like i said before, change for the sake of change. it's like the frog in the pot of water that's getting hotter, before he knows it, it's too late. the F Type is turning into a 4 door XE as stmcknig said above and that's not a good thing. what they SHOULD have done, IMO, is address reliability concerns. i'm not saying reliability is a problem, i just bought my F Type and I had an XF before that, but perceived reliability issues are what holds back sales, not stale designs. JLR should have saved the $ on the update and put it into improving the engine's cooling plumbing or fixing the crappy entertainment interface. that stuff matters.

the marketing campaign of "we addressed the important issues" would sell more cars than "look, our grille is rounder and the headlights are flatter", especially since the cosmetic changes are bad.

 

If anyone thinks the price of used F Types is going to increase they must live in an alternative universe, just check book prices every month! A loaded( 95k) '14 will get you $30k trade in one a good day.

 

Agreed.
My loaded MY 2015 V6S was over $220,000 AU new and I would struggle to get $70,000 AU for it now (55k kilometres).

 

Still looks like a $200K car, though. That's one of the reasons why I dont see myself getting rid of mine, even though I really like the new version.

 

I'm never going to get rid of mine, there is nothing else out there that I would want that I could remotely afford.
Especially as I own it outright, it has been 99% trouble free and very easy and cheap to service and maintain.

 

I felt that way about my 2010 XKR. Then the F-Type came along ...

 

Yeah, but it was a different time. That era is gone. The next F-type will most likely be electric and boring. It is already boring design-wise with this new poorly thought out facelift. I doubt there will ever be a successor to top the 2013-2020 F-types. Beautiful, distinct looks, big V8 or even a manual with the V6. It's only downhill from now on.

 

As a cyclist, I've never understood why people think downhill is bad.

 

Because you are on the top of your game and they you go down.

 

+1 to all. My F-Type will be around far longer than I.

 

Can’t fight entropy. That’s the Way for all of us.

 

Someone has been watching The Mandalorian!

 

No...it’s the 3rd law of thermodynamics. (Can you spell “rust”?).
BTW, thanks for introducing me to the show. It shows promise.

 

Keep watching and you will "get" my reference!

 

Do you need to be a star wars fan to follow the show? I am more a star trek guy myself but I need something to keep me amused until Star Trek Picard starts and I have a full on nerdgasm.

 

Nup, you don't need to be Star Wars fan at all.
I'm not and I still like the new show.
It has a smattering of Star Wars themes in it (such as Storm Troopers, baddies that can't shoot straight to save their lives and goodies that never miss) but not much really.
It stands on it's own and the special effects and CGI blow Star Wars into the weeds.

Oh, forgot to add, lots of droids and a cute baby Yoda. Any more would be giving the game away!

 

The five Star Trek incarnations already take up 5 hours of my valuable viewing time every night except Saturday. Not certain I could afford to get addicted to another series. Thank god Babylon 5 and Battlestar Gallactica don’t appear in my cable offerings.

 

Concerning the new steering wheel, the one in my older Touran looks even better. What I found in this high resolution pictures also, now the leather is perforated on the hand grip section of the new 2021 steering wheel. For me this is nonsense as I was never having any problem with grip on a leather covered steering wheel. But this will accumulate dirt very quickly, specially driving under hot conditions or worser, driver with sweating problems.

 

That 2021 display looks real crappy. No sportiness to that at all. Looking more like a game app than a real instrument panel. I wonder if the reversed display is selectable .

 

I can even not understand what damaged brain had the idea to show a picture of the car on the instrument cluster.