Could The Jaguar F-Type Be Joined By Another Sports Car?

After hearing rumors for several months, Jaguar finallyrevealed a major faceliftfor the2021 F-Type. The new 2021 model includes a refreshed exterior and interior and numerous changes under the hood. The most potent 5.0-liter supercharged V8 now produces 575 horsepower (an increase of 25 hp) in the R variant, while the 3.0-liter supercharged V6 and 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder produce 380 and 296 hp respectively.

Overall, we like the F-Type's facelift and are happy to see Jaguar continue to build a sports car. But being the greedy car enthusiasts we are, we can't help but wish the British automaker would add a second sports car to the lineup. In a recent interview withAuto Express, Jaguar's new design director Julian Thomson hinted that this could be a possibility.

"Jaguar will always build sports cars. I'd love to do more than one," Thomson said. Even though SUVs and crossovers have dominated sales charts, Thompson believes sports cars could make a comeback as people begin to miss the enjoyment of driving.

"In this day and age of electrification and autonomous technology, a part of me thinks there may be a resurgence of people enjoying transportation for transportation's sake and driving for driving's sake," he explained. "Whether that makes the market bigger I don't know, but I think there is a threat to volume production cars and they are going to struggle to find a position on what they do. I'd hope that truly special and luxury cars, sports cars, will find a place where they have the option to be more exotic."