Jaguar F-Type (2021 minor change)

The Jaguar sportscar every speedo boy fell in love with since the beginning, the F-Type range, has been given an extensive minor change for 2021 model year and it's packed with extensive updates that will keep them longing for more. What's it all about the latest minor change for these lightweight luxury cruisers?

With prices start at 54,510 Pounds plus additional costs, the heavily facelifted Jaguar F-Type, in coupe and convertible variants, is a bold statement as done by its new, sharp-looking, front face that looks like every other Jaguar in the family tree but either way, the bold new look makes the new F-Type even more attractive to have one in their garage as long as they don't make a big fuss about it.

While the heavily revised exterior design is something to fall in love with, the interior looks pretty much the same as last time except now the screen's gotten bigger and more high-definition compared to the previous model. Also, the instrumental panel's gotten even more digital, which is rather nice for a sports car but that high-tech enhancements somewhat spoils your driving experience.

With the loss of the manual gearbox is the most worrying fact about the new F-Type, the choice of engines are streamlined for your cherry-picking pleasure. It features a range of four, six, and eight-cylinder engines with the latter reserved for the R variant is the prime mate because the supercharged 5.0L V8 engine now produces 575PS of power and 700Nm of torque. That's more power than the Aston Martin Vantage of course and it sounds even more muscular as well, although the V8 models now come with the rather silent but odd Quiet Start feature that can be overriden when you engage Dynamic Mode on the driving modes. Anyway, with that muscular engine and the standard all-wheel drive system, it can do 0-60mph in 3.5 seconds and a top speed of 186mph.

That acceleration really outpaces the ancient XKR-S by a long shot but whichever F-Type you're picking, the way it behaves has gotten even more enjoyable than ever because of its recalibrated dynamics as well as the revised Dynamic Stability Control system, new brakes, Torque Vectoring by Braking, and so much more. In its rear-wheel drive guise, it feels like you can enjoy it so much more but in its all-wheel drive guise, it feels like a lion crushing through the traps like a boss.

Could this be the best F-Type ever made despite the loss of the manual gearbox?

Photo: Jaguar Land Rover