Jaguar XFR-S

With the release of the XFR-S, Jaguar has found their inner teen again. Re-birthed from the old man days, Jaguar is trying to appeal to a younger audience, and its self again. I'm not saying that Jaguars in the past 10 or so years were bad, but they definitely were not appealing to a younger crowed. With the XFR-S they have not just slapped on a rear wing and a extra letter in the name. Instead Jaguar has throughly morphed the XFR into a power hungry hooligan. They have done so by stiffening the front and rear suspension by 40 percent. They also stiffened the bushings and changed the knuckles. The have morphed the front and rear facias to drop lift down by 68 percent. The biggest change to the R-S, is the engine management controls and exhaust system, which squeezes 40 more horsepower and 41 feet-pound of torque of the already powerful 5.0-litre V8, for max hp of 550 and 502 ft-lb torque. Those numbers help propel the 4400 lbs sedan from 0-60mph in just over four seconds. Top speed is limited to 186 mph, unfortunately.

To me, this is is the coolest car to come from Jaguar since the release of the F-Type, and most of their cars. Other than all the other cools cars to come from Jaguar this is my favorite. It seems like, from what I've read and watched, its fast. Not only in a straight line but also up the mountain road. It is also a very appealing car. It looks powerful yet still elegant, like a Jaguar. It may be fairly heavy but its a Jag, so its all good.

Jaguar hopes that the R series of cars to come will be a competitor to AMG, M, V and Quattro. Its price tag is definitely more along those line at more then 16 grand more then the XFR. At a base price of $99,895 and only 100 to be shipped to the US in 2014, they probably will not be swarming us like Camry but we can keep our hopes up for 2105.