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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but you can't resist the charm
of some cars. The Jaguar E-Type is one of these. You know, it's the car owned by Diabolik
the famous thief of italian comics.
Do you remember?
The new Jaguar F-Type is the true heir of the E-Type, the most beautiful
sportscar of the 1960's, equal to the Aston Martin DB5,
the car owned by 007, James Bond.
The exhaust pipes remind me the E-Type and it's made by
the same Italian company that supplies the pipes
for Ducati and Aprilia motorbikes. Look at the tail lights: they're so aggressive.
They seem to be dug into the car body which is made entirely
in aluminium: it's a long Jaguar tradition.
That's why the chassis of the F-Type only weighs 261 kg,
less than a motorbike
while the whole car weight is about 1.600 kg.
The cabin of this Jaguar is very special.
Look at the foldable air vents
that can hide into the dashboard. And then there are all this switches
here on the center console that can adjust the engine, the steering response and the gear shifting.
On the S versions you can also set the adaptive suspension response.
The gear stick has got a sort of trigger similar to those on a fighter plane
from which you can use the 8 speed automatic gearbox
and then you have rear wheel drive and a mechanical limited slip differential
on the F-Type 3.0 V6 S or an electronic one on the 5.0 litres V8.
As you can find on boats, here is a big handle, useful for the passenger
if you think at the performances of the most powerful engine:
the top speed is up to 300 kph and it takes
4,3 sec from 0 to 100 kph.
Driving on B-roads you can enjoy the 3.0 V6 with 380 BHP,
a new engine, with gasoline direct injection and supercharger, for
a classic layout:
front engine,
rear wheel drive and a perfect
balance in the weight distribution.
Even without driving the more powerful V8, that matches with
cars like the Ferrari California or the Aston Martin Vantage,
you can have fun with this
3.0 V6 with 380 BHP,
even on a track.
Here next to me there's Minna a Finnish rally champion
that's helping me improving
my driving skills.
However the Jaguar F-type is an easy car, because
the suspension are not so hard and so I feel connected
with the tyres
And then the balance of the chassis, the weight distribution
50% front - 50% back
is the perfect one to drive fast.
Now I shut up: listen to the sound of this car!
It's perhaps the most exciting side of the F-Type.
I hope you can hear it!
As I said before, in my opinion the Jaguar F-Type is a great car
not only for its design:
The Porsche Boxster has found a new rival, with a lot of charm:
that's where the emotions you can feel while driving come.
The F-Type costs about 76.000 euro with the 3.0 V6 engine,
up to 80.750 of the V6 S and more than 102.000 euro for the 5.0 V8.