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<b>RECORD-BID LAUNCH:</b> The Jaguar F-Type R Coupe that set a South African speed record at Upington launches on one of its runs. <i>Image: Autopress / Rob Till</i>
•F-Type R Coupé breaks 13-year record •300km/h on Upington runway •Six weeksin the planning
UPINGTON, Northern Cape - A Jaguar F-Type R Coupé officially* on Saturday (Feb 28 2015) on Upington’s super-long airport runway became the fastest production vehicle in South Africa.
A small group of Jaguar employees gathered to watch the 405kW supercharged V8 coupé driven into the record books by Dawie Olivier, Jaguar Land Rover’s national after-sales manager.
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