Thanks. We're a Gen 2, and I guess I unconsciously realized that. I knew we weren't 1, but better than 3. It's time to update soon! =)

 

The new seats since the facelift are great, I'm 6'4" and now I actually can sit pretty comfortably in it, doesn't really feel that much different from the XE too be honest. So it's still not the car with the greatest room but it's pretty decent even for long drives.

 

Interesting observation on the Elise. I haven't driven one, but remember taking my shoes off for the Europa - one foot could hit the clutch, brake, and accelerator at the same time, and I had to point my left foot to fully depress the clutch around the wheel well.

Meanwhile, if anyone finds the F-Type too tight on head or leg room, check out the new Vantage.

 

I had a chance to drive merc s65 over the weekend. A lot of resorts offer it as a perk to stay. BMW and Lexus also does it. But holy crap that car marries luxury and sporty with enough leg room for any height. The interiors, tech, everything shames my kitty. On winding Napa back country roads, I even noted the side lumbar would auto inflate to cushion/stabilize your left or right side going into turns. I was floored. I need to drive more cars. So cozy. Stunning and great exhaust note to boot.

 

Today I was at the Jaguar dealership looking at a 2021 f type, but just getting a frame of reference, because my budget is the 2014 2015 v6. I’m 6,7. 223 lbs, and I don’t fit. In the moment I said I could make it work but I was just kidding myself. The reason for the emotion is because I love this car, the way it looks and the exhaust. After I came to my scenes and I gave up. I was thinking I could put some racing seats in it. Because the oem seat are a good foot off the ground with like 8 inches of wiring. I looked into jet bracketing the seat to the floor without the rails.
If someone has experience in removing the rails and just bolting it to the floor of the car, please educate me











[QUOTE=eeeeek;2032263]I put my 6'7" tall friend in the passenger seat and he was pretty well folded in. His shins were up against the glove box. I then let him drive and he had much more room in the driver's side. He fit in pretty well.

Funny enough, he fits better in a Mini.[/QUOTE

 

[QUOTE=GeorgePorsche;2336969]Today I was at the Jaguar dealership looking at a 2021 f type, but just getting a frame of reference, because my budget is the 2014 2015 v6. I’m 6,7. 223 lbs, and I don’t fit. In the moment I said I could make it work but I was just kidding myself. The reason for the emotion is because I love this car, the way it looks and the exhaust. After I came to my scenes and I gave up. I was thinking I could put some racing seats in it. Because the oem seat are a good foot off the ground with like 8 inches of wiring. I looked into jet bracketing the seat to the floor without the rails.
If someone has experience in removing the rails and just bolting it to the floor of the car, please educate me









I don't know man. I'm 6'6 and 235, I've done thousands and thousands of miles in a 2016 and 2019. When I immediately got in the very first time my car arrived, I panicked, but the seats are adjustable enough that you can make it extremely comfortable. Maybe I'm wrong and that extra inch on you causes problems, but with less weight I would imagine you go back and give yourself a chance to mess with the seat for 20 minutes.?

 

@georgeporsche
I am 6’3” and 190 lbs, and my son if more in your range (6’5”, 220 lbs).
I fit well enough and my son drive my F-type without complaint, so there may be hope for you.

I have taken the seats out of my 2017 Coupe, and I think a racing bucket can be adapted to the F-type.
There are 4 threaded holes in the floor upon which the Jag seat is mounted.
The bolts were all downward pointing and seemed to be regularly spaced.
The Jag seat has a few inches of padding and mechanicals that a racing bucket does not have.
You will likely need to construct an adaptor plate or mounting bracket to interface the bucket seat holes, with that of the floor.

Note: the seat belt clasp is fastened to the seat, while the seat belt tensioner and mount point is part of the body.

I also found I needed a bit more room around the pedals (I have a manual 6-sp) so I did some mods to the pedal faces to better accommodate my driving style and use of the dead pedal.

I also found that the “Premium” F-Types came with a glass roof, which offers a tad bit more head room than the conventional roof, and it allows me to pull up to traffic lights and still see them ( by peeking through the sun roof and not via the front wind screen... although you can look at fresnel lens applied to your front window.

 

I'm nearly six foot two. Bags of room in the F Type. Actually have the seat just a tad forward. And room above my head for wearing a crash helmet - I do track days now and again.

 

Tall guys fit in the F-Type with plenty of room to spare if they don't have a lot of butt padding.

 

Not sure how to embed You Tube clip but if this hasn't been brought to this thread it's a crime. The misspelling is how the clip is listed.

Clint Walker Exiting Jaquar

 

He should have bought a 2+2! 9 inches longer and 2 inches higher.

 

Not sure if 6'1 considered tall after seeing some of you but I am 6'1 220lbs and find the F-type (18 convertible) very comfortable plenty of room. I do wish floor mats extended all the way past the pedals since that's where my feet like to hang out but that's a different discussion.

 

My wife and I just picked up a 2019 f-type r. I’m 6’3” with a 36” inseam and 180 lbs. Leg room is acceptable for me. I feel like I have about the same amount as in my wife’s 2017 C43, at least where I have the seat set. Drove it 3 1/2 hours home and was fine. At 43 years old, after that long in anything I’m ready to get out and stretch. However there is no way I could wear a helmet.

 

44, 6'6", but a non-chubbster 225lb (I hope). So I thought I would comment and say welcome. =) There's much modulation in the seat that can garner surprising leg room, but I have to say I am somewhat mystified when I move my legs past the pedals why there seems to be so much endless room past them. I could store items there (yes, I kid).

It's funny tho, as I'm a vert that saw that slow and ultimately okay crash of a softtop flipping, and think of the broomstick experiment often and wouldn't likely want to make that measurement. I'm leggy and not too weirdly torso-driven, but still I know my noggin' is peaking out of the appropriate lines. I do notice I could comfortably slouch more but I'd have to remove a bit more of my ego.

 

6”1” , 270. I have plenty of legroom. A little tighter than some other cars, but comfortable, use the seat height adjustment to help move leg position on long trips. Only problem I’ve had was a sore right hip on a long (400 miles ) trip to Daytona ! Don’t know why, but couldn’t get comfortable that night!

 

I'm glad to read this thread. I'm only 5'8" and when I sat in an F Type in a dealer showroom, I bumped my head getting in, and found that my head was practically touching the sun shade for the panoramic roof. There was plenty of legroom. I have to assume that the seat height had been adjusted way up by someone else fiddling around in the car.

 

Had to be the case . At 6’-1”+, I have 4-5” headroom with the seat all the way down (enough to clear my steam punk hat).

 

6’2”
fit fine , with my helmet for track days, I move the seat ahead about 2” and recline the seat more...if I remember,.... often all is fine with the helmet and my usual adjustments.

 

I’m 6’4”. The 2017 is pretty tight. I drove it 6 hours from the dealership to say I bought it. Getting out to stretch occasionally was needed. I wonder what it would take to swap a pair of 2018 seats in.