Discussion
Alas, the time might finally have come after over 17years to get around to replacing my beloved X300 as my daily driver.
So thoughts turn to an XK convertible, I'd probably end up going for one of the Ali bodied X150 XKs (as opposed to my XK150 which is quite another beasty).
So I was wondering what people find are the differences between the earlier 4.2XKR, the newer 5.0XK and 5.0XKR, besides from the engine of course. Its been a few years since I've driven on, my memories of the 4.2XKR was that it was quite quick :-), manually changing up seemed to be a challenge just keeping up with the tacho, when you weren't used to using the paddles.
I'd imagine that the NA 5.0 isn't much slower than the older SC car (I seem to remember someone posting a comment to that effect) and that the new SC is bordering of being a tad fast at times.
Any other differences of note?
So thoughts turn to an XK convertible, I'd probably end up going for one of the Ali bodied X150 XKs (as opposed to my XK150 which is quite another beasty).
So I was wondering what people find are the differences between the earlier 4.2XKR, the newer 5.0XK and 5.0XKR, besides from the engine of course. Its been a few years since I've driven on, my memories of the 4.2XKR was that it was quite quick :-), manually changing up seemed to be a challenge just keeping up with the tacho, when you weren't used to using the paddles.
I'd imagine that the NA 5.0 isn't much slower than the older SC car (I seem to remember someone posting a comment to that effect) and that the new SC is bordering of being a tad fast at times.
Any other differences of note?
Dont totally agree with the post before me.
You need to try them both ideally back to back. I did and could tell tell differences between the cars in terms of the ride.
I found the 4.2 xkr to ride better than the 5.0 xkr, IMO I found the ride a little jiggly.... But I preferred the facelift interior of the later 5.0 XKR.
You need to try them both ideally back to back. I did and could tell tell differences between the cars in terms of the ride.
I found the 4.2 xkr to ride better than the 5.0 xkr, IMO I found the ride a little jiggly.... But I preferred the facelift interior of the later 5.0 XKR.
Triple7 said:
XK 5.0 is as quick as 4.2 XKR.
Oh no it isn't.Triple7 said:
5.0 XKR is the biz....
Not all that much quicker on the road than the 4.2 XKR. I was on a Jaguar forum Scotland members run a month or so back, I have the X150 XKR and there was a 5.0 XK and 5.0 XKR there too. I was comfortably pulling away from the 5.0 XK at times and the 5.0 XKR was pulling away from me but not by as much as I'd expected.Personally I just like the look of the 4.2 better, something not quite right for me about the 5.0 XK and XKR. The 5.0 XKR-S, however...
Thanks everyone,
Another minor question, does the radio in any of them play audio off a blutooth phone?
B8's 2009 MB has great hands free but won't play music off the phone. The crappy little rental we had on holiday in Portugal would, which was really useful. Is it just an age thing?
Cheers
Another minor question, does the radio in any of them play audio off a blutooth phone?
B8's 2009 MB has great hands free but won't play music off the phone. The crappy little rental we had on holiday in Portugal would, which was really useful. Is it just an age thing?
Cheers
a8hex said:
Thanks everyone,
Another minor question, does the radio in any of them play audio off a blutooth phone?
B8's 2009 MB has great hands free but won't play music off the phone. The crappy little rental we had on holiday in Portugal would, which was really useful. Is it just an age thing?
Cheers
No, my 2010 XKR 5.0 will not play via Bluetooth. It does however come with a lead to connect your iPod or iPhone to it. You also have another USB which can be used to play music from a memory stick.Another minor question, does the radio in any of them play audio off a blutooth phone?
B8's 2009 MB has great hands free but won't play music off the phone. The crappy little rental we had on holiday in Portugal would, which was really useful. Is it just an age thing?
Cheers
The new XKR may have Bluetooth music connectivity - I'm not sure?
Regarding power - the 5.0 XKR is noticeably quicker than the old 4.2 but whether its a good thing is debatable. I find the my car has more power than it can actually use. Foot to the floor acceleration gives a definite feeling that the car is struggling to get all the power through the wheels. The 4.2 XKR doesn't have this feeling, nor for that matter does the 5.0 XK - perhaps the model to go for?
ryanjohnstott said:
a8hex said:
Thanks everyone,
Another minor question, does the radio in any of them play audio off a blutooth phone?
B8's 2009 MB has great hands free but won't play music off the phone. The crappy little rental we had on holiday in Portugal would, which was really useful. Is it just an age thing?
Cheers
No, my 2010 XKR 5.0 will not play via Bluetooth. It does however come with a lead to connect your iPod or iPhone to it. You also have another USB which can be used to play music from a memory stick.Another minor question, does the radio in any of them play audio off a blutooth phone?
B8's 2009 MB has great hands free but won't play music off the phone. The crappy little rental we had on holiday in Portugal would, which was really useful. Is it just an age thing?
Cheers
The new XKR may have Bluetooth music connectivity - I'm not sure?
Regarding power - the 5.0 XKR is noticeably quicker than the old 4.2 but whether its a good thing is debatable. I find the my car has more power than it can actually use. Foot to the floor acceleration gives a definite feeling that the car is struggling to get all the power through the wheels. The 4.2 XKR doesn't have this feeling, nor for that matter does the 5.0 XK - perhaps the model to go for?
Pity, don't do iThings, and the files I listen too most in the car are audio books from Audible and the damn things have DRM s
te on them so you can't just drop them to MP3, which would be the easy thing to do.The 4.2 X150s don't have iPod and auxiliary connections as standard, that has to be added with the optional ACM module. Once that is installed you get an iPod connection, a USB socket and a pair of RCA phono inputs. If you don't use the iPod connector and your files won't play off a standard USB drive you could always use another device with DRM that supports a phono output to play the files.
There will 3 jags in my household! And a Impreza! Dad is picking up a new 5.0 Portfolio Convertible in Italian racing red.
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