TEST DRIVE+FULL REVIEW: Jaguar F-Type R

Hey guys, Will here with WTF Car Reviews. We got a pretty cool one here today. We're going to be reviewing this beautiful Jaguar F-Type R Supercharged. And huge thanks to Anthony, Manny, and the rest of the management and staff here at Infiniti of Clearwater for making this review possible. I'll leave a link to our inventory below. It's very impressive and if you're looking for a new or used vehicle in the Tampa-St. Petersburg Clearwater area, I would definitely recommend checking these guys out and ask for Anthony. And for those of you guys who don't know, the F-Type has been Jaguar's two-door, two-seater sports car since 2014. That's when the first model year was released. It kind of took over the XF platform, which was Jaguar's previous two-door sports car. The XF had rear seats, basically useless, kind of like the old Porsche 911s. Really didn't have much usable backseat space. So when they redesigned their two-door sports car idea, they just made the F-Type a two-seater car. But anyway, so this is a 2014 Jaguar F-Type R. The first year that the F-Type was introduced and our variant is going to have a supercharged 5-liter V8. Back in 2014, this motor made 550 horsepower and 502 pound-feet of torque, which was bumped up to 516 for the torque for the new generation's new facelifted Jaguar F-Types. But still very similar vehicle. The new generation F-Types are available with optional all-wheel drive as well as a hard top non-convertible. But here for the rear-wheel drive variant with these really sticky 295 tires, which we'll check out in one minute, you can still expect 0-60 between three and a half and four seconds depending on your traction. But as far as the front end styling, again, very beautiful. We're not going to have that much airflow for this radiator and intercooler, but as far as the front end still, that R badge up front really distinguishing red contrast around your Jaguar logo. I'm really digging the styling. I just wish we had a little bit more airflow for this 5-liter supercharged engine, which is probably going to get pretty, pretty hot. These little side skirts, they're not even that functional. We have a small amount of air opening for them, but really not a whole lot. So as far as airflow, it would be interesting to see how this vehicle handles like really hot days with some really aggressive driving. Nevertheless, we still get heat extractors on the roof as well as the sides. So as far as like the hot air building up in the engine bay, you shouldn't be too worried about it because this vehicle does have functional heat extractors. The headlights are going to be full LED labeled Jaguar LED technology on top of them. For the high and low beam, liking the black contrast for the headlight housing, it really fits in very nicely and flushly with this black paint. Really premium front end styling. I'm also a huge fan of the updated 2020 plus model year styling with the facelift, but here for the original 2014 Jaguar F-Type, really loving the front end styling. Functional parking sensors, it's going to help you protect this vehicle when parking. As far as the wheel and tire setup though, I'm loving these black rims. They're going to have these little lug patterns outside of them. Pretty interesting design. These beautiful black rims are 20 inches wrapped in 255-35 ZR20 Pirelli PZero summer performance tires. Some of the stickier summer performance tires in the business. Jaguar name right outside. This would really pop more if this car had like a white exterior paint color. The mirrors have an LED turn signal on them. The glass fills up the frame very well. Blind spot monitoring on the glass. This right interior is also gorgeous. We'll check all that out in one second. And this convertible top has a windscreen so even if you're driving at high speeds in the highway with the top down, you're not going to have to be killed with the buffering of the windows. The door handles also, they cave in so it's very nice to open with these Jaguar door handles and to lock the door you simply push them right back into place. And with the key in my pocket, I just have to press this button, opens right up and I can step into the 2014 Jaguar F-Type. I'm really liking the side profile too with those fixed rocker panels. It's not going to be a tacky additional little side skirt. That's all part of the chassis and frame of this vehicle. The rear wheel and tire setup also really impressive. Here we're going to have these 20 inch rims wrapped in 295 30 ZR20 Pirelli PZero summer tires. We'll see how it does when it comes to putting the power to the ground. Single piston brake caliper, that's a minus. I would expect to have at least a multiple piston for the rear of this pretty expensive sports car