It Looks Like A Four-Cylinder Diesel Jaguar F-Type Is Coming
Whether you buy a V6 or a V8 Jaguar F-Type, you can be sure your ears will be treated to a jolly nice time. However, it’s looking like a less tuneful version of Jaguar’s pretty coupe and cabriolet combo might be on the way: a diesel.
Oh yes: alongside the long-rumoured new entry-level 2.0-litre four-pot Igenium petrol F-Types, it seems Jaguar is also about to introduce the 2.0-litre diesel version from the engine family to the sports car. Spy shots from Autocar captured an oil-burning F-Type test mule with JLR engineering big cheese Mike Cross behind the wheel, and after running the plates on the DVLA database, the publication found that the car is registered as having a 2.0-litre diesel engine.
This could of course amount to nothing - plenty of cars never make it past the testing stage, after all. But if this did happen, what would you think of such a vehicle? Does the idea of a diesel F-Type disgust you, or is the prospect of a torquey little diesel Jaguar roadster/coupe weirdly appealing? Let us know in the comments.
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Diesels are cool, imagine it with an engine similar to a 335d, it would rip
Can’t really imagine that it would sell very well tbh. I doubt they’d be able to shift enough units to make it worth producing. Really hope a diesel F-Type doesn’t happen.
Noo!!!
For those who don’t understand why Jaguar would do this; here in Britain (and really, most of Europe), diesels are a large share of the market, which is why plenty of coupes and convertibles and higher-end cars in general (SLKs, TTs, M-cars, etc) all come with diesel options. People will buy them because the good looks and good fuel economy is a win-win scenario - and the diesel models still boast impressive performance too (for example, the SLK 250d with its 2.1L twin-turbo diesel is barely 1 second slower from 0-62 than the 3.5L V6 petrol model). Personally I’d never buy a diesel-engined sports car, but the market is there. Over here, an F-Type with a diesel engine will definitely sell.
This car is just pointless with a diesel, Actually you need it if you want to do touge up a mountain
Guess what is going to win Pikes Peak next year!!
*Vomits uncontrollably
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Rolling coal in a JAG!
This i think it would be a good thing for their sales, not many coupes or cabriolets for sale that are diesel and some countries in which diesel is cheaper, this thing could make a living there. I sure would hope more of these diesel coupes or cabrio’s would be in play. I ,talking from a Portugal where diesel is cheaper (about 10 cents) sure would enjoy these vehicles.
Actually sounds like a pretty cool idea. I dig it
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