Folks oppinions are showing here.

 

I'm wondering how much more power it would make if it were boosted quite a bit more. The CX-75 in it's final configuration had a 500 hp 2.0 liter I4. If you could get a tuning package that put out around 450-500 hp for $10K or less that might be interesting.

 

+1

 

 

That front end looks like ****...could they have made it look any cheaper?

 

It's kind of an old article but I'm wondering if the turbo I4 is an homologation special to get into either GT3 or GT4. The article indicates GT3. My guess is that neither the V6 or V8 configurations would fit the GT3 or GT4 rules as well as the turbo I4.

Jaguar F-Type GT3 & C-X75 Supercar to Share Tiny Turbo-Four

 

There's a Bentley Continental that competes in GT3...

 

Agreed, but that is true of all of the 2018 facelifts. horizontal blades (which I hated in my XFs and my missus' XE), vents that look like cheap aftermarket crap. Yuk. I dont think they will grow on me.

 

A couple of articles I haven't seen linked to here before:

Everything You Wanted To Know About The Four-Cylinder Jaguar F-Type

The Next Jaguar F-Type Could Go Mid-Engine

And another one:

http://www.automobilemag.com/news/20...839E069D1C7BEF

 

Everything You Wanted To Know About The Four-Cylinder Jaguar F-Type
"It both drops the price of the F-Pace to levels more easily afforded by entry-level sports car customers..."

I still don't understand why everyone mentions this measly $1,500 lower price as such a huge incentive for customers that can't afford the V6. It's not like it's $5-10,000 less.

 

Column inches need to be filled, and it would have been part of the Press Pack Key Points. As previously noted, JLR Marketing don't appear to have the most urgent grip on reality.

 

I know you all love the 4-pot really, so here's some more info as to how they did it:

How Jaguar optimized the Ingenium gas engine for the F-Type - Autoblog

 

It's tempting to say they shouldn't do the four, it lowers the price and increases the volumes and our cars lose som exclusivity, but then I have a V6S, it is more expensive then the non S, but it is smaller capacity and cheaper than the V8 and I bought it at least partly because I couldn't afford the V8 so that would make me a hypocrite. Even for the V8 guys if you didn't buy an R or an SVR, you are in the mass market in comparison.

Even the 4 cylinder guys are going to say I wish the Miata/MX5 didn't look so similar from a distance

Perspective depends on where you are standing

 

Come on people... its $1500. How many of you wouldn't have bought a chocolate bar because it costs $1.49, but when they dropped the price to $1.45 you would?

 

I haven't seen any numbers on displacement yet, but let's assume around 2.2 L. With a bit of tuning, spinning at somewhere around 13000 rpm and turbo boost to 30 psi, we're at over 1100hp. No, really, that's been doable for a few decades. Drivability in city traffic is questionable, but...at least your manhood wouldn't be called into question. lol


I gotta get some sleep.

 

Yep, over 20 years ago the Suzuki Escudo Pike's Peak 2.0 turbo was pushing out 985 hp.

 

A Turbo-Four Porsche Can't Beat a Supercharged V6 Jaguar

Enough said as to why I bought a Jaguar f type over a Porsche.

 

my biggest concern about this (that I havent seen anyone talk about yet) is the sound! I fear the car will sound like crap, 4cyl generally are horrible sounding

 

50 secs into video in 1st post. It's certainly no V6/8..!!

 

I see that UK Top Gear were testing the new Cayman which has also transitioned from a V6 to a 4 cylinder turbo. More HP and more torques but Chris Harris made similar comments about the lack of sporty noises....

So it's not just a Jaguar thing. And they also alluded to "emissions" being the cause for the change. It was quite funny watching him drive once round the track in an emissions optimized manner...