Merc1

Stunning IMO:




















The normally aspirated 300-hp engine in the standard XK is OK, but really, the XKR engine should be the standard power plant. Four hundred twenty horsepower is a starting point in this league and around 500 is where the players are these days. But those numbers are just talking points for the country club cocktail party on Saturday night. The truth is, most of the people you see driving these cars will never tap into even 10 percent of the performance available. In the XKR, there's enough, and the car likes to hustle.

Hustle? What's that? Say you're in the Hamptons and you have to get back to the city in two hours for a meeting. The XKR is the car to be in for that kind of 125-mile trip. It's where all the car's attributes come together — speed, handling, braking, steering, control. You work the car, the car works the traffic. You power out, downshift with the paddles, brake, get around that minivan, upshift and power out again. You get into that rhythm, in rhythm with the car, the way Michael Schumacher does in his Ferrari F1. It's an exhilarating zone to be in and the 2007 Jaguar XKR can put you there.


This car wins me over on style alone.

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Choleric

I agree!

Still not fond of the headlights though...

The Emperor

Headlights are the only problem with this car, imo... Everything else is good, in fact very nice.

Mirage77

It wins me over on style too, Marcus.

Yesterday, I saw one parked on the road and I love how it looks. I saw a convertible irl too, and that's just as pretty.

It's a pity the interior is a let-down for me.

Bruce

I agree with this comment, the interior isn't very good in my opinion, some of the materials are a little cheap. The exterior on the otherhand is pretty snazzy, i like it. Nice colour on this one might i add

Thanks Merc1

Centurion

The XKR is a fine looking car, I love it. The interior doesn't make me twinkle but it is all right.

Giannis

"Thanks but no thanks"

This is not a real Jaguar for me anymore. It just looks like it has a design clue from every other carmaker...

Not to mention the front light and grill that don't look any good at all... The interior is very nice thought!

Mirage77

Have you sat in one? I was appalled at the rough leather, the plasticky trim and the hard materials all around the car. Black would be the best interior colour to mask all the low quality.

Giannis, I think this is the sexiest Jaguar to date... How can it not look like a Jaguar?

Deutsch

looks american.