Jaguar has
officially gotten into the electric-vehicle market with the launch of the new
I-Pace. You can bet your leaping cat there’ll be more to follow, and according
to the latest intel coming in from the UK, that could include the replacement
for the current F-Type.
According to
Autocar, the
British automaker is considering producing an all-electric version of the
next-generation F-Type. But it could still be a ways off.
Though Jaguar’s
sports car is already six years old, its replacement isn’t expected to come for
another couple of years from now. The company’s chief designer Ian Callum told
Autocar that “being a specialist car, it will have a longer life than the mainstream
models,” but that “there will be a future for the F-Type.”
Just what that
future will look like is the subject of some speculation. Last month we brought
you a report from another British publication that Jaguar Land Rover is working
out a deal with BMW to supply the replacement for its celebrated but aging
5.0-liter supercharged V8, with the German automaker’s 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8
tipped to find its way into the next F-Type before being implemented in other
JLR models, including the replacements Jaguar XJ, Range Rover, and Range Rover
Sport.
It’s likely that
the next F-Type would continue offering JLR’s Ingenium four-cylinder engines,
with the BMW V8 powering the top version. But adding an all-electric variant
could give Jaguar a rival to the forthcoming Tesla Roadster, much as the I-Pace
has gone after the Model X.
