F-Type features in Classic Car Magazine

[Moss]

The editors have included the F-Type amongst its Hot 30 classic cars, in the November 2024 edition.

https://pressreader.com/article/282291030590841

It focuses on the 5.0-litre version, but generally heaps praise across the board.
Some reflection on the manuals (facts which might not be entirely accurate) but, in the main, mostly positive.

Not quite what I had in mind for a classic, but publicity nonetheless.

 

[cj10jeeper]

Perhaps just. me as I’m overseas at present, but that link just takes me a website that requires I sign up and subscribe before I can access the page.
Perhaps 70+ views and no comments indicates others are not excited to do so either..

 

[WShudds]

You can't read the article unless you buy this month's issue or sign up for a free trial. I'll see if I can pick up the actual magazine but if anyone including OP has full access and are happy to share a screenshot or PDF copy, I'm sure others would appreciate it.

 

[scm]

Not sure the mods would be happy about possible copyright infringements ....

 

[WShudds]

Not sure the mods would be happy about possible copyright infringements ....

That's why said "others" excluding the mods and I, of course

 

[Moss]

Oh dear. I’ve been away in France this past week, so it seems I have missed the fun and excitement generated from within. Incidentally, we rubbed shoulders within a Morgan AeroMax “coupe”/boat-tail. A catching, but marmite style car and there doesn’t seem many about. This particular one was registered to a Swiss owner. Wierdly odd, there’s one for sale in cars and classics asking £180 really big ones.

Press Reader is free to access; and - top tip for pensioners - your local lending library allows you to join and read just about every magazine and newspaper you could possibly wish from a worldwide list I hope that makes sense…

Anyway for those that might still be interested, here’s the article…enjoy.

Jaguar F-type V8NOMINATED BY DAVE KINNEY

Classic Cars (UK)
01 Nov 2024

‘No, really!’ laughs Dave Kinney. But he’s got a very valid point. It’s another one of those cars that we’ll never see the likes of again – and like the Porsche Cayman in the price bracket below, Jaguar’s 911 rival is holding its value extremely well in V8 form. ‘There are so many choices, from years to equipment to prices, but the V8 is rare on the ground, especially in the US.’

Take a look at any modern-classic sales platform, and while you can snap up V6 and four-cylinder F-types for around £25k – or even less if you don’t mind high miles – you’ll struggle to find a V8, even an early one, for less than £50k.

For a car that cost a little over £70k when new, that’s a glacial rate of depreciation, especially when it seems the rest of the Jaguar range has more than halved in value throughout the same time span. And as with the Porsche Cayman R, this is a car that’s now a decade old. If the market didn’t like them, F-type V8 values would have slumped far further than that by now. Clearly they still have the ability to get buyers excited.

‘There is an old joke about General Motors cars that also applies to Jaguar – that once GM gets a car right, they end production. But with the Jaguar F-type it’s a bit more serious,’ says Kinney. ‘This will be the final car of its kind it ever offers. Current plans are for all future Jaguars to be SUVS and electric cars.’ SS100, XK120-150, E-type, XJS, XK8... this is where it ends.

Few cars were so long-awaited either. Jaguar had mooted an F-type as a proper two-seater sports car to succeed the E-type ever since the early Seventies. Pininfarina’s XJ Spider came to naught, the XJ41/2 proposal became the Aston Martin DB7 rather than a Jaguar, and the XK180 and F-type concepts of the late Nineties failed to lead to a production model either. As a proper E-type successor, the F-type was 40 years in the making.

‘It looks great, drives almost great, and although the last-ofthe-line cars are best, any is worth buying,’ says Kinney. The V8 sadly misses out on the manual transmission option, although this gearbox has proven to be a weak link on the four- and sixcylinder cars it’s fitted to. But the sequential shift mode is quick, and there’s so much torque that you won’t miss it much anyway.

It may not just be Jaguar’s internal-combustion swansong either. As a recipe, it’s also reminiscent of much-missed TVRS, which don’t look likely to reappear any time soon either. All these factors will ensure that V8-powered F-types are unlikely to depreciate much further than they have already. In an enthusiast market that’s turning its nose up at EVS, they’ll likely gain yet more followers – and demand will outstrip supply.

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[YorkshireSam]

Thanks for that, Moss. I've wondered when the F-Type would start to be seen as a potential modern classic. We all know how good they but they've definitely gone under a lot of people's radar for a long time.

Pure supply and demand of V6 and V8 engines will surely see demand remain steady as they're legislated out of existence - a loud, characterful V8 is the antithesis of electric and that in itself will secure their future, in my opinion.

The line in the article about struggling to find a V8 under £50k is a little inaccurate (I wonder if they mean SVRs). But values do seem to have stabilised and models of all ages seem to still be holding relatively steady, despite heavy depreciation in their first few years off the forecourt.

Ultimately and like everyone else here, I bought mine because I love the whole package - the looks, the performance, the sound and the character. It's already a classic to me.

 

[Moss]

Thanks for that, Moss. I've wondered when the F-Type would start to be seen as a potential modern classic. We all know how good they but they've definitely gone under a lot of people's radar for a long time.

Pure supply and demand of V6 and V8 engines will surely see demand remain steady as they're legislated out of existence - a loud, characterful V8 is the antithesis of electric and that in itself will secure their future, in my opinion.

The line in the article about struggling to find a V8 under £50k is a little inaccurate (I wonder if they mean SVRs). But values do seem to have stabilised and models of all ages seem to still be holding relatively steady, despite heavy depreciation in their first few years off the forecourt.

Ultimately and like everyone else here, I bought mine because I love the whole package - the looks, the performance, the sound and the character. It's already a classic to me.

Completely agree.
There’s a uniqueness to them that’s missing from most other competitors in the marketplace.

 

[scm]

Not sure about the "little over £70k when new" Unless he's talking about the very early cars - my MY18 was 6 figures (excluding pence) when it was specced by the first owner.

 

[Moss]

Not sure about the "little over £70k when new" Unless he's talking about the very early cars - my MY18 was 6 figures (excluding pence) when it was specced by the first owner.

Phil McNamara, Group editor CAR magazine, 2015 posted, “… Go for the £79,950 eight-cylinder S, packing 489bhp…” so, I’d agree and say quite a bit more than £70K.

But, for context, I think it’s faint positive praise?

 

[WShudds]

Thanks Moss for sharing the article. I'm glad I didn't buy the issue! Not only the writer over states the price of a V8 currently starting on AT from £25K, he just regurgitates what many reviewers who've never seen a manual V6 in the flesh said in the past. I hate when I read members of the media saying "it's proven" but fail to present any evidence.

Not saying people must like a manual gearbox but calling a precise, short-throw with a nice mechanical feel and tall gears "a weak link" proves that's not a real car person.

Rant over

 

[scm]

Not saying people must like a manual gearbox but calling a precise, short-throw with a nice mechanical feel and tall gears "a weak link" proves that's not a real car person.

One of the guys on the US forum has produced a "proper" short throw gear stick.

 

[WShudds]

Not saying people must like a manual gearbox but calling a precise, short-throw with a nice mechanical feel and tall gears "a weak link" proves that's not a real car person.

One of the guys on the US forum has produced a "proper" short throw gear stick.

Yeah, you can do all sorts of things including a lightweight flywheel for those looking for track performance. For road use, the stock set up is more than adequate for those looking for fun and know how to modulate the clutch and get the most of available torque in every gear.

The shifter is right where it's supposed to be at about 20cm from the steering wheel