First drive in the new $103,200 Jaguar F-Type
The new 2021 Jaguar F-Type R coupe in "Sorrento yellow." (Jaguar /)The philosophical distance between the Portuguese cities of workaday Porto and cosmopolitan Lisbon can feel greater than the physical distance. Perhaps that made the route between them—including an eastward diversion to spend time on some of Europe’s finest driving roads—the perfect place for Jaguar to demonstrate changes to the newly refreshed 2021 Jaguar F-Type that are as significant to the car’s evolving philosophy as to its upgraded technical specifications.Their 2021 update of its $103,200 F-Type two-seat sports car (the convertible version costs $105,900) is a glorious return to form for a company that built its reputation on the 24 Hours of Le Mans-winning performance of its D-Type, and the voluptuous styling of its E-Type.Carmakers like Jaguar, which enjoy the benefit of an illustrious heritage, risk being captured by that heritage and doomed to being thought of as “classics” even...