Jaguar F-Type

The story

The F-Type arrived in 2013 as a convertible, with a coupe close behind, and its designers were firm that it would not be a nostalgia act. There are no E-Type quotations in the bodywork. Instead it has broad hips over the rear wheels, slim lights and a crouched, coiled stance that owes more to the angular XJ-S than to anything round. The V8 S launch car paired a 5.0-liter supercharged V8 with an 8-speed automatic, 488 hp and a claimed 4.2 seconds to 60 mph, and its exhaust crackled and banged on the overrun with a theatrical enthusiasm that became the car's calling card.

Supercharged V6 versions sat below the V8 from the start, and over the years came all-wheel drive, a 4-cylinder model and the ferocious SVR. It was rarely the lightest or most precise car in its class. It was usually the one people turned to watch. When the last car was built in 2024, after 87,731 in all, Jaguar's gasoline sports cars, a line running back through the E-Type to the XK120, came to an end with it.