Jaguar F-TYPE Launched in India
Jaguar has finally launched its F-TYPE in India, at a price tag of Rs 1.37 crore for the V6S model and Rs 1.61 crore (both ex-showroom, Mumbai without octroi) for the V8S model. This is the first sports car from the British marquee in the last 38 years, since when the last E-Type rolled out of their plant.
Jaguar began its journey as a sports car company and this is the comeback model for the Coventry-based manufacturer. The V6S gets a 3.0-litre supercharged petrol engine that churns out 375bhp of power, and it gets a 50:50 weight distribution. It has a mechanical limited slip differential. The V8S on the other hand has the 5.0-litre V8 supercharged petrol that produces a whooping power of 489bhp. This gets electronic LSD and a weight distribution of 51:49.
The F-TYPE is a strictly two seater, and the S versions get active exhaust. Jaguar claims the F-TYPE to be the best handling car the company has ever made. At the moment, only the convertible is on sale, however in a few months time we shall soon see the Coupe version too. Jaguar should soon unveil the Coupe globally, and we can expect it come to India by 2014. Read our review of the Jaguar F-TYPE.
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Being born and brought up in a family that has been a part of the Automotive industry for over seven decades, Rachit has cars in his blood. Four wheelers are his childhood love, and he has grown up playing with bolts and spanners. To add more value to this passion, he studied automobile engineering and even karted at National level competitions.
Soon after that, he got into motoring journalism- where began the process of testing and evaluating cars. He has driven a wide range of cars beginning from Tata Nano to the Aston Martins, most of the cars that are currently sold in the Indian car market. Apart from this, he has also done many long road trips, and shall continue to do so. Rachit was one of the first journalists to take a Nano across the Golden Quadrilateral.
