A Used Jaguar F-Type Coupe Is The Prettiest Car You Can Buy For Under £40k

Last week, we welcomed a new addition to the TeamCT long-term test fleet, in the form of a rather gorgeous Ultra Blue Jaguar F-Type S Design Edition. We’re already starting to bond with it, which is a bit of a problem. After all, when it goes back to Jaguar, it’s not like we’ll be able to go out and buy one ourselves: the all-wheel drive example we’re testing weighs in at about £80,000 with options.

Thankfully, since the F-Type has been around for a few years now, you can pick one up on the used market much cheaper. Early V6 coupes have now dropped below £40k, half the price of ‘our’ optioned-up design edition. Still more than us impoverished hacks can afford, but I’d put it to you that there isn’t a prettier car out there for such a sum.

This 2014 example looks particularly dashing with its Polar White finish and 20-inch rims, and is up for £39,999, a few grand more than the starting point for used F-Type coupes. What’s more, it’s only done 10,200 miles. How you can own one of these for three years and only put 10k on the clock, we’re not sure.

Despite the entry-level V6 having ‘only’ 335bhp to the S version’s 375bhp, it’s hardly a slouch, covering 0-62mph in 5.7 seconds, and topping out at 161mph. However, it’s probably worth your while adding an extra £5000 - £10,000 to the budget to snare the S, both for the power and the mechanical limited-slip differential.

Think you’ve seen a better looking car out there for under £40,000? Post it in the comments!