Now that’s what you want in a car – although I’d rather it was Olivia Wilde hustling over rather than a slightly portly gent draggling along a corpulent, rasping, bug-eyed, moderately strangled pug.
Goddamn it, Brendan. Stop making me spit out my coffee. I'm getting sick and tired of cleaning off my keyboard, screen, and client's files. That's it; from now on, I'm going to put painter's plastic over my desk any time I see an article written by you. You glorious, brilliant b@stard.
This review’s about to go all 50 Shades of Grey: just look at the pictures. It’s automotive yoga pants.
This is quite possibly the most accurate description of how men (or any other genders who enjoy the shape of a woman's lower body) should feel about the F-type. Touche.
In the cabin, some of that styling results in whacking great blind spots out back. It’s not such a big deal while on the move, but reversing into a street is a bit of a hair-raising affair, back-up camera or no.
I also appreciate that finally someone mentioned this rather than saying "it's a sports car...live with it." Sports car or no, this is an $80,000.00+ vehicle that you have to live with every day. You will have to put it in reverse. You will have to see Olivia Wilde running behind you (though not for long as you will surely stop for that and let her in - is there space for a child seat though?).
it gives the car a closed-in, cockpit-like feel, something emphasized by the enormous triangular grab-handle separating you from your passenger.
I never realized how similar this is to the C7, but it is. Much wow.
“You’d be able to have one for each of your fancy lady friends,” she said, “Although of course, none of them are going to want to be number two. Or three.” For the record, I have no fancy lady friends. Except for you, dear.
Somehow I doubt that Jag engineers were thinking about this while designing the passenger seat, but that's incredible.
...and I'm ok with being your # 3, Brendan
(Jacob, you'll always be my #1, with Lady Noto coming in at #2 (or shall we say, the Second Suiter, because being Suiter #2 makes you sound like a piece of crap))
Other notable quotes that I will simply laugh at:
Lean in – I want to tell you a secret. Between you and me and the Internet,
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The V8, of course, sounds like Satan stubbing his pinky toe on a walnut coffee table,
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sadly retiring XKR grand tourer. That machine was like a rocket-propelled cottage
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It was a bit like seeing Ms. Wilde having a chat with a black-and-white Audrey Hepburn. <--:drool:
I remain unsure about this beast. It sure does make the C7 look like the better value, and it is gimmicky in many ways. It's also a fricken Shaguar with a smooth, superblown V6 (i.e. no lag) making similar power to the 5.0L V8. I really wish I liked two-door cars, but it seems to me like Jaguar is trying to move to sportier pretensions in favour of its luxurious reputation. It works well here, but I don't know that it's $20,000+ better than a C7.
The V8S, however
