Guys,
take a look at this video. The car has the "R" badging on the front t and rear of the car but it does not have the quad exhaust tips. Instead, it has the silly looking single center exhaust. If this is the 4 Cylinder engine, what's up with the R badging.

http://youtu.be/Yb1r0P0GA1A

 

The display said 296bhp ...... so must be the 4 pot - can't think why they've put an R badge on it though

 

R dynamic = v6

apparently also applies to the new i4 as well

 

For some strange reason they have chosed to call the 4 cylinder F-type for R Dynamic....

I have no clue to why?

 

at 396bhp - I doubt that is a V6

 

It is a bit "odd" that even the members on this F-type forum don't know what the different (newest) F-type models are called.....
Makes you wonder what JLR plans and marketing strategies are....?
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If it's the four banger, then it's a marketing scheme by Jaguar. Any other reason???

 

Aren't their other "dynamics" in the JLR family? LR Evoque for instance. The 4 banger shouldn't have R anywhere near it. How about 4B?

 

I agree. I"m surprised they didn't put a quad exhaust on the 4 pot and speakers that project pre-recored V8 sounds out the back.
CRS

 

There's a 4-pot R in the XE range, so it seems likely that JLR Marketing are continuing their policy of giving autistic bystanders something to comment on...

 

If true, by doing this Jaguar is dimminishing the image of the True R series car. That's F ed up !

 

JLR Marketing have previously attempted to differentiate models based on the colour of the front grill. So...

 

it looks like the R-Dynamic is an appearance package that's available for (lower?) spec cars?

i'm spec'ing out a new RR Velar for the wife and it also has an R-Dynamic option which just adds some different visual treatments and wheels.

 

Sounds like a British M-sport. How quickly the mighty have fallen.....

 

Well, Jaguar did say they were moving away from the S and R designations.

 

I've already done that.

 

About three years ago, for the non-North American market, JLR released an "R-Sport" version of the X250 XF. It was just a tarted up base XF with a diesel motor, either the 2.2 litre I4 or the 3.0 litre V6. The name was often shortened to XF-RS, which of course caused lots of confusion with the XFR-S which lived at the other end of the price and performance spectrum.
I agree with those who say JLR have destroyed the cachet of the R badge, it's now pretty much meaningless to 99.9% of the population.

 

In the short lifespan of the car they have really made a mess of the naming conventions - poor strategy and planning.

The V8 and V6 both shared the S designation when the car was launched. They differentiated the V8 with the R designation a year or so later.

Now both the V8 and I4 share the R designation and the V6 continues with the S designation.

What next for the V6... or V8? If those engine configurations survive.

Bit of a mess really.

 

You would think that R-Dynamic would be a special version of an R, not the low end version of the line. You can see how BMW lost their cache when they veered off course; started with dropping
"The ultimate driving machine" slogan . It was a true reflection of their new and still watered down direction. BMW was on the leading edge of making a car for every niche and I'm sure is making a lot of money with their ubiquitous fertilizing strategy. Others have followed. Jaguar needs to recognize they unseated the 3 series with the XE in the eyes of many and maintain a balance with the enthusiast. If the Jaguars weren't the prettiest they'd likely be dead in the general market in a head to head with Audi and BMW, unless they expand their dealer network.
Porsche seems to have managed their brand to appeal to enthusiast, but still sell mass market with their suvs.