2005 Jaguar F-type

2005 Jaguar F-type

1974 Jaguar E-type - the United States, the XK-e as when we come, stopped production of the F-type it would be reasonable to expect a successor known as the. But there wasn't one.

C-type and D-type sports racer at the Le Mans 24 hour race five times with a British company who gained fame by winning the world no longer tight-fitting two-seater sports car decided he wasn't. 20. the demand in the last quarter of the century, bigger, more comfortable "derive grandeur" would be said. This appeared to be an exhilarating Jaguar XJS to replace the present XK8 of 20 years.

But all along there is an out-and-out sports roadster was jammed for the return of the Jaguar. In the 1980s, Jaguar, escaped from the influence of the British Leyland stredifying when An F type XJS after began to develop. This project is out of control and Ford Jaguar xj41 coded as 1.6 billion dollars in 1989 by buying the F-type prototype "too heavy, too expensive and too late" as was described. Ford cancelled it.

Curiously, the Aston Martin db7 was the starting point for the project xj41 other cars - but that's another story. For this reason, Ford took a few years to determine the future strategy for Jaguar. XK8 E-type has some of the style properties but a real athlete, not really a tourer.

Then, in 1998 surprised the world with the introduction of xk180 Jaguar at the Paris Motor Show. Refurbished and XKR, which is a more ambitious 180, - compromise, high-performance Jaguar would show you what it is. XK180 never intended for production, but it is not focused on the problem of the sports car. "But if we were to introduce a sports car, it won't be," said Jaguars rice. "To compete with the Porsche Boxster it must be a smaller and cheaper car."

Four years later, that prediction came true. About the time you read this, Ford's senior management in Dearborn, for the 2005 model year, the Jaguar F-type investment to produce expects to join. The German President and the premier Automotive Group, Wolfgang reitzle the first that is considered late under the auspices of BMW's in the era Jaguar. And is designed to match with the Boxster.

The premier Automotive Group, Aston Martin and Jaguar embraces. Aston, must expand the product offer with a car smaller and cheaper than db7. The baby Aston and the new Jaguar Roadster first thoughts or a platform for to share at least a majority of the components. After all, the partnership between Porsche Boxster and 911 almost 40 percent.

Aston project, mid-range, a two-seater coupe (rival Ferrari 360 Modena), but the trend in the Jaguar E-Type was a Roadster captures the spirit of that front engined. This aspect of design, Jaguar, at the Detroit Auto Show 2000 F-type concept was opened to the public when it became clear. Small - E-Type Nine Inch Boxster from 13 inches shorter and less - but nicely proportioned F-type concept was the Star of the show.

Reitze in Los Angeles a year later, by that time common knowledge explained: for the production Jaguar F-type to develop and in 2004 it emerged.

The F-type, Jaguar concept car is not a Runner, but it is unusual; indeed, while preparing for the exhibition, no one had no idea which platform or a power unit that you could use. Architect Keith Seclusion, worked with the late Geoff Lawson, Jaguar style for a long time who was the boss. In many respects, a scaled helfet that is responsible for the XK180.

Lawson's successor, Ian callum, db7 shape and it is famous for smaller, mid-engined Aston he was the man who completed the design. Newport pagnell had second thoughts about it. Another German Ulrich bez, Aston Martin became the head of, and in his opinion these cars are race cars instead of the mirror instead of the character of England was protected, and this is meant to be placed in the front of the engine.

Ford F-numb seemed the desire to reduce costs by sharing a platform with type very well, but this idea reitze because he was uncomfortable with a $ 50,000 Jaguar, the same basic structure a $ 100,000 Aston could devalue. Bez, Aston's flagship Vanquish aluminum and composite construction principles, which is the code name for small cars has revised its expansion strategy to include am305.

Jaguar, F 25.000-type aluminum frame, it was decided that the best way to produce is to use passenger. Small x-Type Sedan is the donor engine was obvious, but the anterior cruciate installation and four-wheel drive system, low-long-sized-titled sports was not appropriate for the car. Why don't you go with a motorized mechanism? Towards the end of last year, the decision was taken: F-type, the engine would be mounted longitudinally in the middle.

Callum was relieved. To make a production model of the concept car was full of problems: the hood was too high, the windshield was too low, wheels to adjust the ceiling was too big and it was weird. This page is predicted by computer simulations, the last mid-engine design - although there are some superficial similarities - a totally new, but still follows the theme of the obsolescence of Jaguar sports cars.

F-type Jaguar will be built in the old school in the way that nothing is to be done. Chassis, aluminum, cast and extrusion, combined with ladder frame joints for aluminium XJ sedan, which should appear early next year will have a simpler structure than X350. Surprise, the steel of the panel presses the main body of the sports car. This complex, multi-curved shapes aluminum easier and cheaper. Target weight is 2650 pounds, 130 pounds less from the Boxster.

The F-Type S Type new XJ and the new and most aluminum components, anti-Lock Brakes, electronic stabilization control arm suspension control electronic driving AIDS that use a classic sports car from all have to wait.

Two time engine producing 250 horsepower and the rear wheels behind the seats in the Series II Jaguar 3.0-litre AJ6 V-6 (Ford Duratec started out as). This, optionally, the x-Type five-speed automatic along with a new six-speed manual gearbox will be accompanied by. The first F-Type after a year or two after they are released, 300 horsepower on a super-charged version of R will be revealed and reportedly exceed USD 50,000.

Yet officially the Jaguar F-type will talk about their ambitions but with cars and can give some tips to reitze. 18 Berkeley Square which is the center of the premier Automotive Group. prestigious town house, speaking in the F-type certainly explains the location of:

"This performance, price and the Boxster will cope with him in all things.The F-type is a unique, uncompromising Super a Jaguar, is a little different from what you expected because most people I'm flabbergasted.