If you promised yourself a £60,000 Jaguar F-Type when the model was launched back in 2013 but couldn’t stretch to it, then top marks for waiting.
Today, those first cars start from £32,000 for tidy V6 convertibles with around 45,000 miles and good histories.
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That’s a 330bhp supercharged V6, remember, capable of 0-62mph in a shade over 5sec.
Look hard and you might find an example of the more powerful 370bhp S version, such as the 2014-reg coupé with 57,000 miles we saw, for £32,000 on the nose. No mention of its service history, though.
A standard F-Type is enticing enough (sports suspension, partial leather, steering wheel paddles), but with its hooligan sports exhaust, adaptive suspension and mechanical limited-slip diff, not to mention its extra power, the S version is worth its approximately £2000 premium.
Dig deeper and there’s the 481bhp 5.0-litre V8 S convertible, with an electronic diff, from around £39,000 for the first 2013-registered cars. The sportier coupé version, launched in 2014, was known as the R and got a 535bhp V8. Prices start from around £46,000 for these.
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Thought subframe corrosion
Corrosion
As an MOT tester I can verify that steel and aluminium suspension components on virtually any vehicle will have 'started' to corrode after about 3 years on the road. Doesn't mean that the components won't last the life of the vehicle though.....
Love the looks of the F-Type
Cobnapint wrote:
No more potential problems than any other car. Don't care much for the convertible but the coupe is fantastic, particularly the S. A sound used buy.
I'd agree with 'brave'
From review: "CHASSIS AND SUSPENSION - Some rear subframes are starting to corrode."
Wouldn't expect this on a Dacia after such a short length of time let alone such an expensive car which lets face it, will be better looked after than your average Dacia.
scotty5 wrote:
Some early Dusters have already rotted. I had an early Boxster that suffered the same issue with subframes after just 3 years.
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You can make up all the return comments you like, I bet the rot on these is substantially worse than your old boxster was. Plus did a boxster ever have an alarming amount of recalls? Not to mention poor reliability and build like just about any JLR product. They can't even get panel gaps right let alone anything else.
scotty5 wrote:
I too wouldn't expect that on such a new car, I've been looking for an old cheap fun car and am swaying towards an MGf, these at around 20yrs can have an issue with subframes, but it isnt that common and certainly wasn't on young cars, head gaskets an easy fix so otherwise a tough little car. Point is that the subframe is something to look out for on a 20 yr old car not a 3-5 yr old.
It's got to be said though that they are stunning looking and sounding cars, never driven one but I imagine the drive is awesome as well, if I had the means I would be tempted.