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The snarling supercharged Jaguar F Type R coupe

Jaguar wowed the performance car arena when it introduced the voluptuously curved F-Type coupe. A front engine two seater available as both a coupe and a convertible, the more seductive model is actually the one that cannot take off its top. This particular 2015 example is the supercharged R model producing 550hp routed to the rear wheels via an 8 speed automatic torque converter transmission. This particular combination is extremely responsive and with the Dynamic Mode, the exhaust provides regular conversation of the impolite kind. The Type R sounds so good, the engine start-up helped close the sale of this particular example. The owner, an experienced track day participant has had a variety of high performance cars, most recently a Mercedes C63 coupe which is possibly one of the best all-around performance cars on in the sub $100k market. But it isn’t exotic and visceral as this fast feline. The Nissan GT-R was briefly considered but should be part of the Infinity dealer experience,...