The new Lister Thunder, Lister's 666bhp fettled version of the Jaguar F-Type, has been renamed LFT-666 for its 99-unit production run, to fit with the brand's other future models.
Due to be produced in 99 examples with each priced from £139,950, the Cambridge-based company said this makes the LFT-666 the fastest-selling model in its 65-year history. Deliveries start on 1 October.
Lister Cars, famous for its Le Mans-racing Jaguar ‘Knobbly’ D-Types of the 1950s, has returned to new car production with this high-performance version of the Jaguar F-Type. It uses a supercharged 5.0-litre V8 that has been extensively reengineered so it produces 666bhp.
Rory McDonnell, head of sales and marketing at Lister, told Autocar that the car is capable of accelerating from 0-62mph in 3.2sec, to 100mph in 6.8sec and a will have a top speed of 208mph. This comfortably beats the quickest series F-Type on sale, the SVR, which has 567bhp and completes the 0-62mph sprint in 3.7sec.
The LFT-666's modifications include a new suspension setup to enhance its agility and a flashes of Lister green paint on its exterior. McDonnell confirmed that the car will also get a more luxurious interior with nappa leather-wrapped seats, as well as bespoke bodywork. Lister offers several options, including a carbonfibre kit that will cost from £19,950.
CEO Lawrence Whittaker said that the car is the first of several Jaguar models from the brand. Lister will also modify F-Types with a package of Lister badges, bumpers and wheels, with the modified cars being badged Lister LFT, with no horsepower designation. The package costs £9750.
Talking before the car's renaming, Whittaker said: “Like Brabus and AMG with Mercedes and Alpina with BMW, we are hoping to become synonymous once again with tuning Jaguar vehicles, giving customers new enhanced, bespoke performance and design alternatives to Jaguar’s acclaimed model programme.
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More money than sense?
So let's see if I've got this right - buyers of this will be paying almost exactly £50,000 more than the SVR for a car that reaches 60 mph in 0.3 seconds faster (according to Autocar's own SVR test, not the misleading figure quoted here), and reaches a theoretical top speed which is a massive 8 mph higher. OK there's other bling-tastic stuff they chuck in as well..... but, really??? £50K? Really?????
grimble33 wrote:
Indeed and could be argued, all money, NO sense.
grimble33 wrote:
Also, if it is ONLY speed, then for around £35k, BMW M240i, 0-62 4.6s, so 0-60 in less. Not a direct competitor, though as I said, if only for speed, then loses out to the 666 by ONE WHOLE second at a saving of £££££...where can anyone use the capability of this 666, except in a stupid pub key on the bar bragging match...oh dear.
Thing of the past...?
It’s old fashioned, the BHP isn’t exactly jaw dropping and the handling probably isn’t great either, and THAT price, the new Aston Martin driven here by this mag is £225,000 , if your spending this amount, why would you buy something that’s out of date in nearly every way?
Peter Cavellini wrote:
Peter, Peter, Peter. Out of date? The car on which this is based is the pinnacle of sports car development. Not only that, something with such a classic design is timeless. Whilst this offers a different take on the original it cannot better it and attempting to compare it with the Aston Martin is, well, foolish. They lost any shred of credibility when they donned lederhosen and crossed the barbarians hands with silver.
Rodester wrote:
Agree with your words about the timeless design...but have you forgotten that JLR is also owned by a foreign entity and Jaguar was before that?.
Quite fancy
One myself. Maybe there is something wrong with me.