Hi all,
I popped to Mcdonalds and these drove in, 2 new Jaguar F-types, i had a talk with one of the drivers and jag are road tested them before they go on sell on April 18th.
Both cars are F type S 3.0 V6 Supercharged 380ps 0-60 4.8 seconds.

 

Wow!! Looking good-you would think they would stop somewhere a bit up market while testing Jag's newest though!

 

Not if they're automotive journalists!

 

Super sweet! I would have asked for a ride

 

This thread probably better suited for the new "F-type" section on this forum,

Very exciting new small sports-car from jaguar, I hope it does well.

 

In the UK test mules never get properly registered for the road & Never get the VAT ( TAX ) or VED (Road Tax ) paid on them . Once they have been used by the test crew , dealers , media & photo shoots . shows etc , no one is allowed to purchase them & they are crushed !!!!

 

not being sold is understandable

but do they really need to be crushed?? what the hell is the point of that?

 

It's practical advice from a legal aspect regarding their exposure to liabilities. They have to ensure not one part of the car ever finds it's way back into the consumers hands', because if something ends going wrong, they can be legally responsible.

Famous case was in 2006, when a container-ship heading for LA from Japan capsized, carrying several thousand new Mazda 3's, 6's and RX8's ready to hit the dealers' lots.
There were plenty of salvageable whole cars or at least parts from most them, that could have reached a wrecker, and been parted out. Mazda's legal advisers had told them to MAKE SURE not one piece of the 4,700+ cars ever reached consumers again, otherwise it could come back to haunt them in a lawsuit somewhere down the road.

So the manufacturers in certain cases 'play it safe' and destroy test mules and such after they're done with them.