• Starting to feel its age despite digital upgrades
• Most finishes are of sufficiently high quality
• Pity there are some cheaper feeling pieces, too

How is the quality and layout?

Being the sports car it is, you won’t be surprised to find that the Jaguar F-Type Coupe’s cabin is shaped so all of the important driving controls are facing towards the driver. In fact, the view directly in front of the passenger is rather plain, but there’s the functionality of an additional grab handle on their side of the centre console.

Generally, it’s a light place to be, and you’ve got a surprising amount of visibility considering the F-Type Coupe’s two-seat nature, particularly when reversing.

Many of the materials feel high quality with several buttons feeling plush to the touch thanks to a rubberised paint finish, but a few pieces of trim feel too cheap and flimsy to grace the interior of a car that costs this much. It’s also starting to look rather old when compared to the Porsche 911 and other newer rivals. At least this means no touch-sensitive controls for key features such as the heating.

Infotainment and tech

The infotainment system is familiar from other Jaguar Land Rover vehicles, and while it’s simple-to-use and intuitive, it lags behind the slick touchscreen interfaces of its German rivals. The fitment of Apple CarPlay is a useful alternative if you’d prefer to simply access your phone’s music and apps.

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Fortunately, there’s a huge amount of buttons on the steering wheel for controlling the various multimedia functions, so you’ll not have to spend much time with your hands off the wheel. There are two large instruments directly ahead of the driver, with the rest of the car’s information displayed on a screen between them. Again, this works well enough but lags behind the digital displays of newer rivals.

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Comfort

• Superbly comfy for a high-powered sports car
• Cabin is roomy enough for two, but not generous
• Lots of external noise to heighten the experience

The pair of seats it has got hug you comfortably without pinching your kidneys, and the driving position is brilliant, with a wide range of adjustability. Yes, you’re sat low, so entries and exits aren’t always the most elegant, but once you’re in you feel at one with the Jaguar.

Arguably helping that, the F-Type’s not a particularly quiet car to drive. There’s a fair bit of road noise intruding into the cabin, though wind noise around the windscreen pillars and door mirrors isn’t quite so obvious.

Still, who cares when you’ve got engines that sound like that?

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