Jaguar XK used review | 1996-2014 - Cars Guide
Jaguar XK is a large, powerful sports machine. More GT (grand tourer) than sports car it returned to Australia in October 1996 after an absence of many years. Our preference is for the all-new model XK launched in May 2007 as it's considerably lighter than the older one thanks to its all-aluminium body. Older Jaguar XKs are showing signs of becoming a cult car but are still very reasonably priced. The shape of the Jaguar XK is unashamedly based on that of the famous Jaguar E-Type. The dashboard uses a traditionally styled, timber-faced design with smallish, round instruments it looks just right in these big British sports machines. Jaguar XK is sold as a closed coupe or a convertible, the convertible has a soft-top in the traditional manner. Power comes from a V8 engine, interestingly, the first engine of this configuration ever used in a Jaguar as the company had made its name building beautiful looking straight sixes. That was raised to 4. 2 litres when the engine was heavily revised in 2002. Further changes with the new model of 2007 improved it again. At the top of the performance tree sits the 'Jaguar XKR with R features'. Source: www.carsguide.com.au
