Latest Jaguar XKR News11 hours ago - Chicago Sun-Times In the years immediately following WWII, Jaguar was working hard to put the company back on its feet. In 1948 Jaguar introduced the XK120 sports car and created the standard that Jaguar sports cars have been held to ever since. 14/11/2008 04:37 - Business Daily Africa Except of course for the communists. They take the accident figures every year and claim every single tiny drop is entirely down to speed cameras. They say that were it not for this brilliant enforcement measure, everyone in the land would now be a drooling ve... 13/11/2008 17:37 - MotorTrend Magazine Back when some of the more senior Motor Trend staffers started in this business, the running gag was, if you wanted a Jaguar coupe, you'd better buy two-one to drive while the other was in the shop being fixed. 09/11/2008 07:04 - Times Online I don’t like speed cameras very much so you’d probably expect me to laud the decision taken by Swindon council to remove them from the town’s streets. Hmmm. The council says that it currently spends £320,000 a year on cameras and that this money could b... 02/11/2008 08:29 - Daily Mail Does anybody know where it’s safe to put your money these days. I’ve been wary of taking advice ever since the Nineties, when the Government told us all to get annuity pensions. 30/10/2008 00:13 - Channel 4 News The idea's the same as the previous-generation XK and XKR, but this time around the execution is even better. The XK, as before, is the big, comfortable coupe and convertible; the XKR is the supercharged version. 29/10/2008 04:14 - New York Daily News “JENNY WHITE The new Jaguar, either as a convertible or as a hardtop (below) is a stylish departure for the line. The good news is that the 2009 Jaguar” 22/10/2008 10:51 - Motor Authority Prototypes for Jaguarâs facelifted XK have been spotted testing in the UK and Germany ahead of the updated modelâs world debut, which is expected to take place at Januaryâs Detroit Auto Show. 17/10/2008 02:05 - SLAM! Sports In addition to a lot of drooling, several people asked me what it was, and conveyed mild surprise when they found out. Then they resumed their drooling. The “R” tells you that this is no “ordinary” (if there is such a thing) Jaguar XK. 09/10/2008 15:28 - Autonet There are lots of pretty kitty words journalists use to describe Jaguars — feline, ferocious, predatory, prowl, pounce, purrfect. All good words and all apropos. The 2009 Jaguar XKR Convertible is so pretty, so sexy, that it’s one of the few vehicles that ... 03/10/2008 08:03 - Car and SUV Day one of the Paris Motor Show has seen many manufacturers eagerly roll out their latest offerings and among them was a new Jaguar XK. Easily the hottest XK to date the XKR-S, with a beastly 420-hp 4. 03/10/2008 05:39 - Autoblog “uar quietly trotted out its hottest XK to date, the XKR-S. Packing a 420-hp 4.2-liter V8 and sending power to the rear wheels through a six-speed” 28/09/2008 11:08 - Financial Times There was a flash of black, a deep snarl and it was gone. Once again the desolate landscape of Exmoor was empty, save for a few sheep returning nervously to their grazing. While the so-called "Beast of Bodmin", 50 miles to the west, was long ago proven to be a... 27/09/2008 11:59 - Financial Times There was a flash of black, a deep snarl and it was gone. Once again the desolate landscape of Exmoor was empty, save for a few sheep returning nervously to their grazing. 22/09/2008 19:05 - Auto Racing Daily In design terms, the XFR will have the more noticeable changes. For both cars, the principal sheetmetal change is a set of large vents in the hoods to keep engine and intercooler temperatures down. 18/09/2008 02:25 - MotorTrend Magazine Jaguar will use the Detroit auto show in January 2009 to launch two high-performance flagships: the XFR and a revamped XKR. Both will come with a new 510-hp, 500-lb-ft, supercharged V-8. 06/09/2008 20:33 - carpages Monty Panesar – the England cricket team's most prized spinner - yesterday became a brand ambassador for Jaguar when he collected his new XKR sports car from the Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham. 27/08/2008 11:17 - Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com Glencoe - Glencoe’s running game propelled them to the 5A championship game last season behind the powerful legs of prolific running back, David Puckett. Despite the loss to an undefeated West Albany Bulldogs team, the Crimson Tide are back for another seaso... 22/08/2008 05:26 - Easier After qualifying in 4th position out of a field of 28 cars at Snetterton in the latest round of the Britcar Series, the Apex Team were quietly confident regarding the performance of the V8 supercharged Jaguar XKR GT3 for the four hour enduro. 16/08/2008 09:24 - Coventry Telegraph IT began as a glint of genius in Sir William Lyons' eye and went on to become a living legend. Sixty years on the XK has become Jaguar's ultimate affordable supercar. And where better to put the high performance XKR through its paces than the legendary Nurburg... 13/08/2008 05:22 - Easier The Apex Motorsport XKR currently running in both the FIA GT3 European Championship and the Britcar Championship, appeared by special invitation at the XK60 Jaguar Festival held at the Goodwood motor circuit. 26/07/2008 15:09 - Boston Herald erhaps it’s fitting that India’s Tata Motors recently bought British luxury brand Jaguar, maker of the 2009 XKR Convertible that Motor mouth tested this week. After all, rumor has it that British travelers sailing to and from India in the mid-1800s coined ... 21/07/2008 10:22 - Peninsula On-line DOHA • Jaguar has added more appeal to the stunning XKR with the new special edition XKR Portfolio model with crafted levels of luxury, premium equipment and exclusivity. Following on from the success of the first XKR Portfolio model launched in 2007, the la... 20/07/2008 15:26 - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com Basics: four-passenger, rear-wheel-drive, luxury sport coupe Price: $89,200, including options and destination charges What's new: The model was new in 2007, so 2008 changes are minimal. 20/07/2008 11:40 - Times Online Click here for a slide show of the Jaguar XKR-S It’s hard to find a point in history when a man sound in mind and body could have bought a Jaguar. Certainly it wasn’t possible in the 1970s, when they were made either badly or not at all by a bunch of Trots... 19/07/2008 18:08 - AME Info Jaguar is launching in August a special edition of XKR Portfolio model in the Middle East. Available as a coupe or convertible, the Portfolio variant enhances the XKR with increased sporting styling cues, technology and luxury. 05/07/2008 04:38 - Autoblog The 2009 Jaguar XK-R has been spotted and shot doing the rounds in Europe. With so many other pots on the boil, like the XF-R and the new XJ , the XK-R is going the subtle route when it comes to changes. 05/07/2008 02:04 - PaddockTalk Jaguar XKR Portfolio Back By Popular Demand Due to the success of the 2007 Portfolio Limited Edition - which was primarily sold before the cars even landed on Australian shores - Jaguar is releasing a second very limited edition XKR Portfolio. 04/07/2008 17:02 - CarCental Following last years successful run of the limited edition Portfolio XKR coupe most of which were sold out before the cars even arrived on Australian shores comes the announcement that a second batch of Portfolio coupes is now on sale. 25/06/2008 20:21 - AutoExpress “faster than the standard car without sacrificing comfort, and has one of the fastest-shifting gearboxes around. The £89900 Maserati doesn’t disappoi” View as RSS |