Jaguar Releases XKR-S Video
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Jaguar Releases XKR-S Video
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Jaguar Releases XKR-S Video
Published Mar 11, 2011
Inside Line
Just the Facts:
•Jaguar's latest supercar stars in a new video released on YouTube.
•The XKR-S is described by the company as "the fastest and most powerful production sports car Jaguar has ever built."
•The XKR-S will go on sale in limited numbers this fall in the U.S.
COVENTRY, England — Jaguar has released a YouTube video of its new XKR-S, which the company describes as "the fastest and most powerful production sports car Jaguar has ever built."
The XKR-S was unveiled last week at the 2011 Geneva Auto Show.
The car's supercharged 5.0-liter V8 has been tuned to deliver 550 horsepower and 502 pound-feet of torque. The latest XKR-S can accelerate from zero to 60 in 4.2 seconds, with a top speed of 186 mph.
The latest XKR-S, which arrives this fall at U.S. dealers as a 2012 model, also gets a revised suspension and aerodynamic modifications.
In comparison, the legendary Jaguar XJ220 supercar, built in extremely small numbers from 1992-'94, featured a Tom Walkinshaw-prepped twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6 that put out 542 hp and 476 lb-ft of torque. The XJ220 had a top speed of 217 mph, with 0-60 acceleration in 3.7 seconds.
Inside Line says: Stylistically, today's XKR-S looks a bit crude in comparison to the sleek Keith Helfet-designed XJ220. Presumably, it will be considerably less expensive. — Paul Lienert, Correspondent
Published Mar 11, 2011
Inside Line
Just the Facts:
•Jaguar's latest supercar stars in a new video released on YouTube.
•The XKR-S is described by the company as "the fastest and most powerful production sports car Jaguar has ever built."
•The XKR-S will go on sale in limited numbers this fall in the U.S.
COVENTRY, England — Jaguar has released a YouTube video of its new XKR-S, which the company describes as "the fastest and most powerful production sports car Jaguar has ever built."
The XKR-S was unveiled last week at the 2011 Geneva Auto Show.
The car's supercharged 5.0-liter V8 has been tuned to deliver 550 horsepower and 502 pound-feet of torque. The latest XKR-S can accelerate from zero to 60 in 4.2 seconds, with a top speed of 186 mph.
The latest XKR-S, which arrives this fall at U.S. dealers as a 2012 model, also gets a revised suspension and aerodynamic modifications.
In comparison, the legendary Jaguar XJ220 supercar, built in extremely small numbers from 1992-'94, featured a Tom Walkinshaw-prepped twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6 that put out 542 hp and 476 lb-ft of torque. The XJ220 had a top speed of 217 mph, with 0-60 acceleration in 3.7 seconds.
Inside Line says: Stylistically, today's XKR-S looks a bit crude in comparison to the sleek Keith Helfet-designed XJ220. Presumably, it will be considerably less expensive. — Paul Lienert, Correspondent
06-03-11, 01:29 PM
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Jaguar XKR-S looks, sounds beastly
Jaguar XKR-S looks, sounds beastly
Jaguar has released new footage of the 2012 XKR-S, positively mauling Portugal's Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. As promised, the steroid-fed XK looks to be as fleet-footed as a NASA orbiter, pulling down 60 mph in 4.2 seconds on its way to a 186 mph top speed. It also appears that each and every one of its 542 horses (same as the XJ220) has an insatiable appetite for very expensive tires.
The coolest thing about this big electric blue coupe has to be its evil yowl as heard from inside the garages at the Portimao Circuit. It stands to reason that it should sound good, with a big V8 breathing through what amounts to an open exhaust system, but this big cat has enough aural might to show up even the most hardcore eight-banger from our shores.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPVSM...layer_embedded
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/03/j...ounds-beastly/
06-03-11, 02:07 PM
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Nice videos 
That said, I'm still not particularly taken with the performance specs of this car but hopefully there are enough Jaguar nuts out there to take notice.
In much of that footage, I kept thinking, "If Infiniti was to make a coupe version of the M, it would look very similar to this XK from the A pillar, rearwards."
That said, I'm still not particularly taken with the performance specs of this car but hopefully there are enough Jaguar nuts out there to take notice.
In much of that footage, I kept thinking, "If Infiniti was to make a coupe version of the M, it would look very similar to this XK from the A pillar, rearwards."
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