2007 XKR

[TNT]

http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/articles/xkr07_debut.asp

http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/articles/images01/xkr07_debut.jpg

Supercharged Jaguar XKR Will Be Unveiled Next Month
Source: Jaguar | Published: June 12, 2006
Jaguar's new supercharged sports car will make its global debut at the British International Motor Show, to be held at the ExCeL Center in London’s Docklands.

The XKR will be unveiled at a press conference on the Jaguar stand on Tuesday 18 July.

"We are thrilled that the XKR will make its global debut at Jaguar's home show," commented Jaguar's UK Managing Director Geoff Cousins.

"Following the resounding success of the XK since it went on sale earlier this year, we are confident that the much awaited XKR will continue to build on the momentum the car has generated for our dealers."

As with all Jaguars, the new XK is designed, engineered and developed at the company's Whitley Product Development Center in Coventry. There, some of the most advanced facilities in the car industry – including computer-aided design, advanced engineering, vehicle component development, safety test centers and engine testing – are used to create world-class cars such as the X-TYPE, S-TYPE, XJ and of course XK.

The new XKR sports car will be produced at the company's state of the art Castle Bromwich manufacturing center in Birmingham. In addition to being the assembly plant for three of Jaguar's four models, this is also where the aluminum bodies and structures for the XJ and XK are constructed.

Further information including images, specification and pricing will be available nearer the official launch.



:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[davide]

Yees, add a little more grunt to the XK and I will be very nice :twisted:

[RF1]

At last :D
improve it and it will be perfect :)
waiting...

[martin100]

It will be very hard to make it look better as its almost perfect, but a stronger engine will definitely make it a very special car :D

[TNT]

i can't wait for a TopGear test/comparo with the new XKR

[coloradosilver]

I think the regualr XK is way overrated and over priced. I can't wait to see the premium that the XKR iwll bring for what is essentially a gussied up Ford. If it has anything less than 400hp I would easily call this car a joke for the price.

[blah]

Knowing jag it will have the same god damn engine from the last one, and be brushed off as a true fighter of the German Sport Coupes.

[blah]

blah blah, it still looks like a Aston. so, in other words its crap!!

Stop taking my name in vain!!! :o

[TNT]

I have seen one or two on the road and they are drop dead beautiful, sound great too. i think its a good thing it "looks" like an aston.

[fsandys]

I think its quite a lazy design personally, and also over priced but as Clarkson said criticising it for looking like an Aston is like criticising a girl for looking 'too' gorgeous!

I don't agree that it is anywhere close to the beauty of the DB9.

[nickthaskater]

It shares a general shape with Aston, but it's a far cry from the beauty that a true Aston has. The down syndrome headlights and weak lines ruin this car, as does the obvious cost cutting (the antenna is ridiculous). They just keep reusing the same old engine setup as well, it's getting a bit boring, especially when Aston took that same engine, and actually made something decent out of it with 380 normally aspirated horses, only 40hp off what I'm hearing this XKR will have, with a supercharger no less.

Combine all of that with the liklihood that the XKR will be priced very close to the Vantage, and you have another loss for Jaguar in my eyes. The Vantage is lighter, the interior is far and away better, the exterior is classier and more stylish, and it's a damn sight near as powerful.

[bmwdakias]

I loved the looks of the previous XK (especially the XKRs still look fantastic)and the new one is a generally good looking car but its front reminds me of the hyundai coupe and it really ruins it for me.They will most probably use again the same 4.2 V8 supercharged engine which is rather disappointing when competition has been equipped with great new engines(BMW's V10.MB's 6.3V8 etc).

[nickthaskater]

I guess that the price increase will set it too close to his cousin - the AMV8... and personally - I'd go for the Aston anyday :wink: :P
The last XKR had a ~$15,000 USD premium over the base XK, an amount that if carried over to this gen, would put the XKR within ~10k of the Vantage.

When you're already talking about $100,000 USD, I would gladly fork over another 10k for the Aston.

[TNT]

I personally like the more GT style of the jag. the aston is more sporty i would say. the Jag is a highspeed traveller. :D and that is what i think they are aiming for.

[nickthaskater]

I personally like the more GT style of the jag. the aston is more sporty i would say. the Jag is a highspeed traveller. :D and that is what i think they are aiming for.
Until you get into triple digits and the nose starts to become airborne :lol:

[sads]

Hopfully with some more hp in the XK they can sort out there finacial crisis as well.

[nickthaskater]

Hopfully with some more hp in the XK they can sort out there finacial crisis as well.
Well it's not like they'll be spending money on a new engine... :roll:

[AlienDB7]

Well it's not like they'll be spending money on a new engine... :roll:
They did not long ago, but it's a diesel... :?

