Background
Like all the greats, the Jaguar F-Type started its life as a concept car, specifically the C-X16 that was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2011.
The production version arrived a year later and, unusually, it looked remarkably similar to the car that had wowed press and public alike just 12 months earlier.
The first bodystyle was the achingly gorgeous convertible and engines at launch were a brace of supercharged V6 petrols that offered a choice of two power outputs: the base model with 335bhp and a 0-60mph time of just 5.3 seconds (with the automatic gearbox), or a more powerful 375bhp version that slashed that to a withering 4.9 seconds.
Not that Jaguar was finished because the Coupé, which arrived in 2013, ushered in even greater performance with the option of the F-Type R which took barely four seconds to reach 60mph on its way to a top speed of 186mph.
Later models brought with them all-wheel-drive and an SVR version, with the latter capable of touching 200mph after streaking past 60mph in 3.5 seconds.








