Congrats and welcome. Looking forward to a picture of the F-type and SL side by side.

 

+1 Yes, Welcome, Lookout. One of the things that keeps the F-Type section of this forum alive and fun, and keeps the sometimes cranky veterans from debating minutiae, is the continued influx of new people. The excitement and enthusiasm of new owners is contagious.

Jump in, keep posting, and ask as many questions as you want. Your questions may have been raised here before, but don't worry about that. You'll almost always finding someone quickly willing to help.

 

Not at all. In fact, your F-Type is 55% German. (check the breakdown on your window sticker)

 

English part looks classy. German part-it runs great.

 

I ordered the S (2016) Here is my reasoning.
1. I wanted a manual
2. I wanted LSD
3. I wanted the most power I could have with #1 and #2

This is the first true sports car Jaguar have done since the E-type. I've had lots of GT cars and there are lots of those to chose. A real sports car has a manual gearbox. I gots to have the manual! It's not about how fast the gearbox can change gears, it's about the driving experience of changing the gears.
Just MHO!

 

Mine as well. Doesn't make it true, though.

Everyone will want something different. That's why they print menus.

 

it's always interesting to watch my wife drive and shift while talking on the cell phone ... wait, did I just type this in a public forum? Note to self...change my location in the profile

 

Hi im looking to buy an ftype s coup however i was just wondering if the ftype s coup exhaust note is alot louder than the base or is it basically identical exhaust sound?

 

I drove the V6S AWD on track (Bilster Berg in Germany) and I own V8R AWD. I dont consider the AWD as a necessary option for it has not the impact on a racetrack (or maybe also on a mountain road), as i thought. The V6 and V8 tend much more to understeer at high corner speeds and the AWD makes it feel even more to understeer. I think the awd is not that advanced for agility, it is more for launch control and traction purpose. Drove R8 V8 also on racetrack. Audi AWD was much more sophisticated...difference felt like night and day. But i am a track novice so it is just my personal opinion.

 

That's been written about here on is Forum many times in the past. May I suggest checking under the search tab? I think, in essence, those with the base model have stated that the sound is louder - at times - than the "S" although I think when reaching higher revs that that is not, or less, true. Surely someone will chime in and provide more details but search around to find your best answer.

Nevertheless, I wouldn't let the exhaust note alone determine whether or not I purchased a base model or the "S" (mine is a 2015 V6S Coupe by the way).

Good luck and welcome.

 

I took this issue on as a "research project" of sorts. I have a base car, with non-active exhaust, which is the loudest OEM exhaust I've ever had on dozens of high-performance cars.

The answer is that the base sport exhaust is somewhere in the middle. The active exhaust is louder with the valves open, but quieter with the valves closed. The primary difference is active valves open produces a deeper bass tone, and bass notes are perceived louder by the human ear than higher frequencies.

Pictures are worth a 1000 words. First pic is photoshopped to illustrate the base exhaust. Second is the active.