The new Jaguar XF, the concept for which was feted at the recent Detroit auto show, is to be powered by two types of supercharged engine.
Jaguar usually reserves the supercharger option for the R designated, top-end variant of a model range -- but not this time.
Instead, in autumn 2007 Jaguar will announce that the S-Type's replacement will house a 420bhp 4.2-litre supercharged engine as standard. However, it won't include the usual high performance appurtenances such as big wheels, low-profile tyres, lowered suspension and the like.
That's to be reserved for a full R-badged variant, to be launched in 2010. The XFR will contain an all-new, supercharged 5-litre V8, according to Autocar. The motor will use direct petrol injection and take only design concepts from the old V8, which first saw the underside of a bonnet in 1996's XK8.