First Jaguar F-Type Coupe Purchased by Jose Mourinho

The Jaguar F-TYPE Coupe will not be officially launched until Friday evening at the CanaryWharfEastwinterGarden in London; however, the first Coupe has already been sold. The event will be hosted by Jeremy Hicks the managing director for Jaguar Land Rover and will have a very diverse audience made up of British media, the brand ambassadors for Jaguar, and of course many potential customers.

Ian Callum the design director will present the Jaguar to the waiting audience, but the real treat will be seeing Jose Mourinho as he is the newest brand ambassador and also the first customer to receive a F-TYPE Coupe making his gig a pretty sweet deal.

JaguarLand Rover UK Managing Director Jeremy Hicks said: “I am really excited to be officially presenting the new F-TYPE Coupé in the UK for the first time. This sports car is as important to the Jaguar brand as it is spectacular to drive.

“Jaguar is a brand with great momentum, launching many exciting new products. We are developing a new advanced aluminum architecture that will be the basis of a range of highly efficient, yet high performance sports and luxury Jaguar cars in future. We now employ more than 26,000 people in the UK across Jaguar Land Rover. These are all positive signs for our business, our people and our customers.”

“With the F-TYPE Coupé, our designers and engineers have created the ultimate expression of Jaguar DNA; beautiful design combined with immense dynamic performance. I am sure all our customers will be as excited as our new ambassador José Mourinho at the prospect of driving the new F-TYPE Coupé.”

The F-TYPE Coupé UK debut will open with an exclusive screening of the dramatic new Jaguar ‘Rendezvous’ advert, directed by Oscar-winner Tom Hooper and starring Sir Ben Kingsley, Tom Hiddleston and Mark Strong. The advert is the latest offering in Jaguar’s ‘British Villains’ campaign which began with the introduction of the F-TYPE Coupé in November 2013, and made its world premiere during the coveted advertising slot in the Super Bowl XLVIII North America broadcast interval.  Having now received more than 11 million views online, the advertisement will hit television screens in the UK for the first time in April.

Jaguar announces positive Residual Value ratings for F-TYPE Coupé

In addition to the compelling performance and technical specification offered in all derivatives of the new F-TYPE Coupé, Jaguar today announces excellent Residual Value ratings by industry experts CAP Automotive for its newest sports car – particularly when measured against its established competitor models.

JaguarLand Rover UK Managing Director Jeremy Hicks said: “The confidence CAP Automotive has shown in the ownership proposition offered by the F-TYPE Coupé is great news to our dealers and our customers. It is also a clear sign that we are making great progress against our competitors.”

Jaguar F-TYPE Coupé product highlights

The new F-TYPE Coupé is the most dynamically capable, performance-focused, production Jaguar everThe model line-up is headlined by the F-TYPE R Coupé, its 550PS/680Nm 5.0-litre V8 supercharged engine enabling acceleration from 0-60mph in 4.0-seconds, and a top speed of 186mph (limited)

The F-TYPE R Coupé features Jaguar’s second-generation Electronic Active Differential which works in parallel with a new Torque Vectoring by braking system to deliver enhanced agility and exploitable handling at the limitF-TYPE Coupé builds on Jaguar’s industry-leading expertise in aluminium delivering torsional rigidity of 33,000 Nm/degree – it is the most torsionally rigid production Jaguar ever

The all-aluminium F-TYPE Coupé embodies the uncompromised design vision of the award-winning C-X16 conceptF-TYPE S Coupé and F-TYPE Coupé models complete the range, powered respectively by 380PS and 340PS versions of Jaguar’s 3.0-litre supercharged V6 engine, giving 0-60mph in 4.8/5.1-seconds and top speeds of 171/161mph

A Carbon Ceramic Matrix (CCM) braking system – featuring 398/380mm discs front/rear – is optional on both F-TYPE R and F-TYPE S Coupé modelsAll engines drive the rear wheels through an eight-speed ‘Quickshift’ transmission with full manual sequential control via steering wheel-mounted paddles or the central SportShift lever

The F-TYPE Coupé has up to 407-litres of boot space – easily accommodating two sets of golf clubs – the tailgate being available with power assisted openingThe F-TYPE Coupé range complements the existing 2013 ‘World Car Design of the Year’ award-winning F-TYPE Convertible model line-up of F-TYPE, F-TYPE S and F-TYPE V8.