---
title: "2018 Jaguar F-Type Gets 2.0-Liter Turbo Four"
description: "Being a Jaguar-driving villain just got a bit more economical."
date: "2017-04-12"
modified: "2017-04-12"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/9226/2018-jaguar-f-type-gets-2-0-liter-turbo-four"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Coupe"
  - "engines"
  - "F-Type"
  - "Jaguar"
  - "luxury"
  - "News"
  - "sports car"
  - "sports cars"
---

# 2018 Jaguar F-Type Gets 2.0-Liter Turbo Four

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Following in the footsteps of rival [Porsche's 718](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/3170/porsche-718-cayman-is-your-new-turbocharged-tin-top-sports-car>) Boxster and Cayman, [Jaguar announced](<https://media.jaguar.com/news/2017/04/new-jaguar-f-type-four-cylinder-pure-sports-car-even-greater-agility-and-efficiency?q=&start=0&brand=jaguar>) today that the F-Type will gain a four cylinder option for the 2018 model year—specifically, a turbocharged 2.0-liter 'Ingenium' inline four producing a healthily adequate 296 hp. Hitting 0-60 in 5.4 seconds and topping out at 155 mph, the four-cylinder slots nicely beneath the bottom of the current F-Type range both in performance and in price reportedly starting at $59,900. According to Jaguar, the new engine uses 16 percent less fuel than the one-step-up V6, taking your gorgeous British sports car owning experience to new economical heights. A smaller engine also means a smaller curb weight as the new entry level F-Type is 52 kg—or 115 pounds—lighter on the scales.

Now for some not so good news. Jaguar's lighter, more nimble F-Type won't come in a manual, only offering an 8-speed 'Quickshift' automatic transmission. Your purist dreams of a light, manual, canyon-carving Jag will have to be put on hold.

Also, a common criticism of the recently downsized Porsche 718 twins is the sound. Those new flat-fours just don't sound nearly as good as the outgoing flat-sixes. Jaguar assures us that their signature—[and frankly amazing](<https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/videos/a26738/listen-to-the-savagery-of-this-jaguar-f-type-svr-coupe-at-the-nurburgring/>)—F-Type sound will not be lost on their new four-cylinder models by way of a "meticulously tuned intake and exhaust." Hopefully, *The Drive* will get to test how successful they were very soon.

The new, fuel sipping turbocharged F-Type is slated to go on sale this spring.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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