An Electrified Jaguar F-Type Is Coming

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