Jay Leno puts Jaguar XKR-S through its paces around the Nurburgring
AUTO BLOG

Jaguar put Jay Leno behind the wheel of the company's newest heathen – the XKR-S – for a handful of quick laps around the fabled Nurburgring, and Leno, thankfully, brought along a production staff to record the occasion... Read More

The Most Beautiful Cars Of 2011
FORBES

But is there any objective factor in determining what makes a car like the Jaguar XKR-S so attractive? Yes, and a lot of it has to do with proportion. Jae Min, a chief designer for Volkswagen Group, says the correct balance between height, length and width plays a significant role in just how beautiful–or unbeautiful–a car appears... Read More

The World's Most Beautiful Cars
MSN AUTOS

Jaguar's modern revival started in 1997 with the launch of the slender XK8 sports car, powered by a brand-new engine, the British marque's first-ever V8. Ten years later, an all-new

XK (see specs) appeared that was longer, wider, roomier and more than 100 pounds lighter, thanks to its entirely new aluminum body and structure. Read More

2012 Jaguar XKR-S in Action
ROAD & TRACK

Feast your eyes on this French Racing Blue XKR-S, Jaguar’s most potent series production car to date.

The uprated supercharged AJ-V8 now delivers 550 bhp and 502 lb.-ft. of torque to deliver zero to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds and a 186 mph top speed. Furthermore it sprints to 100 mph in under nine seconds. Read More

Three years after Jaguar launched a performance-tuned XKR-S model at the Geneva Motor Show, the automaker revealed it will be bringing an all-new, more powerful XKR-S to this year's Geneva extravaganza. Deja vu? Perhaps, but the latest XKR-S promises to be a much more intimidating cat than the last. Read More

The “R” version of the XK is the first fully worthy successor to the legendary XKE that Jaguar has produced in the 40 years that have elapsed since the demise of the original model. After the XKE earned worldwide acclaim it became known as the E-Type. The XKR is already good enough to be designated R-Type. Read More

Quick Drive: 2011 Jaguar XK Coupe
WINDING ROAD

There's little doubt that the Jaguar XK Coupe possesses some sporting specifications—385 horsepower, 0-60 in just over five seconds, top speed of 155 miles per hour—but the fact of the matter is that the car is much better suited to grand wafting than it is to serious driving. To be clear, I don't consider that statement to be a negative one, but simply a means of qualifying what this flowing coupe does very well. Read More

Auto Review: Jaguar XKR
ABC

When a car costs six figures, it should be drop-dead gorgeous. The 2011 Jaguar XKR convertible is all that and then some. But this mostly aluminum beauty is not just a looker. This is the XK "R" model, with hood louvers hinting at the supercharged thoroughbred that lives below. Read More

Jaguar XK looks good with its top off
CNET

Some cars lose their unique styling when turned into convertibles. Witness the Audi A5 Cabriolet and the Mini Cooper Convertible. But the Jaguar XK, fantastically sleek as a coupe, still retains its style with a soft top. Looks aside, the growl of its 5-liter V-8 is certainly an attention-getter. With its fast shifting transmission and dynamic settings, we were very happy in the driver's seat of this gentleman's sports car. Read More

Posted December 2011

The beautiful, high-performance Jaguar XKR convertible has a split personality, each side of the coin playing a powerful and provocative role in what makes this car so great.
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Comfort and performance, luxury and style, the 2011 Jaguar XKR delivers across the board. And as the current model heads in to its fifth production cycle, the bar gets raised with a 75th Anniversary Edition rounding out the stable of XK vehicles. Outside, our Liquid Silver tester this week was absolutely exquisite from front to rear. Beautiful curves and contoured lines with a coke bottle shape give the Jag a sultry, Gran Tourismo shape plus there’s the $5,000 option 20” Kalimnos wheels, quad exhaust outlets and mesh and piano black trim pieces, front and rear spoilers and red brake calipers to add to the coupes inspired design.

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Adding emphasis to the sporty, elegant lines of the two doors with subtle components was a challenge to the team style STARTECH mastered with great success. The team developed spoiler flaps that attach to both sides of the skirt before production. They improve the appearance of the car and reduce lift on the front axle. All aerodynamic components are STARTECH improvement in carbon fiber. To make these elements not only lightweight but extremely strong STARTECH uses the same production process "in an autoclave prepreg used in motor sport and aerospace engineering.
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EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: In my eye, this XK coupe is one of the more beautiful cars on the road today. It is instantly recognizable as a Jag, which is a good thing considering the terrific design heritage the company has. The XK continues with that reputation.
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Hot Wheels: XKR's 510-horsepower Turbo Shows Jaguar's Wild Side
PHOENIX BUSINESS JOURNAL

The difference between the XK and the XKR is rather startling, and it's all about power. Sure, the standard XK is fast, 5.2 seconds to 60 miles per hour with its 5.0-liter, 385-horsepower V-8 engine. But, ante up another 13 grand (bringing the coupe price to $96,850; $102,850 for the convertible) and the supercharged version fires up 510 ponies and 461 pound-feet of torque. Tap the gas and it leaps like its namesake, knocking sprint time down to 4.6 seconds.
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Wheels That Need No Reinventing
WALL STREET JOURNAL

Honestly, college kids getting off the bus broke off their conversations and hitched their gait as this car drove by. Nicely kitted women eating in cafes were arrested in mid-fork, seemingly hit with an envious freeze-ray. People rolled down their windows to tell me—in sometimes rather alarming, unhinged terms—how beautiful the car was. What, you've never seen a Jag XK? It's been around forever. Get lost, you rube!
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Jaguar Debuts Limited Edition XKR175 at Pebble Beach
PR NEWSWIRE

aguar celebrates its 75th anniversary today with the debut of the limited edition 2011 Jaguar XKR175 Coupe at the McCalls Motorworks Revival at the Monterey Jet Center during the Pebble Beach Automotive Weekend. This is the first appearance of the exclusive sports car in North America.
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Jaguar Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary, Launches XKR175 and XKR 75
CAR AND DRIVER

The Jaguar nameplate first adorned a British car back in 1935, and the company plans to celebrate its 75th anniversary with this commemorative Jaguar XKR175 for North America.
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The $107,000 Jaguar Bargain
GLOBE DRIVE
It's always dangerous to suggest that a car with a $107,000 price tag is a good value. But that's the truth about the 2010 Jaguar XKR coupe.

You could spend two or three times more money and not get a coupe with a design this sexy in a car with 510 supercharged horses under the hood... Read More

2010 Jaguar XKR Coupe, Drivers Log
AUTO WEEK
This car is absolutely fabulous, in appearance and performance, but then at $102,000--with $5,000 worth of special wheels--it probably should be. But seriously folks, the Ian Callum styling job on this car is pure automotive art, as it should be with a Jag. From virtually any angle, the car is a beauty, but I especially like the work on the powerful rear haunches and the view out over the tautly creased hood.Read More

Jaguar Debuts Limited Edition XKR175 at Pebble Beach
PR NEWSWIRE

aguar celebrates its 75th anniversary today with the debut of the limited edition 2011 Jaguar XKR175 Coupe at the McCalls Motorworks Revival at the Monterey Jet Center during the Pebble Beach Automotive Weekend. This is the first appearance of the exclusive sports car in North America.
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Jaguar Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary, Launches XKR175 and XKR 75
CAR AND DRIVER

The Jaguar nameplate first adorned a British car back in 1935, and the company plans to celebrate its 75th anniversary with this commemorative Jaguar XKR175 for North America.
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