especially with the supercharged 5 liter engine. Rear styling, I love those rear taillights. They flare out perfectly making it really appear that this vehicle has some really thick hips. Definitely a very aggressive design for the rear end. R-badging quad exhaust tips. We'll take a squat back here, start this 5 liter supercharged V8 up and hear how she sounds. Alright guys, that was of course the sound of the supercharged 5 liter V8 sold by Jaguar for this F-Type to open up the hood. Similar to the Corvette, it opens up from this direction and here you have it. Your 5 liter supercharged V8, you get strut tower braces between of course your strut towers and this frame itself. This motor makes 550 horsepower, 502 pound-feet of torque. Enough to get this sports car to 60 between three and a half and four seconds depending on your traction. Those heat extractors as we mentioned are completely functional. Going to help cool off this massive really powerful 5 liter supercharged V8. We'll shut this thing up but as far as the interior on this Jaguar F-Type, let's take a step right here and check it out. So the door panel is going to be all red stitched leather. Very high quality look. Feels very soft and it's holding up fantastically. Auto on touch for the mirrors, adjustable windows. This grab handle, pretty interesting plastic design. You don't see that very often but it really fits in. You don't really notice it on the door panel. The seats are adjusted on the door panel too. Three-person memory. You can recline, slide, lift and drop the Really like the aluminum trim surrounding it and this premium audio system sounds absolutely fantastic. It's going to be a Meridian sound system. Two speakers on the door panel. Our nameplate is going to be outlined in aluminum. Really beautiful seats too. Look at these seats. Gorgeous red leather. They're going to be very supportive. The seats are also perforated, heated and ventilated. Jaguar nameplate up top. Really liking this high quality seating. Everything about it just looks very premium and unique. Stepping inside we can really check out the interior. Let's pick up this roof so we're not going to be killed with too much glare. The process pretty quick. Roof comes up, closes us away from the ridiculous amount of sunlight and the roof even latches itself. Really, really premium feature. We can lift these windows up. They're not going to be dual pane unfortunately. Kind of what we expect with a vehicle in this segment but not the biggest deal. We can turn this air down by a couple so you guys can hear a little bit better. The interior is super impressive. That red leather is going to continue for the dashboard. Dashboard is going to be stitched up top here too. Soft touch everywhere with more of that red leather. This grab handle is also leather wrapped. Such a premium looking interior. Leather for the area for your knee will often hit. Steering wheel super thick. Great bolstering notches. Metal aluminum shifters. The steering wheel controls control this little heads up screen. You can do so by pressing these buttons and you can adjust between AM, FM and that's about it. So there's not really that much of adjustability but you can adjust between AM, FM, voice commands and call settings. The horn is going to be rubberized with a Jaguar nameplate. Aluminum surrounding everything on the steering wheel. R badging underneath as far as the horn itself. Really aggressive sounding horn people will definitely be getting out of your way. Heated steering wheel, limiter, cancel and the cruise control settings. The stocks for the turn signals. Pretty satisfying click. Not the biggest deal. It's not what you buy this vehicle for. Automatic headlights will put them into their automatic function. Rain sensing wipers to be expected. The gauges go to 220 miles per hour. It's listed at 210 but there's an additional notch beneath. I don't think this car is capable of going that fast but it's still nice to have a pretty high reading speedometer. The tach goes to about 6600 RPM. Pretty high rev high revving supercharged V8 and it sounds absolutely ridiculous. It's unfortunate we have a 4000 RPM rev limiter but just listen to this thing. Sounds absolutely ridiculous guys. One of the best sounding motors in the business. These shifters of course control your ZF 8-speed automatic transmission. R badging right above your infotainment display and as far as infotainment this is a 2014 vehicle. I know the air vents are probably blowing into the microphone and I apologize but the infotainment screen is really high resolution. Very responsive. It's better than a lot of new vehicles on the road today. Super high response. Remember this car is eight years old. Almost 10 year old car and it's this high tech holding up extremely