£15k Jaguar F-Type for sale: why wouldn’t you

Perhaps like us, you didn’t have the Jaguar F-Type down as a £15k sports car option just yet. While there were some steep depreciation drops on the more expensive V8s, especially in recent years, F-Types also seemed to be holding strong (as so much has) in a post-Covid world. In the new Jaguar world, too. 

On the other hand, these cars are now anything up to 12 years old, and they weren’t huge money new: the Roadster range launched at less than £60k for the 3.0-litre non-S V6, rising to £80,000 for the V8 S. F-Types were popular, plenty sold, and the attrition rate hasn’t been bad. By now, it makes sense for an early, lower-powered F-Type to be around a quarter of its new price. 

This is currently what £15k of Jag sports car looks like, a 2013 3.0-litre with 340hp and 92,000 miles. At the time of writing, the most affordable 380hp S on PH is £17k, and the V8s kick off at £25,000. The 300hp 2.0-litre, introduced a few years later, is from £22k. We all know why an F-Type might appeal, of course: it’s a great piece of design that sounds brilliant in all its guises and drives really smartly as well. Perhaps it was heavier than ideal, and the manual when it came wasn’t much kop, but there was no denying the F-Type nailed the brief of being a charismatic, capable, desirable Jaguar sports car. 

In 2025, a 12-year-old F-Type still looks great, with its traditional roadster proportions and pretty details. The rear was always its best angle, and time has done nothing to diminish that appeal. Inevitably the inside dates the F-Type a little bit, the screens fuzzy by modern resolution standards and the menus clunky, but of course also it’s great to see functions controlled by proper, chunky buttons. This particular car is showing some signs of wear, most notably around the sill and the gearlever, though some TLC could hopefully bring those back to life. They needn’t be deal-breakers. 

Similarly, while there are some whoopsies in the MOT history – some rust, of course, like all the best classic British sports cars – the most recent ticket is advisory-free and runs until next Feb. While the dealer hasn’t mentioned any, there must be some service history somewhere. And your local Jaguar specialist will only be too happy to keep it in fine fettle. Plenty is familiar, after all. 

So while you’d still want to spend a little more for the very best early F-Types, there’s no escaping the fact that £15k buys what looks like a more than good enough one. The 981 Boxster isn’t yet down to this money (at least on PH) and the most affordable versions of those are 265hp 2.7s – the S 3.4s start at £25k. You’ll do well to find an SLK55 at less than £20,000. And how much more money is an F-Type likely to lose? Even the earliest, highest mileage XK8s from the ’90s are for sale at £5k. For a car that still looks and sounds as good as the F-Type V6 does, £14,950 seems pretty compelling. Hopefully it won’t be long before the V8s are here, too…

Engine: 2,995cc, V6, supercharged
Transmission: 8-speed automatic, rear-wheel drive
Power (hp): 340@6,500rpm
Torque (lb ft): 332@3,500rpm
MPG: 31.4 (claimed)
CO2: 209g/km
Year registered: 2013
Recorded mileage: 92,000
Price new: £58,500 (before options)
Yours for: £14,990