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CarsLore / Compare / Sports cars / F-Type vs 911 Carrera 4S

Jaguar F-Type vs Porsche 911 Carrera 4S

Two sports cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 2 like-for-like measures: the Jaguar F-Type leads on 1, the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S on 1.

Where each one leads

Jaguar F-Type

  • New Jaguar F-Type cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 227 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 243 for the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S in 2022.

Porsche 911 Carrera 4S

  • On Canada's official test the most frugal 2024 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S uses 11.7 l/100 km, the 2024 Jaguar F-Type 12.1.

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-TypePorsche 911 Carrera 4S
Model years in the US safety record2013–20242003–2023
New cars registered in Europe31,658 (2013–2022)29,689 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom15,088—
On the road in the Netherlands934—
In traffic in Finland—130

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-TypePorsche 911 Carrera 4S
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 complaints362
Most complaints aboutEngineFuel system, gasoline
Model year with most complaints2016 (11)2003 (1)
US recall campaigns143
Manufacturer service bulletins3,694713

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-TypePorsche 911 Carrera 4S
Official combined fuel use, Canada12.1 l/100 km (2024)11.7 l/100 km (2024)
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—12.7 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe227 g/km243 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe269 kW (361 hp)331 kW (444 hp)
Average mass in running order1,764 kg1,676 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€118,524—
Average odometer in Finland—87,000 km

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).