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While the original E-Type was best described as smooth, sophisticated and maybe even a trifle delicate, the F-Type is a brute, at least it is in the R Trim. Mash the accelerator and you’re instantly slammed back hard into your seat and you stayed pinned until you ease off the throttle.
In that respect, the F-Type feels much more like a Corvette or a modern high-end muscle car than it does an E-Type, but that’s not a bad thing. The E-Type was sexy and sophisticated, while the F-Type is all that plus a no-compromises high-performance sports car.