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ubercool submitted on 05/10/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:49 AM
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Future Jaguar F-Type

Ratan Tata, the soft-spoken urbane boss of the Indian giant conglomerate that has acquired Jaguar and Land Rover for $2.3 billion, was understandably very coy about his plans for the two iconic British brands at the Geneva show, as the deal still had to be confirmed.

That was finally done in late March — so what does the future hold for one of Britain's premier marques? One new car that seems a betting certainty is a successor to the fabled E-Type, to be dubbed the F-Type.

In 2000 Jaguar unveiled an F-Type concept at that year's Detroit show to much acclaim. Its swoopy curves and retro machine-turned fascia drew a lot of admiration, but it was ditched in favor of more mainstream products. "If Jaguar had gone ahead with the F-Type, the Boxster would have had a serious rival," Porsche boss, Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking, once declared to me with some relief.

Well, Dr. Wiedeking, it seems that the F-Type might just be resurrected under Jaguar's new owners. Certainly the important players within Jaguar, from design to engineering to marketing, want it.

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But how? The simple (read: inexpensive) route is to chop down the XF's platform, making it into a narrower and shorter 2-seater, while still using the XK's aluminum suspension components to save weight (just as the XF does).

Now that the Tata-Ford deal is sorted, we know that the supply relationship between the two will continue for some years, with Tata relying on the Blue Oval for many of its powertrains. So, the F-Type will probably start with the current V-6 with 235 bhp. But to compete with the Porsche Boxster, Jaguar's engineers will need to find another 70 horses to put it on equal terms. Twin turbos are a possibility.

When it comes to styling you can forget the Wolfgang Reitzle-inspired retro look that gave us the S-Type and current XJ. Jag design boss Ian Callum sees Sir William Lyons' work not as an anchor to replicate, but as an inspiration to launch a new era.

The XK is a step forward in that direction, but don't think a future F-Type will be simply a slimmer version of the XK. Instead, take the E-Type, morph it into the radical C-XF concept and XF production car and then develop those themes to become the F-Type. Jaguar could very easily end up with the coolest sports car of the 21st century.

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IS3andME - 5/10/2008 11:18:22 AM

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That is one ugly car...They need to go back to the original F-type and make it a hardtop. Jaguar was experimenting with a mid-engine F-type, there were mules of that running around. Because they were trying to go against the Boxster with that. I 'd say either go with the I6 (supposedly the agreement is that the FORD group will still supply engines) and put in it in the front or design the car like a modern day XJ13 with half the cyl. count.

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lexusrox123 - 5/11/2008 1:41:43 PM

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at first glance it looked like a saturn sky and maserati granturismo blended together. especially the grille, it really says "maserati"

FerrarisR4me - 5/10/2008 11:37:30 AM

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That's just a photoshop rendering anyway

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AddLightness - 5/10/2008 12:01:47 PM

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If they are making an E-type successor they really need to give it a nice Straight Six like TVR's or something.

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1995e34 - 5/10/2008 1:19:14 PM

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the xf and xj could use one too.

IS3andME - 5/10/2008 1:21:07 PM

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I was deboosted for making sense?

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Audiphile - 5/10/2008 2:15:03 PM

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I actually like the car. I like the headlights that were used on the C-XF. The grill looks a little bit like the Maserati Gran Turismo.

AddLightness is right about the inline six. Why should BMW drivers have all the fun? However, this car might be too heavy for a six. We'll have to see what the final design looks like.

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TECHGEEK - 5/10/2008 3:48:12 PM

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The rise of the Indians esp. TATA and those other rich Indian guys on the Forbes List is astonishing.

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SSP350 - 5/10/2008 5:32:26 PM

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The front end to me clearly looks like a Honda S2000

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Rupert - 5/10/2008 5:33:16 PMView My AgentSpace

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Me too.

SSP350 - 5/10/2008 5:40:35 PM

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Its like a Honda S2000 with Jaguar accents. Sounds kinda lame, huh?

Rupert - 5/10/2008 7:34:27 PMView My AgentSpace

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Do you also see Maserati GranTurismo in that grill? I know I do.

auto001 - 5/11/2008 3:30:21 PM

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GranTurismo coupe one of the best looking ones out there. This Jag looks almost as good, their designers seems to never disappoint. S2000 also great looking.

Agent63 - 5/10/2008 6:21:41 PMView My AgentSpace

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I don't think it looks half-bad. It just doesn't have the Jaguar design philosophy behind this rendering. However it is what it is....just a rendering.

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lexusis350 - 5/11/2008 1:22:14 AM

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If you cover up the car except for the front half, it kind of looks like a Nissan GT-R.

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ubercool - 5/12/2008 6:01:28 AM

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Another cool Jag.

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mini22 - 5/12/2008 11:42:04 AM

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As was mentioned it's only a photoshop so there is no clue as to what the car will look like.

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Jagexpert2 - 5/12/2008 10:47:55 PMView My AgentSpace

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Thanks for referencing my site ubercool.

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