The new Jaguar F-Type is, essentially, the child of technology. To make it even sportier, they\u2019ve given it a bigger grille (\u201cA beautiful mouth\u201d, says Julian Thomson), but this touch, with a definite visual impact, was made possible by reducing the space occupied by the light units. These are \u201cof a type\u201d, Thomson specifies, \u201cthat the technology of 2013, when this series was created, didn\u2019t permit\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div>Front and rear lights from new technologies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Narrower and more streak-like, the headlights give the vehicle – both the coup\u00e9 and the convertible – a more modern look and make it appear wider and lower, just as the tail lights – which are also the product of new technology – lighten the tail and help accentuate \u201cthe Jaguar\u2019s rich sporty tradition\u201d. A transformed grille<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Always \u201cvery elegantly proportioned\u201d, the F-Type is, in his opinion, \u201cfresh, modern, and with a purity of shapes. We would always have wanted a front end that wasn\u2019t dominated by the headlights, but we didn\u2019t have the means to reduce them\u201d. The new grille is, thus, central to the transformation. But was it really necessary, given that the vehicle was still attractive? \u201cThe F-Type can count on a legion of passionate followers who are always waiting for the latest version. That\u2019s where the new exterior graphic elements and the touches on the interiors, in terms of quality and technology, come in\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div> Clear ideas right from the start<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The project was launched around the middle of 2017. The ideas were very clear right from the start, because of which, after the original sketches and the digital work, only two 1:1 clay models were needed. Matthew Beaven, who had already curated the F-Type original, worked on the exteriors in collaboration with the exteriors director, Adam Hatton. On the other hand, Alister Whelan worked on the interiors, which include the instrumentation on a 12.3-inch screen and a 10-inch touch-screen.<\/p>\n<\/div>
\nThis second series of the F-Type is the first Jaguar that Thomson, who spent twenty years in the control room alongside Ian Callum and has been head of design at Jaguar for around one year, has baptised.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>