extremely well. Jaguar doesn't really have the best reputation when it comes to longevity. Back when I was like 18 years old I actually bought a 2003 Jaguar S-Type with a V8 engine. It was a really cheap car. It was like $3,400. I bought it for cash and it gave me over a year of driving. I put over 20,000 miles on that car. So I've always had a special appreciation and respect for Jaguar as a whole. They make some really nice cars and if you can maintain them, if you find somebody that knows how to work on the cars, they can really last you a very very long time. Like look at the interior. This vehicle looks like it's brand new. This car is almost 10 years old. It's ridiculous. Automatic climate as we mentioned. Heated and cooled seats. They're not going to be right here. You have to go through the infotainment to set that up. Engine start stop is going to be in the center area. The gear selector controls your 8-speed transmission. As far as the backup camera, really high resolution. We have 360 sensors too. It's going to be right here. They're not going to be labeled. There we go. 360 sensing. Way ahead of its time guys. The cameras are really high resolution. You get guidance lines and trajectory. I'm really loving this car. To put it back into park, you just press this button up top. We have additional manual shift controls. You just put the car into drive, slap it to the left. In the proper directions, you upshift and downshift. Put it back into park. You simply press the button. To the left of the steering wheel, we have our drive mode select. Here we have snow mode. By pressing forward, we have snow mode. We also have dynamic mode. When you're not in rain, ice or snow mode, you're going to be in normal mode. You can push back and you're going to be put into dynamic. It's all going to be confirmed through your little heads up screen up top. Behind it, we have our electronic parking brake. Traction control, which you can disable. We're not going to disable it for the purpose of this review. Exhaust, you can make it loud or quiet with this button. Auto start stop, which you can also disable and your self-deploying spoilers. Right now, it's hidden away. You press this button, the spoiler pops right out. Press one more time and the spoiler's gone. Pretty cool. Overall, this is your convertible top button, volume adjustments, pretty convenient spot for a passenger, even though the scrap handle might get a little bit in the way. You press this button and it exposes two cup holders with a small little pass-through. They're going to be aluminum on the bottom, kind of premium look. You don't see that very often. The armrest, pretty soft armrest, too, and you open it up. Decent amount of space. I'd say you fit maybe four or five cans of 12-ounce cans. Decent amount of space. Line with felt, two USB ports, and a SIM card 12-volt that's in there as well. The glove box, you press this button on the dashboard and it pops right down. Line with felt, massive. You fit in 20, 25 license plates with no problem whatsoever. Really spacious vehicle. Such a premium interior. Three garage settings on your frameless mirror. Really impressive. You have leather stitching for this upper portion of here, too. I'm blown away with this interior. This is one of my favorite cars when it comes to luxury and performance that I've reviewed in this channel, par none. Really impressive car, guys. Let's check out the trunk real quick and then take this car out for a drive. All right, guys. To step into this trunk, you got to press this button for the trunk release. It's going to be hydraulically assisted. Even though it's a convertible, you get a decent amount of space. It caves in very deep. I don't think you're going to fit any luggage, suitcases, or golf bags in here, but as far as grocery bags, you have more than enough overall space. That's not why you buy this car. You don't buy it because of the trunk space. You buy these cars because of their excellent, excellent performance. Speaking of that, let's take this F-Type R Jaguar out for a drive. All right, guys. Now, we've just about seen everything we need to see with the inside and outside of this Jaguar F-Type R supercharged five liter V8. Let's take it out for a drive. The first thing I notice is the steering feels very well on center. Jaguar, the Jaguar that I own, had some of the sloppiest steering that you can ever imagine. It was like a 70s Cadillac. You could turn probably a good three inches before the wheel started to respond. This isn't the case stepping out of the M3 or the M4 that we just reviewed in this channel. The steering here is almost just as sharp and direct. The M4 steering is incredible. This isn't quite as good, but it is right up there. As soon as we get the chance, we'll step out