2016 Jaguar F-Type Manual and F-Type R AWD: First Drive - Yahoo Autos (blog)
The aural pop-pop-pop on downshift, the feeling of getting a rev match just right: it sends tingles to all the right places. It harkens back to the days when we drove for fun and it brings an instant smile to my face—and to the faces of pedestrians on their way to work in the early New York hours. I didn’t get every shift right—in fact despite what Jaguar says about their precise 45mm throw on the gear shift, I actually found it a little long and awkward for me. To go from second to third, I had to flair my elbow outside the seat bolster to... Though Jaguar says that the pedal position is optimized for that coveted shift, the clutch engagement point made it impossible for me. . All that being said, that doesn’t mean that I didn’t enjoy the heck out of the manual F-Type. You can go for the plain vanilla F-Type that puts out 340 hp or the F-Type S that pushes 380 horsepower. Both are married to a lightweight ZF transmission, and put out 332 lb-ft and 338 lb-ft of torque, respectively. More track-oriented, and much less squirrelly in corners than the previous generation, the V-8 F-Type R puts out 550 horsepower and a whopping 502 lb-ft of torque. The R Coupe does 0-60 mph in 3. 9 seconds and the Convertible version matches it. Married to an 8-speed automatic transmission Jaguar calls “Quickshift,” it makes being behind the wheel like driving a raucous. Source: www.yahoo.com
