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Watch a Burning Jaguar F-Type Explode on the Autobahn

At least in its current forms, the Jaguar F-Type may be one hell of a sportscar, but it’s not a supercar. This means we didn’t expect it to spontaneously combust and explode, stuff that Ferraris and Lamborghinis have already accustomed us with.
Burning Jaguar F-Type explodes on the Autobahn 1 photo
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Apparently, we were wrong. Very wrong. A Black example of this big cat recently caught fire and exploded on the side of the German Autobahn, proving that the F-Type too can deliver such horrible surprises.

Various reports indicate the Jag was being driven by a 26-year old who was accompanied by a 25-year old when the fireball episode took place. It seems that flames started reaching out from under the F-Type’s glorious, long aluminum hood.

The driver managed to pull over to the side of the road and fortunately managed to exit the sportscar together with his passenger. Both escaped the unfortunate incident uninjured, but the F-Type was far from being as lucky.

As you can see in the clip below, a violent explosion (we haven’t seen a mild explosion yet) rocks the Jaguar, making sure the car gets the “totaled” label, as if the fiery stuff that had just taken place hadn’t been enough. Ironically, the fire truck is just in front of the F-Type (having pulled over at a safe distance), but the firemen have no time to save the beautiful piece of British metal. Sure, the firefighters stepped in to keep the flames from consuming the car up to a 100 percent status, but the explosion had already got the best of the Jaguar.

We've always said the Jaguar F-Type is a tad too much on the wild side for its own good, but this incident took things to a whole new level.

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