Oh sweet merciful manual transmissions, I think I'm in love.
I thought it was available with the 6 cylinder
captdownshift wrote: I thought it was available with the 6 cylinder
I agree with Clarkson that the 6cyl is the only one you should buy anyways.....
Yeah, baby! 
BTW it's pretty well known among E type fanbois that the V12 cars are NOT the way to go for performance. Can't see where that would change, although I still loooooove the sound of an uncorked V12...
Unfortunately, this still doesn't fix the problem of my not being able to afford one.
I would love one as a daily.
Curmudgeon wrote: Yeah, baby!
Aren't these V8 cars...?
Did the v8 cars have a manual available along with being RWD until this year when they went AWD and auto only on the v8 and rwd manual or auto on the v6?
In reply to moparman76_69:
Nope. Before this year, it was auto or nothing.
Auto or nothing before, then only 2015 AWD I think.
Now you can get a manual with RWD only I believe.
there should be no AWD F type, but that's for a different thread.
agreed! Front Engine - > Manual Transmission - > rear Diff w/lsd
Swank Force One wrote:Curmudgeon wrote: Yeah, baby!Aren't these V8 cars...?
F type is available V6 or V8.
I was talking about the earlier E type where the last few years of production you could get the Series III which was the porky and poorly balanced V12 Etype. It wasn't really any faster than the 6 cylinder cars either.
Sexy, thank you Jaguar, but I still have to choose the 15 GT350R
Ok I misunderstood. 8 speed auto with flappy paddles only. Both the V6 and V8 were RWD. For 2015 the V6 gets a true manual and the V8 goes AWD still auto only.
Smoking Tire has discussed the F type quite a bit recently and the consensus was the v8 car will kill the vast majority of people who'd buy it in RWD trim and the v6 is really a better choice.
I just built one on Jaguar's website for only $67,300. I wonder if they'd throw in the floor mats? The website still doesn't mention a choice of gearboxes.
Maybe in a few years if the ND Miata doesn't float my boat I can buy one of these used. I imagine the manuals will be a unicorn in the used market.
In reply to JoeTR6:
That's my guess too. Just like the old 300SL mercedes in the '90s. They made what, 3 or 4 hundred of them?
Hhmm new F type or used early Aston Vantage? Both with manual. I guess it would come down to DD vs second car status.
The F Type is a very pretty car. Looks a lot more sportscar than gentleman's driver.
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