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Jaguar unveils F-Type Coupé at LA Motor Show

[gallery] Jaguar has taken the wraps of its latest model - a sleek 186mph hard-top version of the F-Type sportster that has already sold in its thousands since its launch earlier this year.

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The basic models will be powered by a three litre engine, but a special R version will have a five-litre V8 supercharged power plant under the bonnet capable of taking the car to 60mph from a standing start in just four seconds. It's 186mph top speed is electronically limited.

The F-Type Coupe was launched at the Los Angeles Motor Show overnight, with the USA seen as a prime market for the new car - it will even feature in Jaguar's first ever TV ad to be run during American Football's iconic Super Bowl in February.

In advance of its launch Jaguar has signed up with a top Hollywood agent, ICM, to forge links with the entertainment industry.

This could lead to product placement deals in movies and TV shows.

ICM's Carol Goll said: "Jaguar Land Rover is embarking on one of the most wide-scale product offensives in the brand's history, with branded entertainment initiatives at the forefront of introducing new products, such as the Jaguar F-Type and the 2014 Range Rover Sport, to a new generation of buyers."

JLR today hailed its new Coupé as 'the most dynamically capable, performance-focused, production Jaguar ever."

Like all the new generation Jaguars, the F-Type has an all-aluminium construction. This will also be the case with the new 'baby' Jag saloon - still under wraps - which will be the first car to use four-cylinder engines from the new factor nearing completion on the i54 site, on the border of Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire.

The standard F-Type Coupé will start from £51,235, rising to £85,000 for the supercharged R version.

JLR group marketing director Phil Popham said today: "The F-Type Coupé provides its driver with a unique sports car experience. It combines seductive design with cutting-edge technology and performance which is truly breathtaking. Engaging, precise, intuitive and alive – it is the definitive sports coupé."

Jaguar vehicle line director Ian Hoban added: ""With the F-Type Coupé, the Jaguar engineering team has exceeded our considerable target of building a car that delivers even more driver reward than the acclaimed F-Type convertible.

"Engineering an exceptionally rigid all-aluminium coupé body structure was the key to achieving this, as it's the fundamental basis for enhanced dynamic attributes. The result is that the F-Type Coupé is the most dynamically capable and involving Jaguar we've ever built."

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