onto this multiple lane highway and see a little acceleration run. Right here, second gear. Wow, guys. This thing can really fly. This is a very, very fast car. It just takes off. I can definitely see zero to 60 happening in the mid to high three second range if you get a good launch off the line. Just cruising along. We're in dynamic mode, so the exhaust is going to be pretty loud, just rolling around 1,200 RPM. You hear a little bit of exhaust noise. Not the most. It's not going to be anything unbearable. Just daily acceleration right here. Really impressive car, guys. We can activate these paddles too. Whoa. I think this car should escape for itself. It is really, really fast. All right, guys. Throwing it in right here. Steering feels super on center. The handling is very flat, really composed through the wheel. Very low blind spots and leaning into it. Good God, this thing is fast. Oh, my gosh. All right, guys. Stepping out into this highway, we'll merge on second gear. Wow. Yeah, this thing can really get up and go very, very quickly. Just cruising on the multiple lane highway. We'll throw it into eighth gear, overdrive, 55 miles per hour, like 1,300 RPM. We hear a little bit of road and wind noise. Most rag tops aren't going to be the most isolated from the road. But eighth gear, uphill, good torque. We're accelerating basically at zero throttle. Really, really impressive car. It's a beast. It's a luxurious beast. Sounds insane. Insane. One of the best sounding vehicles on the road. Expansion. Boom. So the concrete pavement, you hear the difference clearly. The road noise is going to be pretty apparent in this Jaguar F-Type. But the wind noise, not too bad, even though this vehicle has a rag top. And rag tops don't usually have the best wind noise. Thrown in right here, steering feels fantastic in dynamic mode. It looks like we're clear. One more. All right, guys, that's about it. We don't have to push it a whole lot farther than that. I hope you get the point. We'll take it out of the loud exhaust mode, throw it into just regular comfort mode, normal mode. And the steering gets noticeably lighter, much lighter on center. And when you turn the wheel itself, it's still going to be super direct, though. Really, really impressive steering. I think we need to be this lane, actually. But yeah, the steering lightens up significantly in the regular normal mode. The dynamic stiffens up the steering noticeably, but not to the point where it's annoyingly heavy. It's still a lighter steering than the M3, M4 that we reviewed. And this engine start stop button, kind of annoying. So we'll turn it off for the purpose of this review. You can hear that V8 sounds glorious. Other than that, though, unbelievable car. This could easily be like all around my favorite car, like on the road today. You have unbelievable performance, unbelievable performance. It looks so beautiful, especially the new post facelifted F-Types. They are genuinely one of my favorite cars on the road. If I had the money, this would 100% be a car that I'll be looking to get. So for you guys, as viewers, if you're if you have the money, if you have over $100,000 to spend on a ridiculously fast, unbelievably comfortable and luxurious sports car, I would 100% recommend checking out the Jaguar F-Type. This is 100% one of the most impressive vehicles in the segment. Other than that, though, huge thank you to Anthony and Manny here at Infinity of Clearwater for making this review possible. Beautiful dealership. They have an unbelievable inventory of both new and used cars. Some of the used cars they have are just unbelievable. I don't know where they find them from, but I'm just so, so unbelievably grateful to be able to review the cars that I've been able to review. And I want to give a huge thanks to both Manny and Anthony. Other than that, though, huge thanks to all you guys for watching. I had an unbelievable time making this video. Like I said, this is one of the most impressive cars that I've ever had the chance to drive in my life. One more time on the gas. It's so fast. It's so fast. That's all I can say. It's so fast. It looks so good. It's so comfortable and luxurious. This car is just flat out amazing. If you're new to this channel, however, please subscribe. Please consider subscribing. If you've already subscribed, thank you so much. You know, I have unbelievable amount of gratitude for all the subscribers. The channel is just not possible without you guys. And I really have a huge appreciation for each and every one of you. But if you haven't subscribed yet, please subscribe. Leave a like too. It really helps me out with the YouTube algorithm. That's how these videos get promoted to new people. Leave a comment. 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