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There are plenty of reasons to love rear-wheel drive cars. But when it came to a Jaguar F-Type with a V8 engine, one stood out from the rest.
Packing a 5.0-litre supercharged V8 with 405kW and 680Nm it could turn tyres into smoke with just one look.
Sadly, though, after next month the F-Type won’t be able to perform that party trick, with the skid-monster dropped from incoming 2018 model year range.
During its time in Aussie showrooms, Jaguar’s sold 155 rear-drive V8 F-Types. Making up 20 per cent of the total 717 units sold since its release. Which is a decent chunk. However, it was the only variant available for some time.
We’ve haven’t been given a clear reason on why this has happened. That said, it’s probably for the best.
Even though the R channelled its godly grunt through an electro-controlled clutch-differential, you never stabbed the F-Type V8 R’s throttle pedal. Unless you liked looking out the side windows to drive.
We loved its balanced chassis. Which managed to be both communicative and progressive. One judge during 2014’s Performance Car of the Year likened it to a BMW V8 M3. Just with a whole lot more power.
Thankfully, it’s not a total loss. Jaguar’s demonic 5.0-litre supercharged V8 lives on in R and SVR all-wheel drive variants. But while tyres everywhere are safer, the world is a little sadder.
