Hi all,

Been looking at a 2017 F-type R that was 'rest of world' spec and it seems to be RWD. I sent the vin to Jaguar who sent back the spec list and it is indeed a 2017 model with RWD. Anyone else heard of this? I thought all 2016+ were AWD.

And along the same lines... 550hp with RWD is going to be frustrating isn't it?

 

You can tell from the hood/bonnet vents - RWD has vents close together near the windscreen, AWD vents are further apart and nearer the front of the car.

 

Personally, I find the 6S to have all the power I need with RWD and would opt for AWD if I were in a R. BUT, there are plenty of forum members that have the early 8S RWD versions and I don't recall any complaints. It's a great car and people seem to enjoy what they get. Period. I'd say there could be an interesting appeal to having what sounds like an unusual configuration.

 

Apologies I should have been clearer. The car is definitely a 2017 model year. And the build cert from Jaguar lists it as RWD. I thought from 2016+ all R models were AWD, but it seems that it wasn't the case worldwide? This car is an Asia model. Just wondering if anyone else had heard of anything like this?

 

That only applied to the US. Rest of the World got RWD R models until 2017. 2018 MY was when all R models worldwide were made AWD

 

The MY2017 that I have is manual transmission and RWD.

 

But isn't an R ...