The Goodwood Festival of Speed is just around the corner – July 3rd through the 5th – and Jaguar has announced its lineup for the UK show. Jaguar will be bringing five unique vehicles to this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, including a special edition XKR.
Based on the 2010 Jaguar XKR, the Goodwood Special XKR shows what a hardcore XKR might be like. The Goodwood Special XKR features “performance enhancements”, a louder exhaust, 21-icnh wheels and, most noticeably, a Lime Green paint scheme with plenty of XKR graphics. Other unique touches include a satin graphite treatment on the car’s front grille, side mirrors, headlights, door surrounds, hood louvers and rear spoiler.
It remains unclear what kind of production value the Goodwood Special XKR holds, but some of its performance parts are likely to show up in Jaguar dealers for the 2010 model year.
Also on hand at the Goodwood Festival will be Jaguar’s record-setting Bonneville XFR. With only minor aero and engine tweaks, the near-stock Bonneville XFR was able to hit an astonishing top speed of 225 mph on Utah’s salt flats.
Rounding out Jaguar’s show lineup will be a Long Nose D-Type, the XJ13 – the only in existence – and Jaguar’s Le Mans winning C-Type.
07/01, 10:20 AM
posted by:
AutoCritical
Sounds exciting, but when I look at that color, I think i’m feeling a bit poorly…
07/01, 10:22 AM
posted by:
Bimmer
Is that Indian Green?
07/01, 10:28 AM
posted by:
cocksterS
I’d like to see that “satin graphite” find its way on an entire car. That would look pretty menacing.
As for that Lime Green: I think it’d look cool on the track or in a showroom, but you’d look a fool if you drove it on the street.
07/01, 10:29 AM
posted by:
fan
weird how this color would be perfectly fine for an italian GT along the lines of a maserati, but completely out there for a britcar…
07/01, 10:51 AM
posted by:
mentir
The lime green is obnoxious enough to grab anyone’s attention, which is good. The XKR needs more attention as its one of the most underrated performance coupes on the market.
07/01, 10:53 AM
posted by:
05Z88Path
New age British racing green?
07/01, 12:24 PM
posted by:
Need more oil for GM
Yawn. Buy A Corvette or a new Camaro. This will be just like any other Faguar, stuck in the service bay awaiting another major repair.
GM. AN American Revolution
07/01, 1:48 PM
posted by:
mentir
^^ Nice use of hate-speech. More legitimate sites might actually moderate their comments and commentors. Then again, this is left lane news we’re talking about.
07/01, 7:00 PM
posted by:
Rafa LL
When are we getting that NMOFGM is just kidding? He’s a fat guy laughing his arse off when we reply.
Seriously LLN readers let’s all get over him, or it w/e.
07/01, 7:01 PM
posted by:
Rafa LL
“…21-icnh wheels and, most noticeably, a Lime Green paint scheme…”
Whats an icnh? 2.54 cetnimeters?
07/01, 10:38 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
I like the green. It gives this car a retro look, and it’s quite cool.
07/02, 1:27 AM
posted by:
441Zuke
nice baby **** green
07/02, 2:59 AM
posted by:
autoagenda
This was built as a one-off for goodwood. Jag wont put it into production. The only part that might see production is the graphite finish on the headlights and wheels.
FYI NMOFGM. Jaguar top in J.D power dependability study, Chevrolet sixth from the bottom. FAIL!!
07/02, 9:19 AM
posted by:
Need more oil for GM
autoagenda those rankingas are for initial quality pal and Buick and Cadillac are in the top rankings too. And they are much more respected and infinitely more reliable over the long haul. Drive a Cadillac or Buick for 400 – 500 thousand miles and you won’t have any problems. Good luck getting 60 thousand out of a Jag.
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