glorious noise, and in the XFR-S they've replaced the silencer from the standard car with an X-piece and near straight-through rear pipes. Expect that characteristic crackle on the overrun.
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The Jags eight-speed transmission comes packaged with tech developed for the impending F-Type called ‘Quickshift'. Quickshift aims to get you the quickest and crispest shifts when you want them by anlaysing road conditions, throttle and steering input. If you're being a bit lairy, it'll throw cogs at you like Donkey Kong throwing barrels, but if you're being a bit more relaxed and gentle with the throttle it will change the shift to something a bit smoother and lower down the rev band.
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Let's talk power and torque. Power in the new car is up 30kW over the XFR, and torque 56Nm, bringing the grand total to 404kW and 680Nm from the 5.0-litre supercharged V8. Amazingly, this boost in power hasn't had an impact on the fuel consumption and emissions as they're still 11.5L/100km and 270 g/km.
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Last week, we showed you the headlight and a bit of the front grille of the Jaguar XFR-S. And now we have more from the unveiling at the LA Motor Show. Lots more. So reach into your top drawer and grab your dedicated number cruncher, because here come the stats.
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Jaguar unveils its M5 rival: the XFR-S
Say hello to the fastest and most powerful Jaguar saloon ever
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Jaguar offers first glimpse of the XFR-S
It’s coming: the fastest, most powerful Jaguar saloon ever produced set for LA motor show…
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Jaguar: The V8 is dead.
Jaguar reckons the V8 is in serious danger of becoming extinct. And in its place? Hybrids... Oh dear
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It’s here: this is the Jaguar F-Type
The smallest Big Cat finally lands in Paris as a drop-top. Form a disorderly queue
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Exclusive video: the Jaguar F-Type
A look behind the scenes at Jaguar’s new video showcasing the luverly F-Type
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Jaguar F-Type: the first picture
It’s the public unveiling of Jag’s new 911 rival. And isn’t it pretty?
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Stephanie Rice
CAR: Jaguar XF
Ah yes, you remember this, don't you. Stephanie Rice used to be sponsored by Jaguar. But then, following the Wallabies' victory over South Africa in the 2010 Tri-Nations Cup, she posted on Twitter: "Suck on that f__gots! Probs the best game I've ever seen!! Well done boys." The media was whipped into a feeding frenzy over Rice's "gay slur", upon which Jaguar sacked her as its Australian ambassador. Oops.
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