2014 Jaguar XJR - Car and Driver (blog)
The lightweight and luxurious Jaguar XJ Supercharged is already plenty quick with its 470-hp V-8, Jaguar has introduced the even-faster XJR as a performance model to compete with the Audi S8 and Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG. With 550 hp and 502 lb-ft of torque on tap—as well as substantial brake and suspension upgrades—the XJR and long-wheelbase XJR-L certainly have the chops to fire with the big guns. Instrumented Test – 2014 Jaguar XJR Jaguar is busy honing its identity. Fortunately for us, the Germans all have performance divisions, and Jaguar wants its R subbrand to be thought of as contextual with AMG, M, and Quattro. This, Then, Is a Fine Start So, absent since the current-generation XJ debuted, the XJR is back, because what’s a flagship performance subbrand without a flagship. The XJR’s supercharged 5. 0-liter V-8 is cranked up from a previous high of 510 horsepower in the XJ Supersport —it disappeared when the XJR went on sale—to 550. Torque increases from 461 lb-ft to 502. Both figures nicely square up against this... Source: www.caranddriver.com
