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Jaguar F-Type R AWD Coupé

This 300km/h super car is future classic right now and growing demand ensures value escalation. The best part of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the subtlety with which it blends in grey suburbia.

Dramatic design, improved dynamics, driver engagement and in both coupé and convertible form, does its World Car Design-winning predecessor’s form credit. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though, so indulge your eyes in judging the aesthetic appeal.

The F-Type’s driver-focussed 1+1 interior has been refined with discreet details and a heightened sense of luxury and sportiness, with a theatrical start button’s pulsing red ‘heartbeat’ that merges with ‘Jaguar Est.1935’ markings that hints at Jaguar’s rich heritage.

Tactile materials such as Windsor leather, Engine Spin metallics and satin-finish Noble Chrome add touches of luxury and are complemented by beautifully crafted monogram stitch patterns and Jaguar Leaper or R motifs embossed in the headrests.

Available throughout the first year of production is a special First Edition version of the P380 all-wheel drive exclusively. The First Edition adds 20” Diamond Turned alloys, ‘First Edition’ scripting on the door tread plates and aluminium instrument panel