Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth confirmed this month that
every model from the automaker launched from 2020 will feature some form of
electrification.
That means even the F-Type will be electrified, something
Jaguar Land Rover CEO Joe Eberhardt recently confirmed to Automotive
News (subscription required).
Heck, even the Ford Mustang is
being hybridized so an F-Type with an electric motor and battery
doesn’t really seem that odd anymore.
Of course, it could simply be that the F-Type will receive a
mild-hybrid setup. This is where an electric motor-generator is really only
used for starting the engine and powering some ancillary features, so those
fearing the electric revolution shouldn’t get too concerned just yet.
The good news is that Jaguar is committed to the F-Type
despite low sales. Only about 45,000 have been sold worldwide since the start
of sales.
“We are going to do another range of sports cars
eventually,” Jaguar design boss Ian Callum told Automotive News. “[Sports
cars] are not going to go away.”
The current F-Type is related to the XK which dates back to
the last decade. The next one should be a clean-sheet design, a move which may
also leave the opportunity for the car to adopt a mid-engine
layout. There’s no word on when we’ll see it arrive. Considering the
current model was introduced for 2014 and given an update for 2018, we should
see the next one introduced for 2021 or thereabouts.
source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1112896_next-gen-jaguar-f-type-will-be-electrified
by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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