"Facelift"??
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There's been so much talk about the "facelift" for 2020 or maybe it's 2021.
But every single freaking year they've changed things, from lights, side skirts, gills, etc.
What, praytell, are the actual changes/facelift features that make people talk like this is a brand new vehicle or a total refresh?
But every single freaking year they've changed things, from lights, side skirts, gills, etc.
What, praytell, are the actual changes/facelift features that make people talk like this is a brand new vehicle or a total refresh?
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Uncle Fishbits (08-13-2019)
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The previous facelifts have really not been much of a change. This facelift will have different taillights and completely new headlights that are horizontal instead of vertical. And they also say the interior will be more like the XE, more electronics and no analog speedometer. However the shape of the car will be absolutely identical.
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The previous facelifts have really not been much of a change. This facelift will have different taillights and completely new headlights that are horizontal instead of vertical. And they also say the interior will be more like the XE, more electronics and no analog speedometer. However the shape of the car will be absolutely identical.
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Uncle Fishbits (08-13-2019)
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Cheers. We have the new XE and as much as I like it, the interior of the F Type doesnt need to be changed for it. I get from one car to the other and think the quality is about the same, the incontrol touch duo system looks much better in the XE which previously had heaps of little buttons down the bottom of the centre stack, but the F Type doesnt as it has the switches and big dials anyway, so really it isnt fixing anything there. So to take the XE dash and centre stack and whack it into the F Type is really (to borrow a phrase) answering a question that no-one was asking.
From watching the camo'd cars in their testing videos I'm relatively positive about the external changes as I quite like the headlight design of the new vantage despite a lot of other people thinking it looks miata-ish. I'm also the one person on the forum who likes the bassy engine note from those clips, though I'd want it to be present at all speeds and not just when the car is being pounded.
From watching the camo'd cars in their testing videos I'm relatively positive about the external changes as I quite like the headlight design of the new vantage despite a lot of other people thinking it looks miata-ish. I'm also the one person on the forum who likes the bassy engine note from those clips, though I'd want it to be present at all speeds and not just when the car is being pounded.
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Uncle Fishbits (08-13-2019)
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VIDEO: Does this Jaguar F-Type have a BMW V8 under its hood?
https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/08/12/v...nder-its-hood/
https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/08/12/v...nder-its-hood/
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Uncle Fishbits (08-13-2019)
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VIDEO: Does this Jaguar F-Type have a BMW V8 under its hood?
https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/08/12/v...nder-its-hood/
https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/08/12/v...nder-its-hood/
And it even has the steering wheel on the correct side!
I'm guessing the Beemer lump weighs a lot less than the existing V8 so balance and handling should be improved.
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VIDEO: Does this Jaguar F-Type have a BMW V8 under its hood?
https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/08/12/v...nder-its-hood/
https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/08/12/v...nder-its-hood/
The sound is gone...
First thing to my mind: It's that same let-down feeling that you get when you select the title of a classic song on a playlist, only to be met by a thin-sounding cover by a lesser performer (surely well-intentioned, but underqualified).
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Uncle Fishbits (08-13-2019)
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However, they all sound different. They're trying to get a wider market and more demographics with this single vehicle, and I assume most consumers are buying their model based on pricing? I didn't... because after coming from a 4cyl '95 Wrangler, i assumed an 8cyl F-Type would be my early death, and I didn't really want to afford it. I could pay for the base model and be done with it, but I discovered afterwards, the difference between the base exhaust note and the "S" is surreal. Personal opinion I mean ZERO offense but I am deeply not a fan of the "S" exhaust note. The R tuned has a sound that would get me arrested in my sleepy burb. The 4 has got to have a different sound, right? Anyhoo... it's irrelevant other than I belabored my random thoughts. I kept coming back to that fact.. they all sound different.
But now back to your defense, this is the straight six, right? I would be fascinated to think about exhaust note trade off vs what it feel to drive that vs our engine.
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Could it be a 3.0 straight 6, with quad exhaust to get a V8 sound? I would like. I remember someone said that the electric turbo efficency could get power near 500 hp from a 3.0
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That's not quite how it works unfortunately, changing the exhaust to a V8 quad won't make a V6 sound like a V8.. But that car is definitely a V8!
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I reckon it's just the slightly dodgy render showing a "de-power recess" so don't fret too much!
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