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2022 Jaguar F-type P450 Tested: Late, Great, V-8

Jeff Lincoln August 13, 2022

UPDATE 8/12/22: This review has been updated with test results.

Jaguar is looking for a new job. After a century of building beautiful, internal-combustion-engine cars, it’s pulling a Blues Brothers handbrake turn and is getting into the battery-electric space. Ask Jaguar where it’ll be in three years and its answer, like any good interview candidate’s, is intentionally vague. Jaguar promises an EV lineup in 2025 but is saying little more. When we visited the company’s North American headquarters in Mahwah, New Jersey, though, it wasn’t to see an EV. We came to drive an eight-cylinder F-type sports car and hammer it through the Hudson Valley.

For 2022, the F-type lineup goes all V-8. Replacing the previous supercharged V-6 and turbocharged inline-four is a detuned version of Jaguar’s greatest hit of the last decade, the supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 originally built by Ford. In the F-type P450, which now serves as the entry model, the engine puts out 444 horsepower and 428 pound-feet of torque. With that monster engine, plus the limited-slip differential, larger brakes, and 20-inch wheels pulled from the former P380 R-Dynamic, the 2022 F-type justifies its $8300 premium over last year’s four-banger base car.

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HIGHS: The sound of that V-8, genuine steering feel, just looking at it.

We’re keenly aware that a C8 Corvette could dust it, and at way less than our car’s $83,450 price as-equipped, but onlookers likely aren’t thinking about test data when you pull up in an F-type. As it has been since it launched for the 2014 model year, the F-type echoes the museum-grade sculpture of its esteemed predecessor, the E-type—one of only nine cars in the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection.

With the manual transmission consigned to history, we’d argue that the P450 is now the driver’s choice, since it pairs the V-8 with rear-wheel drive rather than all-wheel drive as in the 575-hp R. Jaguar hasn’t offered this combo since the 2015 R. Those earlier models were a tail-wagging handful, but this new one felt so neutral through the corners that we had to hop out and double-check for an AWD badge. (There wasn’t one, although the system is available on the P450 coupe or convertible for $10,000 as part of the R-Dynamic trim.) This latest rear-wheel-drive F-type has been tuned more for understeer to make owners more comfortable at the moderately high speeds and steering angles they’re likely to endeavor on the road. With its linear torque curve and quick steering, this F-type is less twitchy and demanding and more balanced and secure when being driven quickly. Tested on our Michigan skidpad, it clung to the tarmac to the tune of 0.93 g.

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Naturally, this car’s rear tires can billow bigger smoke clouds than Lil Wayne on a Wednesday, and we hit 60 mph in 4.0 seconds flat. That’s against 3.5 seconds in our test of the 2021 R coupe. The P450 rips through the quarter-mile in 12.4 seconds at 115 mph. It also stops from 70 mph in 158 feet.

LOWS: Getting outrun by Corvettes, blinkered rear visibility, frequent fill-ups.

The F-type has never really been a precision tool on back roads, though there’s more feedback in the steering than with many Audi RS or BMW M cars. The Porsche Cayman remains the gold standard, but it lacks the F-type’s hard-rock soundtrack: a low rumble on the highway, a savage roar when downshifted (89 decibels at wide-open throttle), and delicious pops on the overrun. Its 72 decibels cruising at 70 indicate the F-type has quieted down some—this one’s not as vociferous as older Rs and SVRs, which were louder than Harleys—and by default the muffler bypass valves stay closed on startup. But the exhaust pops and bangs are still out in force, and they’re not synthetic. When you lift the throttle, sometimes nothing happens, while other times you’ll light off fireworks. The sounds never exactly repeat.

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The leather-lined cabin, which some drivers find cramped, has aged well with its rich materials and the latest digital screens set among toggle switches, rotary climate controls, and the grab handle that divides driver and passenger. At seven cubic feet, the two-seat convertible’s cargo hold isn’t all too spacious on paper but will easily accept a golf bag and cleats.

Granted, the V-8’s fuel economy is marginal: 17 mpg city, 24 highway for rear-drive models and 1 mpg worse in the city with all-wheel drive. And you can’t see out the back—especially when the spoiler rises and the Jaguar logo reflects the sun directly into your eyes. But so what? This is your last chance to experience Jaguar’s classically styled, gas-burning sports car—V-8 powered, as the gods intended—before the brand jumps from the balcony into the pool of would-be Teslas. We don’t know what Jaguar will become, but the F-type is everything it was.

Specifications

Specifications

2022 Jaguar F-type P450
Vehicle Type: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door convertible

PRICE

Base/As Tested: $74,150/$84,350
Options: Interior Luxury package, $2000; 12-way heated and ventilated seats, $1800; performance seats, $1650; black exterior package, $1100; Meridian sound system, $900; beige top, $650; Blind Spot Assist package (blind spot assist and rear traffic monitor), $550; red brake calipers, $550; keyless entry, $500; auto-dimming and heated mirrors, $400; air quality sensor, $100

ENGINE

supercharged and intercooled DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, direct fuel injection
Displacement: 305 in3, 5000 cm3
Power: 444 hp @ 6000 rpm
Torque: 428 lb-ft @ 2500 rpm

TRANSMISSION

8-speed automatic

CHASSIS

Suspension, F/R: control arms/multilink
Brakes, F/R: 15.0-in vented disc/14.8-in vented disc
Tires: Pirelli P Zero
F: 255/35R-20 (97Y) JRS
R: 295/30R-20 (101Y) AMS

DIMENSIONS

Wheelbase: 103.2 in
Length: 176.0 in
Width: 74.2 in
Height: 51.5 in
Passenger Volume: 51 ft3
Trunk Volume: 7 ft3
Curb Weight: 3953 lb

C/D TEST RESULTS

60 mph: 4.0 sec
100 mph: 9.5 sec
1/4-Mile: 12.4 sec @ 115 mph
130 mph: 16.4 sec
150 mph: 23.7 sec
Results above omit 1-ft rollout of 0.3 sec.
Rolling Start, 5–60 mph: 4.2 sec
Top Gear, 30–50 mph: 2.3 sec
Top Gear, 50–70 mph: 3.0 sec
Top Speed (mfr’s claim): 177 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 158 ft
Braking, 100–0 mph: 318 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft Skidpad: 0.93 g

C/D FUEL ECONOMY

Observed: 19 mpg
75-mph Highway Driving: 28 mpg
75-mph Highway Range: 510 mi

EPA FUEL ECONOMY

Combined/City/Highway: 19/17/24 mpg

C/D TESTING EXPLAINED

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