The Emperor

Jaguar is planning two supercharged versions of the forthcoming XF saloon, in a break from a tradition in which the blown engine is usually reserved for a single, high-performance ‘R’ derivative.


At launch at September’s Frankfurt motor show, the S-type replacement will be announced with a 420bhp 4.2-litre supercharged engine, but it won’t wear an ‘R’ badge and will go without the more extreme wheel/tyre combos, body kit and tuned chassis expected of an R-badged Jag.


The first XF to get the full ‘R’ badge will appear in early 2010, when a supercharged 5.0-litre V8 is launched.
This British-designed engine, Jaguar’s biggest-ever V8, has direct injection and is all new, borrowing only basic design concepts from the venerable AJ-V8, first launched in the 1996 XK8.


The supercharged 4.2 and XF-R will be offered together in the model line-up, a decision likely to be popular in the US and UK. Some diesel-dominated European markets are likely to drop the regular 4.2-litre supercharged model.

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Bruce

When I first read the title of this thread..I saw thought to myself:

"two superchargers?! Like the imfamous Aston Martin Vantage 600"

Of course, I see that it doesn't. Shame Definitely not surprising, although that still means the new XF will be far behind vehicles like the M5 and E63 AMG.

Back in 2002 Jaguar's S-Type R was developing 400PS, therefore setting it's self in a league with the E39 M5 (400PS) and whatnot (power at least) Don't get me wrong, 420PS is a great deal of power, but the E63 and M5, as well as the upcoming RS6 will blow it to smithereens.

EDIT: Hopefully the XF-R takes care of that!

Perhaps Jaguar's motives are not to compete with any of those vehicle. Anybody know when they are officially going to release it?

The Emperor

Keep the design, make the R version and i'm sure we'd see a kick @$$ car from Jaguar...

Merc1

They're basically going to do what they've already done with the S-Type R, price and position it against the E550/550i not the E63/M5 and the new R model with the 5L V8 will be the true AMG/RS/M competitor. In the U.S. a S-Type R costs E550/550i money, but has more power, not that it makes a big difference now since the E FL and the 550i came on the scene.

M

Deutsch

Didn't like the C-XF concept much, but the new 5.0 engine sound fantastic, can't wait to see what becomes of it. I also have the feeling that the XF will look a lot better than the wretched whack job Siir Callum pulled off.