Jaguar F-Type - The 40-year Itch

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Between 1966 and 2013, Jaguar sought to create a replacement for its legendary E-Type in the form of the F-Type, a car that went through many different permutations, but wouldn't come to the marketplace until the 2013 model that we all know today, although during the mid-1980s, it did come tantalisingly close to fruition with the XJ41 and XJ42, a pair of incredibly stylish proposals that could have been just what Jaguar needed to get it back into the limelight after years of neglect under British Leyland, only for financial woes and significant over-engineering ultimately distorting the design from its original concept, leading to this machine's failure to reach the showroom, although the XJ41 and XJ42 would emerge eventually in 1994, though wearing an Aston Martin badge instead.
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[@jaredquigley2481]

The E-type replacement was a huge source of frustration for me even though I was born in 1989, but I've been a big fan of Jaguar cars since a wee boy, and the waiting and wanting for this car for decades, and watching all the half arsed attempts, terrible concepts, promises that were made and after all of that, I'm glad you've been able to compile it into video, keep up the great work

[@DiscipleOfMan]

Fantastic video and great production, a really interesting look into the origins of the car and how its original style lives on to this day.

[@g_e_o_m9369]

Very cool, with one paragraph basically explaining why the Aston DB7 & 9 Family always looked like E-type derived designs when placed alongside the XKS and F-Types. I still covet an XKS after the Iceland chase sequence against the Vanquish in Die Another Day.

[@jamesthompson215]

The current F Type is a beautiful car. I got given a free ride in one when doing work experience for Auto Express. After delivering a Nissan Juke to a test track outside of London, the then Road Test editor James Disdale asked if I wanted a free ride in a F Type R. I obviously said yes and I got subjected to a wild balls out test on the test track's alpine full of powerslides, high speed & a journalist critique of 'hmmmm could handle better' while drifting over a blind jump at 40+ mph. I enjoyed every second of this beautiful mad car, especially as I didn't have to pay a penny for experiencing it as its near peak performance!

[@SlackActionBumble]

Happy ending. The Prototype went on to become an excellent Aston Martin car, and a couple of decades later Jaguar finally managed to make a pretty good F-Type after all. Way better story than the usual failed prototypes and missed opportunities of the British car companies.

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

To me the XK8 is the perfect car! As you said, it is a magnificent mixture of style, performance and comfort.

[@clunkclickeverytrip]

One of the cheaper cats to

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

@@clunkclickeverytrip Is it? As I am on the hunt for one in Germany (our second), there are very few decent examples left, and dealers hope to get over 30000 for them... Still, value for money is unbeatable.

[@throwback19841]

@@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X At those prices almost worth importing from the US - I picked up a 38k mile 2002 XKR for $12k USD, california car, rust-free

[@XJag9684]

As a kid I learned the most beautiful car is the E Type. I've never lost that itch. Having owned a 96 XJ6 that got destroyed only because the tire blew on the hwy and I couldn't pull over(road work) and yanked the wire harness in the wheel well. It was still running without the key or computer. Those AJ engines are built proof. Anyhow this brought back that love. Thanks early. AJ from MD

[@jonboy9912]

They could make that car today and it would be a winner!

[@rollertoaster812]

But they do!... oh I see what you did there 😂

[@goose4150]

It's just so fascinating how do Aston's and Jag's histories intertwined in this project

[@michaeloreilly657]

Nice to see your own work included in the video.

[@GeordieAmanda]

Superb and genuinely informative. As an owner of an F Type I've trawled the interweb and KZbin for information on it and your video is by far the most comprehensive on the car's 'potted' history. Thank you ❤

[@Andrewjg_89]

My Dad once had a Jaguar car before I was born and it was similar to the one shown on this video. And the interiors I have to say that they do look really nice and smooth as most interiors on Jaguar cars are very nice once they have been being built. And Jaguar of course are still making cars today. Also my Grandad also used to have a Jaguar car that he liked and drove all over the UK. I do remember him owning a Jaguar car and keeping it for collection.

[@herseem]

I was wondering when the XK8 was going to make an appearance in this story. Interesting origins. I have to say that the MK1 XK8 is probably one of the most elegant cars ever produced. And I have driven one as well. Beautiful. Annoyingly, the owner of the car (who was both drunk and high on cocaine at the time (which was why I was driving as I was neither) when we were going to pick up his co-director's mistress to rescue her from distress - that's a whole other story) who was sitting beside me kept putting the car in in 3 rather than D so he could hear the engine, whereas I wanted the gearbox to do it's thing and be efficient.

[@cellpat2686]

Very interesting story. I have always liked the Aston - like later XK8 that had such obvious classy touches added to it making it and the DB coupes twins - like vehicles.

[@MattBrownbill]

My memories of Browns Lane from the 90's include perspex sheeting over electrical installations to deflect rain leaking from the ancient roof!

[@TheHylianBatman]

I'm glad that it came out, at least.

[@azuljoazulejosdeportugal9212]

Loved your video. Amazing footage of the Aston/Jaguar prototype

[@AFExploration]

11.09 interesting they went as far as to register F885RHP for the road comes up as a 1989 3.9 Jaguar in Bronze

[@wadeslea]

The DB7 qnd XK8 were the quintissential 'footballer car' of the late nineties. Those left in 2023 seem to be driven exclusively by men in their sixties. Both great looking and 25 years on, I still cant decide which i prefer.

[@AntoniusTyas]

Always love the styling of the XK8, but the X150-gen XKR is the one for me. I am not picky but XKR-S in French Blue is my dream XK.

[@Uncle_Fred]

Yah, It's hard to imagine this vehicle had much appeal outside a very limited demographic of men.

