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Model
Variant
Engine
Car #2
Make
Model
Variant
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2013. -
S - Sports car
cabriolet, 2 door
4 x 4
Badges
Production
Vehicle class
Body style
Wheel drive
Safety
2010. - 2015.
S - Sports car
cabriolet, 2 door
rear

Dimensons & Outlines

4470 mm
1923 mm
1308 mm
196 liters
196 liters
70 liters
Length
Width
Height
Boot (min)
Boot (max)
Fuel tank
4638 mm
1939 mm
1261 mm
176 liters
176 liters
85 liters
2013 Jaguar F-Type Cabrio
2010 Mercedes Benz SLS Roadster

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Engine

Jaguar / Ford
3.0 AJ126 HP
Petrol
6 - V config, 4 valves per cylinder
Compress.
2995 cc
380 hp
460 Nm
Engine
Fuel
Configuration
Aspiration
Displacement
Power
Torque
Mercedes Benz
6.2 M159 KE63 AMG
Petrol
8 - V config, 4 valves per cylinder
Nat. Asp.
6208 cc
571 hp
650 Nm

Performance (manual gearbox)

manual gearbox - 6 gears
1694 kg
5.1 s
275 km/h
12.4 l/100km
6.9 l/100km
8.9 l/100km
211 g/km
Gearbox type
Vehicle weight
Acc. 0-100
Top speed
Cons. (urban)
Cons. (highway)
Cons. (average)
CO2 emissions
 
kg
s
km/h
l/100km
l/100km
l/100km
g/km

Performance (automatic gearbox)

 
kg
s
km/h
l/100km
l/100km
l/100km
g/km
Gearbox type
Vehicle weight
Acc. 0-100
Top speed
Cons. (urban)
Cons. (highway)
Cons. (average)
CO2 emissions
automatic - 7 gears
1635 kg
3.8 s
317 km/h
19.9 l/100km
9.3 l/100km
13.2 l/100km
308 g/km

Expenses

50000 EUR
Price from
150000 EUR

Virtual Adviser's™ opinion

Overview

Two significantly similar cars, no doubt about that. Still, each one has something different to offer. Having both cars powered by petrol engines and utilizing the 2-door cabriolet body style within the same 'Sports car' segment, the only major difference here really is their wheel drive configuration (4 x 4 for the Jaguar and rear in the case of the Mercedes Benz). The first one has a Jaguar-engineered powertrain under the hood, a 6-cylinder, 24-valves 380hp unit, while the other one gets its power and torque from a 8-cylinder, 32-valves 571hp engine designed by Mercedes Benz.

Safety

Unfortunatelly, neither of the two vehicles was submitted to the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) testing. This makes it virtually impossible for me to pick one over the other and I'm generally against buying such cars as the safety should really always come first. That aside, let's consider some other aspects which affect safety. Both vehicles belong to the sports car segment, which is generally classifying them somewhere in the middle safety-wise, but it doesn't do much to help us decide between the two. Furthermore, taking kerb weight as an important factor into account, the British car offers a marginal difference of 4% more metal.

Reliability

I don't like generalizing things when it comes to reliability, although it does seem that both brands display similar results in faults and breakdowns, when all the models are taken into account. These are the official statistics, while our visitors describe reliability of Jaguar with an average rating of 4.2, and models under the Mercedes Benz badge with 4.3 out of 5. The same official information place F-Type as average reliability-wise, and SLS is more or less at the same level.We should definitely mention that owners of cars with the same powertrain as the British car rank it on average as 4.5, while the one under the competitor's bonnet gets 5.0 out of 5.

Performance & Fuel economy

Mercedes Benz is undoubtly more agile, reaching 100km/h in 1.3 seconds less than its competitor. In addition to that it accelerates all the way to 317 kilometers per hour, 42km/h more than the other car. When it comes to fuel economy an obvious choice would be the British car, averaging around 8.9 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers (32 mpg), in combined cycle. That's 48% difference compared to the German car!


Verdict

Mercedes Benz appears just a bit more reliable, although the difference is truly marginal. The most important thing when deciding between any two vehicles should always be safety, both passive and active. In my opinion, everything taken into account, the British car offers slightly better overall protection and takes the lead. From there things take a different direction, with Mercedes Benz outracing its opponent in any situation possible, making it better choice for boy racers. It does come at a cost though, and that's the fuel consumption... No mistake, whatever you decide here, but I'd still go for the Jaguar. In any case that's my personal view, built upon all the data available to me. What should decide here though is the way you feel about the two vehicles, and I hope you'll find my guidelines useful in the process. In case you have two minutes to spare I invite you to define your needs, desires and budget and see which car would be chosen by the virtual adviser, among more than 12.000 different ones in our database.

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