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CarsLore / Compare / Sports cars / F-Type vs LFA

Jaguar F-Type vs Lexus LFA

Two sports cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 1 like-for-like measure: the Jaguar F-Type leads on 1, the Lexus LFA on 0.

Where each one leads

Jaguar F-Type

  • On Canada's official test the most frugal 2024 Jaguar F-Type uses 12.1 l/100 km, the 2012 Lexus LFA 18.7.

Lexus LFA

Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

Jaguar F-TypeLexus LFA
Model years in the US safety record2013–20242010–2017
New cars registered in Europe31,658 (2013–2022)—
Licensed in the United Kingdom15,088—
On the road in the Netherlands934—

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

Jaguar F-TypeLexus LFA
UK MOT first-time pass rate91%—
… against cars of the same age+15%—
New York safety inspections failed0.7%—
… against cars of the same year−54%—
Illogical odometer records (NL)5.2%—
US owner complaints36—
Most complaints aboutEngine—
Model year with most complaints2016 (11)—
US recall campaigns141
Manufacturer service bulletins3,694472
NHTSA defect investigations—1

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Fuel, emissions and price

Jaguar F-TypeLexus LFA
Official combined fuel use, Canada12.1 l/100 km (2024)18.7 l/100 km (2012)
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe227 g/km—
Average power of new cars in Europe269 kW (361 hp)—
Average mass in running order1,764 kg—
Dutch list price when new (median)€118,524—

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).