Jaguar is adding all-wheel drive to its 2016 F-TYPE R CoupĂ©, part of a range-boosting move that will see variations on the popular model double to twelve. Set to debut officially – along with the rest of the new lineup – at the LA Auto Show later this month, the new F-TYPE R will be good for 0-60 mph in just 3.9 seconds, Jaguar says, and then romp on to a top speed electronically-limited to 186 mph. The big news, though, is the extra traction, which Jaguar tested by taking the new coupĂ© to the Hakskeen Pan in South Africa and pointing it at a jet.
It wasn’t just to make good photos – though the sight of a bright red Jaguar next to a jet flying 50 feet above the ground is pretty impressive – but to test out the radio system that Bloodhound SSC plans to use in its 1,000 mph+ car.
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