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2018 F-Type Jaguar unleashed

JAGUAR Land Rover (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, an exclusive importer for Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in Malaysia, has launched the 2018 Jaguar F-Type Coupe 2.0L Ingenium.

There are slight changes to its exterior and interior, nonetheless, the main highlight is that the coupe is powered by the new 2.0-litre turbocharged Ingenium engine.

The engine produces 296hp at 5,500rpm and 400Nm of torque from 1,500rpmto 4,500rpm. It is mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission.

Jaguar claims that this rear-wheel drive variant can sprint from standstill to 100kph in 5.7 seconds with anelectronically-limited top speed of 250kph.

The changes on its exterior includes the redesigned LED headlights, taillights, bumper, exhaust tailpipe finisher and the 18-inch wheels. The company also introduced a new colour — Silicon Silver.

As for its interior, it is equipped with the light-weight slim-line seats. The seat’s weight was reduced by 8kg with the use of pressure-cast die-cast magnesium alloy for the seat frames. It comes with a new chrome and aluminium accent finishers trims.

There is also the Siena Tan leather option added to its interior colour schemes.

The F-Type features the Touch Pro infotainment

system with a 10-inch touchscreen. It runs on the quad-core processor and a high-speed 60GB solid-state drive (SSD), as well as an ultra-fast Ethernet network.

Thecar ispriced at RM575,800 excluding road tax, registration and insurance and it is available at Jaguar showrooms nationwide.

All Jaguar vehicles distributed by authorised dealers are covered by the Jaguar Care programme, which is based on whichever comes first 5-year or 150,000km warranty, 5-year or 65,000km servicing and 3-year roadside assistance.

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