Hey guys...thought I would share my ordering experience on the new F Type. I went to the dealership 2 weeks ago and ordered my black F Type V8S and getting rid of my beautiful 08 XK. This baby has alot of options even in the top line model. I am getting mine in ultimate black with black pack, vision pack, design pack, extended leather, upgraded audio, redzone seatbelts with red performance seats, black tornado 20" wheels, red calipers and illuminated door sills. The options can be ordered individually but I went with all the packs since my intention was to get a fully loaded car. Full msrp is 110k on the car. Yikes! That was bigger than I expected but I absolutely love the car. For a frame of reference, the V6S, fully tricked out came to 102k so its not a huge difference, this car is not competing with the Boxster/Cayman at those prices and I don't think that was the intention...My dealer told me that the V8 has been compared very favorably to a 911 turbo, saying its been kicking its a** in tests they have conducted. If that is true, the car is alot cheaper than a comp equipped 911 Turbo. My car is being built in May, completed and shipped in late June...arrives at the dealer July 27th once through customs They were only given a 5 car allotment to build to their specs so I feel fortunate to have gotten my order as I wanted. I expect this car to be a rocket, extremely rare and unique. Can't wait.

 

Awesome, look forward to see pictures reading your impressions.

 

Congratulations!

The car is an absolute masterpiece.

 

Congrats man, optioned out no less, what a dream!

Although I would disagree with it not competing with the cayman/boxster at that price; have you ever priced out a boxster? Check every option on the list and you can easily spec one out to well over 100k!

 

Congratulations! I can't even imagine putting about 500hp into that relatively little car and having the ability mash the gas pedal with keeping any kind of traction. I wonder how much development Jaguar has put into the traction control to advance it from the current XKR models which can lose grip pretty quickly under similar horsepower. Oh but the fun you'll have learning its limits. Can't wait to see it.

 

Thanks guys. My buddy at the dealership told me that they went through training on the car today and are really going to push the angle of competing with a 911 Turbo. He said to me, it sounds expensive until you option out a 911 Turbo, which is 60-70k more with comparable performance...as a life long sales guy, I have to laugh about the angle of $110k being a steal. They sound very bullish on this car...

 

Congratulations on your new ride. Can't wait to see the pics. $110k! For that price you should get a complimentary invitation to the R Academy. Push them and see what they say.

Mike

 

They are starting to hit the dealerships, little by litte.

2014 Jaguar F-Type - Cars.com

 

Checked again with my guy yesterday...sounds like the dealers are going to be allocated a certain number of pre ordered cars...a V6S and an 8S but any order that was built to your specs won't be here till July...at least in the US...wish it was sooner but it is what it is.

 

It is going to be a very long 4-5 months, but at the same time, it will be extremely rewarding.

 

 

Did you realize that you were posting to a thread that is over FIVE YEARS old so ... perhaps back then there was a "design pack" option that may have made sense back then. I got a good laugh at the "competing with the 911 turbo" that was apparently being discussed way back then when they were first being announced.

 

 

Just for clarity you posted...
which is you questioning his logic of an option that was offered and ordered FIVE YEARS ago. Like anything else options change over time.

My original point was ... that may have been the ONLY way he could have ordered it back then in order to have NOT wound up with silver trim pieces which would have broken up that "all blacked out look". Perhaps you get black trim when you order a 2019 F-Type in black...TODAY... so it may be "pointless" to have ordered the black trim pack on a 2019 but in 2013 (when he ordered it), it would have been the ONLY way to have gotten that ALL BLACK "Murdered out" look, right?

 

 

The parts aren't black they are chrome.... Wow. And again, replying to a thread that is 5 years old when the previous owner was contemplating options... double wow.