[@CrashNBang4x4]

I'm 31, how rude haha

[@wadeslea]

@@CrashNBang4x4 😆 I apologise... You've classy taste for a 31-year old!

[@darrylmac6150]

Little XJ220 is beautiful!

[@davidpeters6536]

Beautifully told, a story of a concept that saved Aston and gave Jag the best selling XJ-S, both with the build quality and reliability of Ford. The X300 was a good car too. The only question I have is what chassis was under the DB7, did they use the shortened XJS or a new Ford platform like the ugly Mustang or later Cougar?

[@thomasfrancis5747]

Good video - by heck you rattle through it at a pace! I remember a Swiss company doing their modern interpretation of the E type (Lyonheart K) and thinking its timeless looks would still sell strongly today, especially the hardtop version.

[@DaveSCameron]

A treat for breakfast. ☘️

[@ianalderton6683]

The single fact that it took 30 or 40 years to get from E to F is proof that the product planers had absolutely no idea of what they were supposed to be doing . . .......

[@drstevenrey]

Of all the cars I have owned, both early for use and later collecting, no single mark has cost me so much pain and financial loss as, you guessed it: Jaguar. I will never ever touch this mark ever again, not with a barge pole. Hate them with a a passion. And it was the only remaining British mark I still sort of respected.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

Aerial Atom for you, Sir?

[@fhwolthuis]

Great video 👍🏻

[@marcusnaish3410]

always thought the series 3 soft top E type was superb. i also loved the flying buttresses on the xj-s which many people now say has matured very nicely. basically beautiful, fast, comfortable cars at extremely good price [ specially second hand ] how else could i have got my first v-12 at 21 years old?

[@macjim]

Slow down, Ruairidh, you sound like you’ve set you speech to x2… what’s the hurry? Your voice keeps speeding up then returns to normal… any else hearing the same?

[@Tom-Lahaye]

I had the same idea, my brain struggles to proces the flash flood of information that never stops or slows down, short stops between sentences would greatly help to actually remember after the video what was told. Also breaking it down in clearly defined sections will make the videos better. Not all of us are fighter pilots, most are not.

[@herseem]

Part of the issue is the Guinness-world-record-breaking length of his sentences.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

​@@herseemI think that that's the challenge herein perhaps more than the eagerness to impart his knowledge and therefore to go at motorway speed. You must have come across 84 line comments by these poor kids who've grown up texting,or worse still tweeting and therefore have not a §, nor a stop, comma or even overuse of exclamation marks ¡!¡! Thus they've no idea about the gift of paragraphs nor even commas to take a breath when this hapless reader ploughs through them. Anyway, stuff the emotional wrecks, ny dad's just bought one of these as a last hurrah before he starts dribbling into his silver beard.

[@EdgyNumber1]

.....And now its all about the SUV.....

[@mariemccann5895]

Excellent video.

[@Paper246]

G’day! :D

[@relaxitsme_alex9104]

Unpopular opinion but I don’t care. People are too harsh in the series 3 E-type. Is it as beautiful as the series 1 and 2? Not really but it’s close to me

[@scottyg7284]

You were incorrect when talking about the sunroof idea copying the rover tomcat roof, not in 1988 it didn’t , the rover 200 coupe range did not come out until 1992.

[@aveedub7403]

Wasnt it Tom Walkinshaw?? Good informative video otherwise!🙂🙂🙂

[@brokeafengineerwannabe2071]

Never knew DB7 was meant to be a Jag

[@CDBC]

😃

[@drstevenrey]

Perfectly matched to the oil crisis in 73 they come up with a V12, but in the 90s they put a Metro 4 banger in the XJ220. LOL. What is the fixation to have any V-a million engine, it's just daft as a brush. Build a 4 cylinder engine right and you get the same power from it as the British ever got from their V12s.

[@stoneylonesome4062]

Amazing looking car, ruined by its automatic transmission. Frankly, I think it should’ve been a roadster, anyway. AWD with a manual would’ve been cool, I think.

[@marcusnaish3410]

had 4 v-12's the third was a manual which i thought would be great. couldnt get rid of it fast enough. as long as you have enough power auto is the best of both worlds.

[@MilanStojakov]

Am I the only one who prefers the look of XJS over the E-type?

[@marcusnaish3410]

loved both.

[@richardbooth4573]

the 12 cyl was a mechanics nightmare.

[@herseem]

As I understand it, it was mainly a cooling system nightmare. According to a guy I knew who was selling one, the cooling system of the V 12 XJS was not really up to scratch, and if you did a long run and then hit traffic, it would lose a lot of coolant. There was a garage in the South of France that was positioned just after a 3-lane highway became a 1-lane road, and it specialised in Jaguar V12 cooling problems, apparently, because every summer there were a lot of them. And the process for refilling the cooling system was extraordinarily complicated according to the owner I knew (who was selling it to get an XK8). I also knew a guy who had an XJ12 and did a hard run down to the west country. Part way he noticed a ticking noise, the frequency of which corresponded with engine speed. On opening the bonnet on arrival he noticed one piston had thrown a rod through the block, yet it had not had any apparent effect on performance. This was the same guy who had gone racing with his motorbike after promising his girlfriend he wouldn't, and then crashed and broke the fairing. He stopped by a scrap yard on the way home just in case they had a compatible fairing, and by chance they did - surely a one in a 10 million chance, and so his girlfriend never found out. XXXXXXXX, wherever you are, I raise a glass to you, you lucky, lucky bastard.

[@marcusnaish3410]

the four i had were fine.

[@nickyboy.]

4th

[@dylanjimenez1952]

talk about Chinese cars success and failure of international expansion and soon into America

[@GetInGarage]

1st

[@jatzbethstappen9814]

Awesome but I think you've mispronounced "Tom Walkinshaw" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Walkinshaw_Racing