Jaguar F-Type: Courageous, the English are

You have to like this quirky British. You want to get out of the EU? Please be nice. The all-terrain vehicle-a veteran Defender now comes without a head frame and a roller is a Computer? To avoid hardly. And the sports car Jaguar F-Type is now only available as a Four - or eight-cylinder? Also a good one.

Boris Schmidt

editor in the Department "technology and Motor".

But the price jump is 28,300 Euro from the F-Type with 300 HP from four cylinders to 450 HP twice as many pots, you must give the customer the first time. Here, the base is already price for the convertible P300 of 69.405 Euro, with the reduced rate of VAT, more than self-aware. Turbo-enhanced four-cylinder, two-Liter displacement and 300 HP also came out of Zuffenhausen, is called the 718 Boxster is around 13,000 euros cheaper and offers sports riders a manual gearbox. Even a BMW Z4 as a M40i with six cylinders, three-Liter displacement and 340 HP is 10,000 Euro cheaper. Because the love to England must be quite large.

In the F-Type was deleted from the manual in the context of the recent Facelifts, as well as the V6-cylinder with 340 or 380 HP. Well, the new, narrow headlights, as well as the other fine-like work on the body. To now already seven years on the market, a Revision of the F-Type was long overdue. Inside, there are now virtual instruments, the Navi-Monitor is two inches bigger, but in the case of solar radiation reflected so badly as before. The F-Type is one of seven Lenze, you can tell by Details such as the lack of adaptive cruise control, other assistance systems such as blind spot warning, lane departure warning or traffic sign recognition is very good. Is, in turn, in terms of the Head-up Display. But who is interested in a F-Type, must already be Anglo's Phil and probably looking for a British Roadster, old flip. The paint – British Racing Green – will cost 1096 Euro surcharge, the tight top, however, fully electric, and with 207 liters, the tiny trunk is free. The F-Type is seen in the Tradition of the legendary E-Type, already was for a classic Roadster to big and heavy. The F-Type has with 4.48 meters in length and a weight of 1.5 tons, the Format of the from 1961 to 1974 built E-Type. The bot as a six-cylinder engine with 3.8-Liter displacement and 280 HP and 240 km/h was fast.

The 300 HP that are sent from the eight-speed automatic the F-Type's relatively gently to the rear wheels, enough even 59 years later, to adequate transportation. In less than six seconds, the Spurt can be achieved from 0 to 100 km/h, the top is 250 km/h. Clearly, more no one needs, just the power delivery is not very impressive, the turbo engine sounds grumpy to fauchig, but he is not. With the standard drive, the F-Type is part of a skid especially on a wet road in the almost forgotten category of the Tail. Despite the electronic AIDS, the rear wheel wipes off when you Accelerate after the Turn, or out of corners quickly. Remedy all-wheel drive, the V8 models creates a second version has 550 HP to have 102.840 Euro.

For the Finance-conscious Flaneur is the four-cylinder F-Type is certainly the first choice, open-top driving power to finally almost in any car fun. Super economical is the four-cylinder but. It is given with a requirement of 8.1 liters per 100 kilometers, on average, we came to 10.8, the individual tank stages brought Maxima of 11.8 and Minima of 7.3 liters in the saving of travel on a flat highway with not more than 120 km/h.