2016 Jaguar F-Type gets smarter, faster, louder

The first rendition of the sultry Jaguar F-Type Convertible quickly drove straight into our hearts, instantly becoming one of our favorite new cars. Then, when the hard-top Coupe came a year later, we fell even deeper in love.

In 2016 the changes aren’t so drastic, but they do make an already great car even greater — and gave us an opportunity to get back behind the wheel again. The biggest update surrounds the R model. You can now get your F-Type R in either convertible or coupe flavors, and that supercharged V-8 now delivers 550 horsepower across the board, up from 495 in the former S V8. AWD is also available for either the coupe or convertible, and in fact, American buyers will no longer have the option of an RWD V-8 motor. Jaguar personnel has seemingly decided that ham-fisted Americans aren’t capable of keeping up with it.

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