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Jaguar F-Type Coupe – the most performance-focused Jaguar ever

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21 November 2013

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Hot on the heals of the F-Type convertible comes the Jaguar F-Type coupe

FRESH from the rave reception extended to the F-Type Convertible, Jaguar has wasted no time in following up with the fixed-roof Coupe

Shown in the metal for the first time at this week’s Los Angeles Motor Show, the new car will be available in the UK at prices between £51,253 and £85,000 – quite a bit cheaper than the open-topped model.

At the upper end there’s a hard-edged R-badged Coupe with a 550PS 5.0-litre V8

The company is aiming high with the F-Type Coupe, which it describes as “the most dynamically capable, performance-focused, production Jaguar ever”.

Like the Convertible, the Coupe is based on Jaguar’s aluminium bodywork architecture, and the two cars also share two engine options – 3.0-litre V6s producing 340 and 380 horsepower.

At the upper end, though, there’s a hard-edged R-badged Coupe with a 550PS 5.0-litre V8 that’s sportier than the V8 S model that tops the Convertible line-up – at least for the time being.

Even the slowest Jaguar F-Type Coupe is good for 161mph and a 0-60mph sprint in 5.1 seconds, while the V8-engined R gets to sixty in four seconds dead and tops out at (an artificially limited) 186mph. The V8 emits a distinctly company-car-tax-unfriendly 259g/km – although that needs to be seen in the context of its strong performance.

The Coupe also addresses one of the few significant criticisms of the Convertible – a lack of luggage space. Thanks to its hatchback layout, Jaguar has managed to find 407 litres of stowage, almost as much as you’d find in a mid-sized saloon car.

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There’s more luggage space than the convertible can offer – we all need to get away for the weekend

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Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Business Car Manager (now renamed Business Motoring). Ralph writes extensively about the car and van leasing industry as well as wider fleet and company car issues. A former editor of What Car?, Ralph is a vastly experienced writer and editor and has been writing about the automotive sector for over 35 years.

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