The M5 Flinches
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2010 Jaguar XFR - Short Take Road Test
A new 510-hp V-8 makes this cat an M5-eater.
BY AARON ROBINSON
May 2009
Known lately for its sleepy, leaping cats, Jaguar has taken its fangs off the nightstand and stuck them back in. The sporty ?R? designation gets pinned to the tail of the pretty and still-pretty-new $52,000 XF, the mid-size sedan below the big XJ. The result: 510 tech-infused horsepower and a price hike to $80,000. The driving sophistication is high, and some test numbers we managed to quickly extract during the XFR?s introduction are 10 degrees north of wow: 4.3 seconds to 60 mph, a quarter-mile pierced in 12.7 seconds at 115 mph. The M5 flinches.
Read the rest at Car & Driver.
A new 510-hp V-8 makes this cat an M5-eater.
BY AARON ROBINSON
May 2009
Known lately for its sleepy, leaping cats, Jaguar has taken its fangs off the nightstand and stuck them back in. The sporty ?R? designation gets pinned to the tail of the pretty and still-pretty-new $52,000 XF, the mid-size sedan below the big XJ. The result: 510 tech-infused horsepower and a price hike to $80,000. The driving sophistication is high, and some test numbers we managed to quickly extract during the XFR?s introduction are 10 degrees north of wow: 4.3 seconds to 60 mph, a quarter-mile pierced in 12.7 seconds at 115 mph. The M5 flinches.
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Originally Posted by Krozi' post='833233' date='Apr 1 2009, 01:51 PM
But then again, this is the 2010 model. The F10 M5 will come out a few years later but will probably be faster.
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='833468' date='Apr 1 2009, 05:04 PM
True, but it's going to be pretty easy for Jaguar to increase the power output on an already forced induction engine (the XF-R is of course supercharged) and the XF is already a very solid handling car. Furthermore, the XF-R will be here reasonably soon, whereas the F10 M5 may be a while away if prior 5er launches are anything to go by. Key thing is that if anything is going to push BMW to stay at the top of its game it's strong competition and the XF-R seems to provide that. It's car enthusiasts who win when quality product hits the marketplace and keeps everyone on their toes.
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='833468' date='Apr 2 2009, 03:04 AM
True, but it's going to be pretty easy for Jaguar to increase the power output on an already forced induction engine (the XF-R is of course supercharged) and the XF is already a very solid handling car. Furthermore, the XF-R will be here reasonably soon, whereas the F10 M5 may be a while away if prior 5er launches are anything to go by. Key thing is that if anything is going to push BMW to stay at the top of its game it's strong competition and the XF-R seems to provide that. It's car enthusiasts who win when quality product hits the marketplace and keeps everyone on their toes.
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Originally Posted by tachyon' post='833226' date='Apr 1 2009, 04:46 PM
2010 Jaguar XFR - Short Take Road Test
A new 510-hp V-8 makes this cat an M5-eater.
BY AARON ROBINSON
May 2009
Known lately for its sleepy, leaping cats, Jaguar has taken its fangs off the nightstand and stuck them back in. The sporty ?R? designation gets pinned to the tail of the pretty and still-pretty-new $52,000 XF, the mid-size sedan below the big XJ. The result: 510 tech-infused horsepower and a price hike to $80,000. The driving sophistication is high, and some test numbers we managed to quickly extract during the XFR?s introduction are 10 degrees north of wow: 4.3 seconds to 60 mph, a quarter-mile pierced in 12.7 seconds at 115 mph. The M5 flinches.
Read the rest at Car & Driver.
A new 510-hp V-8 makes this cat an M5-eater.
BY AARON ROBINSON
May 2009
Known lately for its sleepy, leaping cats, Jaguar has taken its fangs off the nightstand and stuck them back in. The sporty ?R? designation gets pinned to the tail of the pretty and still-pretty-new $52,000 XF, the mid-size sedan below the big XJ. The result: 510 tech-infused horsepower and a price hike to $80,000. The driving sophistication is high, and some test numbers we managed to quickly extract during the XFR?s introduction are 10 degrees north of wow: 4.3 seconds to 60 mph, a quarter-mile pierced in 12.7 seconds at 115 mph. The M5 flinches.
Read the rest at Car & Driver.
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I saw this on the road last week
It looked very nice ...the numbers are impressive but i would have to see it take out an M5 piloted by a good driver (C's Bimmer) to believe it .
It looked very nice ...the numbers are impressive but i would have to see it take out an M5 piloted by a good driver (C's Bimmer) to believe it .