Jaguar F-type Project 7 (2015) review - CAR Magazine
In any normal F-type convertible, you’d press a button to put three layers of insulation between elements and hairstyle. Not in Project 7, a limited-run F-type that honours Jag’s seven Le Mans victories, and ditches electric roof for Bimini soft-top. This manual roof contributes to an 85kg weight saving and enables the cool new D-type-aping rear bodywork, but is as easy to erect as a ten-man tent in a hurricane. Rude – and slightly inconvenient – not to. Two years ago, the Project 7 concept charged about at Goodwood, tyre smoke clearing to reveal frantically waving chequebooks. Then design director Ian Callum announced this even sexier F-type was all a big tease. Waving of larger chequebooks ensued, and now we’re driving the production car. Project 7 is the first Jaguar to receive the Special Vehicle Operations treatment, the performance division tasked with doing for Jaguar Land Rover what AMG does for Mercedes. There, the new composite upper rear bodywork and roof are fitted, along with a windscreen that’s some 114mm shorter and matched to new side windows. The supercharged V8 is boosted from the F-type R ’s 542bhp to 567bhp, torque increasing from 461lb ft to 516lb ft,. Source: www.carmagazine.co.uk
