After a production run lasting 11 years, Jaguar has built its final F-Type sports car – now off to become a museum piece.
The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust will become custodians of the last F-Type convertible, having previously taken ownership of the final coupe as well.
It means the F-Type will sit alongside icons from the history of the Jaguar brand – including the very last E-Type – as part of a carefully preserved heritage collection.
End of the line for F-Type
Rather poignantly, the F-Type will enter the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust exactly 50 years after the final E-Type left the factory.
The E-Type in question is a 5.3-litre V12 Series III Convertible. It represents one of the 72,528 E-Types made between 1961 and 1974, before production ended with a special run of 50 cars.
Jaguar’s inspiration for the final F-Type came from its illustrious predecessor, with Giola Green paint and a black roof chosen for the 5.0-litre V8-powered convertible. On the inside, the F-Type has a tan leather interior.
Although production of the F-Type has now ended at Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich facility, the car will remain available to buy until early 2025.
An electric future beckons
The end of the E-Type production led to the launch of the modernised XJ-S, but the F-Type’s replacement will be an even more radical transition.
Instead of the combustion-engined sports car, Jaguar will reveal an fully electric four-door GT in early 2025.
The plan is for Jaguar to become entirely electric, with the XE and XF saloons also having now reached the end of their production runs.
Rawdon Glover, managing director of Jaguar, said: “Today, as we celebrate F-Type and our 75-year history of innovative Jaguar sports cars, we are also looking forward to the beginning of a new era.
“We will reimagine and elevate the Jaguar brand that will be focused on growing client intimacy and engagement, underpinned by our purpose to inspire like no other.”