2015 Jaguar F-Type Coupe drive review

What Is It?

Jaguar put an all-aluminum roof on the all-aluminum F-Type sports car and doubled the car's torsional rigidity. Since it had twice the torsional rigidity, engineers firmed up the continuously adjusting Adaptive Dynamics dampers and added stiffer springs for better handling. “Torque Vectoring by Braking” (official acronym: TVbB) grips the inside discs in a turn and works with the second-generation electronic active differential (0-100 percent lockup in 0.2 seconds) to get through corners quicker. Optional carbon ceramic matrix brakes stop the whole thing without drama or fade.

Below the belt line, just about everything is the same as the convertible. Powertrains are identical: the 3.0-liter supercharged V6 can be tuned to either 335 hp in the base model or 375 hp in the S, while a 543-hp supercharged 5.0-liter V8 powers the R Coupe. All engines are mated to quick-shifting eight-speed ZF automatics.

What's It Like To Drive?

The F-Type Coupe is quicker around the N

By Mark Vaughn