[vexor]

XKR is reveiled

http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/1-jun28-xkr.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/2-jun28-xkr.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/3-jun28-xkr.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/4-jun28-xkr.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/5-jun28-xkr.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/6-jun28-xkr.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/7-jun28-xkr.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/8-jun28-xkr.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/9-jun28-xkr.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/10-jun28-xkr.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/11-jun28-xkr.jpg

[TopGearNL]

Looks like they have given the XK some steroids, it hasn't affected the look that much so I am glad for that.

Thanks for the pics :!:

[davide]

looks pretty good!

But I think the mesh in the front is a little bit too much... more space between the mesh!

[skituner]

fuck auto gearboxs :cry:

[pterps]

I don't like the front, they could have done a much better job with that. :( Maybe it looks better in real life :bah:

[Vansquish]

Looks pretty damned good to me, but it would be a lot better if the mesh wasn't so brightly highlighted. I think perhaps that if it was matte black instead of chromed, the car would look seriously menacing and a hell of a lot more purposeful.

[Bernardo]

looks awesome!!

[vexor]

new pics

http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/1-2007-jaguar-xkr-coupe-cabriolet.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/2-2007-jaguar-xkr-coupe-cabriolet.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/3-2007-jaguar-xkr-coupe-cabriolet.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/4-2007-jaguar-xkr-coupe-cabriolet.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/5-2007-jaguar-xkr-coupe-cabriolet.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/6-2007-jaguar-xkr-coupe-cabriolet.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/7-2007-jaguar-xkr-coupe-cabriolet.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/8-2007-jaguar-xkr-coupe-cabriolet.jpg
http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/9-2007-jaguar-xkr-coupe-cabriolet.jpg

[nickthaskater]

Looks quite soft... The old XKR had a rather nice bit of aggressiveness to it, this new one has absolutely nothing of the sort.

[TopGearNL]

Looks awesome, I disagree with /\/\, the looks are astonishing, they managed to beef it up without ruining the looks, some cars (evo) look like they have been given steroids or something, this is just Sex On Wheels :mrgreen:

[nickthaskater]

This is so much sexier and meaner IMO -

http://i4.tinypic.com/1676rls.jpg

Now that's a Jaguar, this new one is just a little house cat :P

[TopGearNL]

I agree that the old one looks better, but its gone, just gone (you can still buy it OK) but you mean that the Big Cat looks have gone, I agree with that !

But at least they haven't ruined it, the new one :wink:

[TNT]

fuck auto gearboxs :cry:

flappy panel gearbox ;)

i think it looks pretty good. but the rumor of a XKR-R is what is going to be even better.

[nickthaskater]

fuck auto gearboxs :cry:

flappy panel gearbox ;)

i think it looks pretty good. but the rumor of a XKR-R is what is going to be even better.
Flappy paddle* :wink:

/still takes an Aston Vantage over this wannabe

Only 40hp less, but it's over 200 pounds lighter, and it's a fuckload classier and far better looking in my eyes.

Of course, no price for the XKR has been announced (to my knowledge), but if my estimates are accurate, it's only around 10-15k difference between the two. That's definitely not enough money to make me go for the cheaper car when you're talking about around 100k already.

[TNT]

fuck auto gearboxs :cry:

flappy panel gearbox ;)

i think it looks pretty good. but the rumor of a XKR-R is what is going to be even better.
Flappy paddle* :wink:

/still takes an Aston Vantage over this wannabe

Only 40hp less, but it's over 200 pounds lighter, and it's a fuckload classier and far better looking in my eyes.

Of course, no price for the XKR has been announced (to my knowledge), but if my estimates are accurate, it's only around 10-15k difference between the two. That's definitely not enough money to make me go for the cheaper car when you're talking about around 100k already.

It's gonna be a lot easier to get the XKR then it is to get the AMV8. I guess if you want one of those quickly it'll cost a lot more.

^^ right but the 500hp XKR-R should be a real player. time will tell.

[Bernardo]

fuck auto gearboxs :cry:

flappy panel gearbox ;)

i think it looks pretty good. but the rumor of a XKR-R is what is going to be even better.
Flappy paddle* :wink:

/still takes an Aston Vantage over this wannabe

Only 40hp less, but it's over 200 pounds lighter, and it's a fuckload classier and far better looking in my eyes.

Of course, no price for the XKR has been announced (to my knowledge), but if my estimates are accurate, it's only around 10-15k difference between the two. That's definitely not enough money to make me go for the cheaper car when you're talking about around 100k already.

It's gonna be a lot easier to get the XKR then it is to get the AMV8. I guess if you want one of those quickly it'll cost a lot more.

^^ right but the 500hp XKR-R should be a real player. time will tell.

I agree.

[TNT]

^^^ thanks dani very nice. :drool:

[saadie]

yeah ... it looks ok ..... when it first came out ... it looked kind of ugly cuz of the vantage ..... now im kinda bored of both of em lol :)

thanks uhh ... dani :P