Jaguar F-Type 2014 News

...you get a glimpse. Maybe.

The British marque used the New York motor show to confirm the C-X16 concept coupe revealed late-2011 will go into production as the F-Type.The name’s a deliberate attempt to evoke the 1960s E-Type, the car Enzo Ferrari once called “the most beautiful car ever made”. But we’ll have to wait a little longer to decide if the modern interpretation lives up to its storied predecessor’s style and grace; Jaguar chose to only show a heavily camouflaged prototype in New York, holding the production version for a reveal later this year.The F-Type roadster will be the second two-door model in Jaguar’s range after the XK Coupe. It’s expected to be more hard-edged than the grand tourer XK, Jaguar promising it will "focus uncompromisingly on delivering driver reward".Unlike the C-X16 concept, the all-aluminium F-Type will not be a coupe, at least not initially. A soft-top roadster will be the first version to market when production starts mid-2013, though Australians are likely to wait until 2014.A coupe version will follow, both strict two-seaters and likely to be powered by an all-new family of turbo-four petrol and diesel engines.Jaguar has also promised a high performance engine “to at least match” the concept’s 280kW supercharged V6, which also featured an F1-style “push-to-pass” hybrid system good for another 70kW.As for pricing, with the Australian launch at least two years away it’s too early to know for sure, but we're confident eager buyers will need to write six figures on their cheque. 

It's been one of the worst-kept secrets in the motoring industry - and one that has kept Jaguar and sports car fans salivating. Jaguar has officially announced at New York motor show that it will build the F-Type. The new two-seater sports car that will arrive as a convertible  has been seeded from the response to the C-X16 concept that was unveiled last year. The concept was unanimously hailed at the tijme, and credited with being the successor to the legenday E-Type.Jaguar's global brand director Adrian Hallmark said the reaction to the C-X16 has fast-tracked the F-Type. "The reaction has been so positive that we've accelerated our development of an all-new Jaguar sports car that will be unveiled in production form later this year."Hallmark said the brand was keen to get back into the sports segment from which they've been absent for "too long". Jaguar's design chief, Ian Callum, pointed to the long history of Jaguar success in the segment."A true sports car needs to be pure in both its purpose and its form. The C-type, D-type and E-type Jaguars were all sports cars that held true to this principle in their era, and the F-TYPE will hold true to that same principle."The F-Type will use the weight-saving benefits of Jaguar's experience in aluminium construction, and a range of engines have been promised - including "a new family" when the production car is revealed. The car will be built at Jaguar's Castle Bromwich plant in Britain, where engineering prototypes are already under way.Full Jaguar F-TYPE range and specification will be revealed later this year, with the car slated to go on sale in mid-2013.