Harris Pits Jaguar F-Type Against Porsche 911S Cabriolet and Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster
Cars

Harris Pits Jaguar F-Type Against Porsche 911S Cabriolet and Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster



The Jaguar F-Type is a car that the British brand has great expectations, otherwise they wouldn’t have called it the spiritual successor to the legendary E-Type. Nevertheless, this is not the 1960s, and the F-Type has to stand up against much tougher competitors than the E-Type had to.

At least for the F-Type V8 S model that is powered by a 495-hp V8, the most feared competitor is the world’s default sports car, the Porsche 911 - in its Carrera S Cabriolet iteration. Chris Harris took both for a spin, adding the old and “slow” Aston V8 Vantage Roadster to the mix, and reached some interesting conclusions.

Read more »




- This Is The Original Jaguar F-type That Never Made It To Production
Long before the current F-Type, Jaguar was very close to launching a similar car that would have been the first true successor to the iconic E-Type. As the XJ-S failed to emulate the E-Type’s success, in 1980 Jaguar started developing the F-Type,...

- New Jaguar F-type Meets Classic E-type At Lord Mayor’s Show In London
While not a direct successor of the E-Type, Jaguar fashions the F-Type as a descendant of its most recognized sports car that was built between 1961 and 1974, something the British carmaker tries to bring up whenever the conversation revolves around...

- Spied: Jaguar Tests Flagship F-type R With 5.0-liter Supercharged V8
Not too long after Jaguar confirmed the development of a range-topping version of its upcoming F-Type roadster, and our scoop photographers nabbed a prototype of the V8-powered model that will wear the British brand's 'R' logo. So how do...

- Jaguar Rumored To Tease E-type Successor With A New Concept At The Frankfurt Motor Show
Over the past few years, we've heard plenty of rumors concerning Jaguar's plans to build a spiritual successor to the famed E-type of the 1960s and 1970s. The latest word on the grapevine comes from British weekly magazine Autocar that claims...

- They Should Have Built It: 2000 Jaguar F-type Concept
With the E-Type of 1961, Jaguar was back in a big way. Essentially a spiritual successor to the legendary XK120 of the 1940s and ‘50s, the E-Type had everything going for it: looks, performance and price. Since then, much has changed for the brand....



Cars








.