2012 Jaguar XKR-S [w/video]

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Jaguar, Very first Drives, High end

Whilst Jaguar readies a slate of new automobiles to broaden its product portfolio, it’s undertaking a Bentley-esque job of creating the most of the autos it at the moment has. If there is certainly any surprise in the XK getting much more new outfits than a Ken doll, it really is that we did not realize there was so much that could be performed with it.

Donning its most current new costume, the XK is transformed – by way of the XKR – into the XKR-S. The fastest and most strong U.S. legal street automobile Jaguar has at any time made, the quick was to develop a coupe that could be hellacious about a track yet stay gracious around town. Our question was regardless of whether the XK’s 6-12 months-old underpinnings could have that sort of load, or whether the platform is approaching a point at which cracks would get started to exhibit? It was to the vibrant white daylight of Portugal for the Aut&oacutedromo Internacional do Algarve and the roads around Portimao and Faro that we went for our reply…

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