You can kiss burnouts in the V8-powered F-Type R goodbye if
you live in the US, because Jaguar will cease imports of rear-wheel drive
models, solely offering it as AWD.
That’s due to the UK-based manufacturer’s shakeup of its US
range with the newly introduced all-wheel drive and manual gearbox option.
So, if you want the full 550 hp R model, you will not be
able to order it with rear wheel drive. In fact, now that the 495 hp V8 S has
been killed off too, you can’t really get a V8 F-Type without AWD.
Even so, it’s no biggie if you were after purity, because
you can now get it with a manual gearbox and rear-wheel drive, though you have
to make do with the supercharged V6 (in either state of tune). In making the R
exclusively AWD, Jaguar has limited its appeal, while at the same time making
it a kind of Nissan GT-R/Porsche 911 Turbo rival.
The R will still be offered without AWD elsewhere outside
the US, though manuals will continue to be V6-only options no matter where you
order it.
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