VIDEO: First Jaguar F-Type R First Real-World Spotting in Dubai

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If you haven’t seen the brand new Jaguar F-Type in “flesh and blood” after it’s debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, you might want to go on a vacation to Dubai. Yes, the sexy new coupe was recently photographed there, about three weeks ago and it sure made and impression.

The bloody red car was actually the range-topping R version of the F-Type Coupe that's easily identified from the fact that it comes with carbon ceramic brakes.

Other than that, this car burns the streets with its 5.0-liter V8 supercharged engine, the one borrowed from the XKR-S and XFR-S, and manages to reach 60 mph (96km/h) in just 4 seconds. At 550 hp and 680 Nm of torque, this is easily the most powerful and fastest F-Type model.

But the real story here is not the power or the acceleration, it's the exclusivity. This is the first real world spotting of the F-Type Coupe and the car even has license plates, so it's been registered.

We've got a little something extra over the photos we got from Autogespot. A film posted not three days ago show the very same car has just been tested by a publication called Wheels Mag TV, meaning this is likely a press car.