Los Angeles 2014: Jaguar Adds Manual, AWD F-Type Options

by Derek Kreindler

November 19th, 2014 10:43 AM

los angeles 2014 jaguar adds manual awd f type options

Big news for fans of the Jaguar F-Type (i.e. me). You can now row your own gears.

V6 rear-drive versions of the F-Types can be speced with a 6-speed manual gearbox. No manual will be available for the V8, but that’s ok, since the V6 is, in my opinion, the pick of the range.

V8 versions will have standard all-wheel drive to help tame all 550 horsepower. AWD will be optional on the V6. The 911 Carrera 4 may have just met its match.

Apparently, the manual comes at the expense of the hydraulic steering system, which will be replaced with electric steering. So, manual and EPAS, or a current automatic car with hydraulic assist?

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Sportyaccordy on Nov 19, 2014

Im shuddering thinking about the curb weight of the AWD F-Type R XJ's AWD system adds ~300lbs to its curb weight........ FTR weighs ~3650lbs. So in the end this thing might be a car as small as a 911 that weighs as much as a Panamera Isnt this thing made out of aluminum too? Why is this car so heavy?

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- Corey Lewis on Nov 19, 2014
  
  Pomp and circumstance isn't light.
  
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- Ellomdian on Nov 19, 2014
  
  I feel obliged to remind you that there are 911's that weight 3700 lbs...
  
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- Sportyaccordy on Nov 19, 2014
  
  @ellomdian Yea but most 911s that aren't Turbo Cabriolets weigh less than even the lightest F Type, while being just as fast and better sorted dynamically. Plus, a steel body supercharged V8 C6 ZR1 weighs ~3350-3400lbs depending who u ask. So on that apples to apples comparo the F-Type R is still ~300lbs overweight. And then on top of that it will gain a few hundred lbs for the AWD system. This thing is like the BMW E31... glaze your BVDs gorgeous but confusingly overweight and less than optimal dynamically.
  
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- Hubcap on Nov 19, 2014
  
  Car and Driver lists the F-Type R coupe at 3,950#. Just for reference that's about 125# lighter than a ZL1 and we all know how much of a "pig" that car is. Here's the thing, the Cheby is based off of an older frame made primarily of lead. The Jag is new and aluminuminny (yeah I just made that word up). So what gives and why so little talk of the car's weight in comparison to others?
  
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- CJinSD on Nov 19, 2014
  
  @sportyaccordy C6 Corvettes didn't have steel bodies. The Z06 and ZR1 had aluminum frames, balsa floors, and the ZR1 used a mixture of SMC and carbon-fiber body panels over a magnesium roof structure. They aren't light by accident.
  
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- Fred on Nov 19, 2014
  
  Well the Lotus Evora is a fat 3000 lbs at least by Lotus standards. Of course that is accomplished without the luxury features of Jags, Porsches and Vettes
  
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- Ellomdian on Nov 20, 2014
  
  @sportyaccordy "and better sorted dynamically" According to who, for what purpose? I'd rather have the 911 when I need to go quickly around a track, but I wouldn't want to spend more than 15 mins in one as a DD if I had the F-Type next to it.
  
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Fred on Nov 19, 2014

Driver seems to be staring at that big center console. Really am I the only one left who isn't impressed by all this infotainment jazz?

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Stuki on Nov 19, 2014

I'm beginning to like all these manual announcements....

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Smartascii on Nov 19, 2014

I'm still hung up on the fact that the gearbox has something to do with the power steering assist system. Why on earth would a third pedal have anything to do with it?

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- Burgersandbeer on Nov 20, 2014
  
  I'm guessing the hydraulic steering wouldn't fit with the manual, at least not without design changes that would add even more cost to offering the manual. Maybe a logistics/engineering reason? It is an obvious question. If only someone at the show would ask when given the news :)
  
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