Give Chris “The Monkey” Harris anything with four wheels and he’ll manage to drift it without breaking any sweat. Imagine then what happens when he has 550hp reaching the tarmac through the rear axle. Yep, he’ll shred those tires in no time.
Said 550hp come in the form of the supercharged V8 that’s under the sculpted bonnet of the Jaguar F-type Coupe in its range-topping R version. Like Harris, your truly believes that the new Jag looks much prettier in coupe form than as a convertible; not to mention that 80 percent stiffer chassis the company has been talking about…
Harris has been given a dark-colored, sinister looking Coupe R and a free reign on both road and track. Surprisingly, he did find quite a few faults but those didn’t stop him from making a couple of statements in his verdict that we really didn’t expect, given that one of them involves a certain rear-engined favorite of his. So watch the video and find out for yourselves right after the jump.