Jaguar announced earlier this month it was adding instinctive all-wheel-drive to the 2016 F-TYPE R Coupe. The all-wheel-drive technology is a first for the F-TYPE lineup.
More details about the 2016 model will be made available at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show, but the company did let us in on a few secrets. The already impressive car improved its speed as it now reaches 60 mph in 3.9 seconds with a limited top speed of 186 mph.
According to the website, the "standard Instinctive All-Wheel-Drive and Intelligent Driveline Dynamics will provide F-TYPE R drivers with improved traction and confidence in a variety of road conditions."
"Our target with engineering the all-wheel-drive F-TYPE was to maintain the engaging rear-drive character that's so important to Jaguar sports cars, yet offer even greater dynamic capability." - Ian Hoban, Vehicle Line Director, Jaguar.
The people at Time.com took a test drive in the new model and came away impressed. They also provided a detail that wasn't included in Jaguar's initial press release.
"The F-Type even has a trick in its bag when you're doing zero: An Intelligent Stop/Start feature shuts the motor off at a traffic light, but touch the gas pedal and the car jumps back to life. It's quite unexpected, and it helps keeps the fuel consumption in the 20 mpg range. To manage all that muscle, there's a very smooth eight-speed, paddle-shift automatic transmission."
As mentioned above, more details will be available on November 19 at the LA Auto Show. But from the sounds of it, Jaguar will have an impressive showing.
