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First Jaguar F-Type Crash Occurs During Auto Magazine Test

Jaguar's famous new sportscar had everything in its favor. Not only is it as good looking as a concept car, but it has legendary heritage in the form of the E-Type, a car that captured many people's hearts and imaginations.
Crashed Jaguar F-Type 1 photo
Photo: pistonheads.com
The F hasn't even entered production yet, and already one has been crashed. How is that possible? Well, every time a new model comes out, manufacturers build demo cars to wow the press and maybe find a few loose ends. One such press car was being driven a little to fast by one yet unknown British publication and subsequently crashed into a stone wall. Just goes to show you ESP won't save you if you have it turned off. How knew?

The story first popped up on the PistonHeads forum and was picked up by Motoramic, a blog for Yahoo Autos. We don't know anything about the crash other than that nobody was injured and that the F-Type was racing two other cars.

If we were betting men, we'd wager the front left chassis needs to be replaced, an expensive job to say the least.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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