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| Photo: Jonathan Burton |
KZN this week played host to the South African launch of four sleek
Jaguars F-Type coupés that had heads turning from Umhlanga to the Hesketh race
track in Pietermaritzburg.
Power is delivered from a range of four sonorous engines — a
three-liter V6 mapped to make either 250 kW or 280 kW; and a five-liter V8
mapped to make 364 kW or 405 kW.
Jaguar is justifiably proud of its Roots-type twin vortex
supercharger mounted on the ‘V’ of the engine. It boosts the power in a linear
line and makes high levels of torque at all engine speeds.
The top of the range F-Type R’s 405kW makes its 680 Nm torque at
3 500 rpm to go from 0-100 km/h in less than five seconds, even with two blokes
on board.
The convertible costs R869 996, or R11 065 per month for buyers
taking the 30% balloon payment option with a 10% deposit. The S Convertible
costs R999 896 and the V8 S Convertible R1 426 111.
The Jaguar club in Pietermaritzburg, who had to travel to Umhlanga
to have new Jags serviced, were glad to learn KZN’s capital will have its own
Jaguar dealership from July 1, under dealer principle, Peter Caley from SMG
South Coast.
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Mike Fogg, MD of the company that owns the Hesketh track, said the
development of a motor club and country estate at the track will finally go
ahead. The plans were first announced in 2008 — “just in time for the global
recession” — but Fogg said the economy “has now recovered significantly” and the
track can provide the perfect setting for tourism activities for
petrolheads.
