I'm in the market to buy a f type in Switzerland which is quite hilly and with big turns. Concerning the car I have:Switzerland: Fiat panda 4x4Canada: Bronco sport 4x4 I'm in for the GT. Enjoying the roads not necessarily for the speed more for the English tea cup for 2-3 years while finishing my house in Canada. I wish to find one that is safe to drive and won't kill me in a corner. Here in Switzerland for around 60k we can have either a V6 AWD 2016 40'000km or a 2021-2023 2 liter 4 cylinder. So is the 2.0 liter safe enough for most of the year including rainy days (except snow) since it's a less powerful car ? Or would it be wiser to take an older model with V6 AWD that is more powerful but maybe safer than the 2.0 liter since they have AWD ?

 

I'd always take the V6 over the 4-pot, just because. Best thing is to drive both and see which you prefer. is the 4-pot only RWD?

 

Thanks for the reply. Yes the 4 cylinder is only RWD unfortunately.. otherwise would take it in AWD and it's quite difficult to try them in the conditions I'm wondering how they would handle (hilly/winding roads and rainy weather)

Think is they don't do the p450 here so you can find either almost new 4 Cylinder or the 550-575 cv V8 AWD. If you want the V6 AWD you need to look at 2015-2017 f type with lots of miles and they are as said around the same price as a almost brand new 4 cylinder which is way more easy to find here. So that's why I'm wondering if this 4 cylinder RWD is technically as safe as the V6 AWD since it's less powerful

 

I don’t think higher hp cars are inherently more dangerous under inclement weather, it’s all under your right foot and throttle mapping are different to compensate.

a 4 popper and a v8 both maintaining 70mph on a cruise is probably producing the same horsepower, now if you decided to floor it cruising at 70 while it’s pouring rain, yeah the v8 is more dangerous.

Get the 4 popper if you don’t mind it being a 4 popper.

 

I went on a dealer's "drive an F-Type" day and when my time slot came around the heavens opened and it was torrential all through the drive. I was in a V8 AWD and hit a massive puddle of standing water on a dual carriageway at 70 and the car behaved impeccably. That convinced me to upgrade from the XKR.

 

The 2.0 behaves really well and the steering is sharper. Power delivery is pretty sharp (easy to chirp the wheels at launch) but consistent, so you dont get a slingshot feeling where you might break traction. We have that unit in our XE, I really like it.

It lacks in sound, and I would imagine Switzerland would be a fantastic for a sweet sounding car with noise bouncing off mountainsides and tunnels (I might not be right with that) and if that was the case I would go for the 6

 

Thank you all for the replies. From what I'm reading, the 2.0 4 cylinder RWD won't be as safe on winding roads and rainy roads as a V6 AWD. therefore I'm gonna try to get a V6 AWD 2018-2019 with low mileage. The only issue is those are extremely rare in Switzerland so I might have to go for the 2.0 4 cylinder RWD if I really don't find anything else and will have to accept that I won't be able to drive it in rainy conditions and be very aware of the throttle.

 

If you do end up going with the 2.0 RWD you can change out the tires and it makes a huge difference.
I swapped out the PZero tires for Continental DWS06+ tires and it's made a huge difference. It's still terrible in ice, but in rain and light snow it's a lot better (using the rain/snow mode also)

 

+1
On changing out the stock tires. The Continentals are a huge improvement in the wet.

 

All the above, the continentals are great...I have 20" versions in SVR sizing... The V6 sounds amazing and one can tune it with pullies and code to get up to 550hp (e85). or 475hp (super unleaded). The only issue with the V6 is the coolant pipes and replacing those is the way forward (plastic to metal). I prefer the sound of the v6 by a lot and the power of the v6....a lot.

 

Yeah, I can't imagine buying one of these cars with anything less than the V6. Though I have read that the 4 cylinder is great, it's still a forced induction 4 cylinder motor - the likes of which can be found in the cars of every other manufacturer on the planet. It just doesn't seem "special" enough or something, especially considering the Volvo station wagon you pull up next to may have more under the hood than you do.