New Jaguar XKR-S To Cost £97k
911 Turbo-rivalling price-tag for Jaguar's Geneva show-stopper
Jaguar XKR-S is fastest Jag ever...
It's not cheap, but every panel has been altered to create this most focused of XKs, and according to Jaguar 'every key element of the vehicle has been optimised to allow the XKR-S to steer, handle, stop and go with greater conviction.'
While the configuration and external upgrades are detailed in our original story below, we got our first chance to look at the XKR-S's interior today - and very inviting it is too. There's a new set of deeply sculpted leather bucket seats with 16-way adjustment (count the ways!), a new multifunction steering wheel with paddles, and a choice of moody looking interior finishes.
The show car is resplendent in blue as per the original photos, but we reckon a black-on-black version will look the business. Would it take your £100k away from Porsche though? It could be a tough call...
...apart from the racers, of course.
Thanks to an uprated supercharged AJ-V8, now making a hefty 542hp and 501lb ft of torque, the attention-grabbing new model will top 186mph (making it a paid-up member of the 300kph club for our continental friends), and sprint to 60mph in 4.2secs. Jaguar calls this 'the ultimate expression of duality of purpose; GT character with incredible performance'. We'd probably call it V8-powered pornography.
While there has been a limited edition XKR-S before (in 4.2-litre guise), the new model is the production evolution of the hotter XKR that Jaguar has been toying with for a couple of years, and which was first explored as the Goodwood Special prototype in 2009. That car turned into the XKR 75 special edition, which had a 'halfway house' power upgrade over the regular XKR of 523hp and 483lb ft, giving it a 174mph maximum and a 4.4secs 0-60 time.
Like the XKR 75 the new XKR-S features some significant suspension mods, with bespoke set-up changes front and rear designed to increase precision, control and driver appeal. There's also a new set-up for the Adaptive Dynamics system which Jaguar says will allow enthusiastic drivers to 'explore the edges of the handling envelope'. Knowing Jag's handling guru Mike Cross as we do, that probably has something to do with travelling sideways at will...
XKR 75 was the springboard for XKR-S
Those purposeful quad tailpipes might look the part, but hopefully they'll sound the part too because Jaguar claims this new car's 'active exhaust' delivers an 'authentic, race-car inspired soundtrack'. And all while emitting less than 300g/km of CO2, which is apparently best in class. (Do we really need to know that? Ed.)
The XKR 75 was listed at around the £85k mark, but we're still waiting for confirmation of prices (and an on sale date) for the XKR-S. All will be revealed at the show next week.
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pretty much i want that car with a toned down front bumper (the deep bit and the side scoopy bits gone please) and the rear spoiler deleted. ie: normal xkr but with all the performance goodies without the 2FAST2FURIOUS crap.
make it metallic black.
Vag out.
But..
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