An Electrified Jaguar F-Type Is Coming

Jaguar has confirmed that the current F-Type will be replaced with a new sports car, and that when it happens, one version will be built with either a hybrid or full-electric drivetrain

Matt Kimberley

26 Sep 2017

According to Jaguar’s senior staff, the F-Type sports car isn’t going to halt its growing vegetarian tendencies with the four-cylinder version. We’re in for a hybrid model as well – or possibly even a full-electric one. We might need to sit down.

The stunning coupe is one of the prettiest cars on sale, and it’s hardly ugly with the roof chopped off, either. But those furious, primal, naughty noises from the V6 and V8 cars could be replaced with (remember to breathe) the soft, nondescript whine of an electric motor or two.

In line with Jaguar’s aim to electrify all the things as soon as it can, Jaguar’s North American CEO, Joe Eberhardt, confirmed that any future Jaguar sports car would have an electrified model. It could be an EV, it could be a full or plug-in hybrid, or it could just be the cheat’s hybrid; the so-called mild hybrid that only uses a motor to cut and restart the engine at low speeds.

Ian Callum, the company’s head of design, confirmed that a replacement for the F-Type will arrive sooner or later. He told Automotive News that:

“We are going to do another range of sports cars eventually. There are a number of people in the world who think sports cars are finished because SUVs can get around a corner as quick as a sports car can, technology being what it is.
“But there is something very emotional about a sports car that conveys the ultimate in the sense of performance and design.”

Source: Automotive News

Comments

Who ever said “I wish my Jaguar was electric”?

This could be the step forward that electric cars need. An electric sports car that’s fun to drive, desirable and not too difficult to obtain (unlike the Tesla Roadster, Rimac Concept One/S and Nio EP9).

An electric car will never be as involving as a proper car. If I was to buy a sports car, it’d have to be ICE only, preferably with a manual

Personally I think an electric driver’s car could be more fun than some gasoline cars, but they’re not really a replacement for internal combustion engines, and I don’t they can be unforntunately.

And I thought a four cylinder f type would sound to bad

It sounds nice

The f-type is electrifying enough already

I wonder if in the future of cars, the playstore will include gear changing apps or noise changing exhausts for your electric smartcar, you know making it more personal…

I’ve always dreamt of having a sheep squeeling back exhaust noise.. maybe i’ll live long enough to have it!

Why Jaguar doesn’t race these intead of the F-Pace? Makes more sense to race a sports car than a MASSIVE AND HEAVY SUV. (Not that the F-Type is an example of light weight)