Comments on: Review: 2010 Jaguar XFR

By: mentir

mentir — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:35:11 +0000

Wow. Somebody is actually complaining about how the exhaust tubes look when you’re lying on the ground looking under the car? That’s pretty uninformed even for LLN.

Give Jaguar credit for avoiding the latest trend of fake exhaust tips, ala IS-F and the Ferrari California.

By: superman

superman — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:38:29 +0000

Other Hater, the GS 450h goes from 0-60 in 5.2 seconds, quicker than a porsche 911 with tiptronic transmission. A fast luxury saloon with great fuel economy, a driver monitoring system, “electric supercharging”, and super ultra low emissions ain’t impressive? can we say biased?

By: superman

superman — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:27:34 +0000

Not impressed by the interior

By: Mark Elias

Mark Elias — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:54:21 +0000

Johnnycanuck,

I thought I was the only Tang addict here.

By: Other Man

Other Man — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:35:17 +0000

TornadoGTI, the GS450h will not go from zero to sixty in five seconds dead. It’s also no sport sedan and unimpressive in most aspects.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:33:46 +0000

I think it was Road & Track I was perusing at the Superstore this evening while the wife was looking at those magazines without pictures- I think they’re called books or novels or something equally torturous- and they had a comparison test featuring this Jag and the CTS-V. Near as I could tell without my reading glasses the Caddy won and the 21k price difference not to mention an available manual kind of sealed the deal.

By the way Tang singles were $1.96 for the first 2 boxes. I don’t know if the astronauts drink Tang anymore but it still makes makes a delicious morning aperitif.

By: TornadoGTI

TornadoGTI — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:11:08 +0000

Why so negative everyone? This car is a bit different than an M5, CTS-V, and E63. What those have in performance they are lacking in refinement. For $70K+ cars that is. This Jag blends performance and luxury/refinement better than those 2 cars. Kind of like the S6. That has always been my favorite of the group. It has performance (450hp V10), luxury (Audi makes THE BEST interiors), and practicality (4-doors and Quattro AWD). Now this Jag comes in and adds a bit more luxury/refinement and 60 hp on the Audi but loses AWD. Seems far to me. This car fits in nicely and gives choice to the people who don’t want a car as hardcore as the CTS-V, M5, or E63, but more hardcore than the S6 and (not mention but still a modest performer in this group) Lexus GS450h. That is a 4-door luxury hybrid that will do 60 in 5.0 seconds.

That is just my outlook. I think it is a different car in a class of all same/like cars. The M5/CTS-V/E63 have gotten so close to one another that you could make a choice on just aesthetics and have the same car with any choice.

I like this car and I think Jag is doing quite well in the luxury group. Whoever said that Jag has failed in re entering the luxury segment is DEAD WRONG. I don’t see a 5-series or E-class on C&D 10 best. Nor do I see an A6 on there either. I do see the CTS but com’on, it’s a Caddy versus a Jaguar. Thats like comparing a BMW 6-series to a Maserati Granturismo. Same size class, similar performance, close price ($85k vs. $115k is equivelant to $60k vs. $80k), and yet have nothing more in common.

This car is great. The best is subjective. As fast as M5, as refined as S6, and cost CLOSEST to CTS-V. I see nothing wrong with that equation.

By: Beefcake

Beefcake — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:24:08 +0000

I think those are xenons Jake… brand new ones dont colorshift until after a few hundred hours of usage. At first they look more like halogens, but you can see a little green in them so they are xenons.

By: Mark Elias

Mark Elias — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:11:11 +0000

^atoms,

According to our research, this design was penned after Fisker left to branch out on his own.

^JakeK66

Box in the grille is for adaptive cruise control sensors. I’m afraid that as more cars develop the technologies, you’ll see more and more little black boxes sitting somewhere on the front grille.

All: When photographing the XF-R, I lit it with strobes to show details. Of course you would not carry them around to shine under the car while at a stoplight, but in this case, they lit up the underside of the car. Without them, you would not have noticed the pipes at all.

Thanks for your comments!

Mark Elias

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:38:52 +0000

I don’t like the box inside the mesh opening under the grill… Looks out of place and aftermarket. Also, does this have Xenons? They look like Halogeons in the pictures! Heck, that’s freakin’ cheap if thats the case, the current GTI even has Xenons standard…

By: atoms

atoms — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:39:42 +0000

wasn’t it henrik fisker who designed this car?

By: F50

F50 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:31:44 +0000

I have to say that I like the design, I agree it looks like an Aston wannabe but I like it. I’d take an M5 over it though.

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:30:00 +0000

Woops, my comment was a minute too slow. They changed it to $80,000 – it was $50,000

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:28:52 +0000

Hahaha, good catch Johnny! They must have got it with an un-engined option that is good to look at, but it can’t go anywhere.

By: wakeNbake

wakeNbake — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:23:36 +0000

meh…I can live with the exterior even though it looks like a IS350, but the interior is horrible. The metal dash reminds me of a ’75 AMC Javalin.

By: krautninja

krautninja — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:04:25 +0000

despite everyones knocks on its look, i really like it, It’s different, and jag has ALWAYS been different. Thats what sets them apart from the seemingly cookie cutter styling of some of the other luxury brands (for better of for worse) and on the pipes…. from a normal angle they cannot be seen and its alot more flattering lookin in person, that is a very awkward pic taken at an even more awkward angle

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:58:22 +0000

…but you have to love the fact it’s almost $30,000 less than the base price.

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:54:30 +0000

Glad to see parts of the DEW98 platform are still alive and well in this. A very under-rated platform that should have been the basis for the Ford Interceptor and the IRS 2005 Mustang that never came

By: Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3

Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:21:51 +0000

Still, further proof that Jaguar has failed to reenter the luxury market segment. Boring styling; whacky interior bits/controls; remiss of true Jaguar heritage.

By: livelyjay

livelyjay — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:08:29 +0000

Jaguar’s new slogan should be “In the pursuit of trying to copy Aston Martin”. Not to speak poorly of their new cars, some of them look really nice. I do agree with DIESEL though, those rear exhaust pipes are pretty crappy. If you’re going to make them THAT visible, make them all shiny and stainless.

By: DIESEL

DIESEL — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:54:44 +0000

Well, one more thing about the rear end. Even though I admire 4 exhaust pipe tips (2 on each side), I just can’t get over the pipes visible under the bumper. Looks so unaesthetic! Like it’s been home-assembled in daddy’s garage… And they are crooked, too!

By: DIESEL

DIESEL — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:42:41 +0000

Take the “cat” emblem off the back and suddenly it looks like Honda Civic sedan….. hmmmm….