Jaguar F-Type SVR debuts

The new Jaguar F-Type SVR is the first Jaguar SVR developed to exploit the lightweight aluminium sports car’s full potential while retaining its inherent tractability and day-today usability.

The Jaguar F-Type SVR is a 322km/h, all-weather supercar and is available to order right now at your local Jaguar dealer. More powerful, lighter, and benefiting from an enhanced chassis and driveline and active aerodynamics, the all-wheel drive F-Type SVR Coupe delivers supercar performance – in all conditions – and unrivalled driver engagement and reward.

Raising the output of Jaguar’s supercharged 5.0-litre V8 to 423kW and 700Nm enables the F-Type SVR to accelerate from 0-100km/h in just 3.7 seconds, it is claimed. Maximum speed of the Coupe model is said to be 322km/h.

The F-Type R is already a benchmark in the sports car segment, but this model represented the starting point for development of the F-Type SVR. Everything which contributes to performance and vehicle dynamics has been meticulously re-evaluated, re-engineered and optimised still further.

By exploiting the fundamental capability engineered into the F-Type from day one, Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations division has developed Jaguar’s fastest and most powerful series production road car.

But optimising everything, from the calibration of the allwheel drive system to the valving in the dampers and the width of the tyres, ensures it remains a tractable, useable dayto-day sports car.

Enlarged air intakes in the front bumper, together with revised charge air coolers and redesigned bonnet vents, deliver corresponding improvements in cooling system performance and powertrain efficiency.

To make the most of the increased engine output, the eightspeed Quickshift transmission gains a new calibration. Together with the extra grip delivered by the wider, 265- and 305-section front and rear tyres, and optimising the torque on-demand all-wheel drive system’s Intelligent Driveline Dynamics (IDD) control technology, this delivers the F-Type SVR’s outstanding launch behaviour and immediacy of response.

Selecting Dynamic mode will enable the enthusiast driver to fully explore the F-Type SVR’s capability, especially with the DSC system set to Trac DSC or switched off completely. Under these conditions, IDD will use the most extreme calibrations for the AWD system and for the EAD to fully exploit the available grip.

The Jaguar F-Type SVR goes on sale locally in August 2016, with current indicative pricing set at R2 134 100. *Price subject to change.