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New Mid-engined F-Type To Rival Mclaren
Auto Express
|August 30, 2018
Our images preview sleeker successor to Jag, with hybrid tech, then EV.
THE successor to the Jaguar F-Type will embrace hybrid technology and go mid-engined when it launches around 2022, Auto Express can exclusively reveal. And further down the line, Jag could launch a fully-electric version to rival the forthcoming Porsche Taycan.
Development work on the F-Type’s successor is underway, with engineers devising a plan that will transform the model into the brand’s halo product to compete with McLaren and Audi Sport.
Central to the plan and favoured by engineers is the shift from a front to mid-engined layout for the performance car. According to high-ranking technicians working on the project, the Honda NSX is being used as a benchmark for the next-generation Jaguar model, because key to the car’s armoury will be the use of hybrid technology to boost performance.
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This story is from the August 30, 2018 edition of Auto Express.
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