When Jaguar released the XF nearly a year ago, critics and buyers lauded the four-door luxury performance sedan as a huge step up for the Pouncing Cat. The Detroit NAIAS brings even more exciting news for the XF line with the introduction of the 2010 Jaguar XFR, and it looks promising to say the least.
The 2010 XFR has all the goods to compete in the high-end luxury performance sedan market with the likes of the Audi RS6, BMW M5 and Mercedes E63 AMG. XFR power, and there's plenty of it, comes from a supercharged 5.0 liter V8 outputting 510 bhp, even more power than the M5's V10.
From the outside the XFR beefs up the design language found on the XF and new XF Portfolio models with lots of fancy go-fast bits, though the total result is a mixed bag. We love the giant, snarling front intakes and the beautiful 20 inch chromed alloys hiding "R" brake calipers, and the quad-outlet exhaust pushed to the extreme corners of the rear splitter.
The circa-1995 Ford Mustang hood, with its unfocused power dome and silly air inlets, though, looks out of place on such a high-end car. Jaguar would have done well to give the 2010 XFR side skirts that didn't look like they came off a cheap plastic Honda Civic bodykit. The overall design has some great elements and should be a hit with fans of Jaguar's new direction, but it should have been excecuted more carefully.
No one will argue with the new XFR's spec sheet, though. In addition to a thoroughly badass motor, the big cat gets an active rear differential and an electronically regulated suspension system for pounding corners sans-bodyroll and still taking grandma to the grocery in coddling luxury.
The pedigree is clear: a near-stock 2010 XFR recently achieved a top speed of 225.675 mph at Bonneville on stock street tires, with little except an overboosted supercharger and some additional aerodynamic enhancements separating it from the XFR that will see a reported release date in the spring, with orders beginning this month. You'll have to be satisfied with a 155 mph governer on your XFR, though, unless you are the warranty-voiding type.
| Chassis | |
| Wheels | 20-inch Nevis Alloy |
| Suspension | Computer Dynamic Adjusting Suspension |
Drivetrain | |
| Layout | Front Engine, RWD |
| Transmission | Automatic w/ Manual Shift |
| Differential | Active Rear Differential |
Engine & Transmission | |
| Displacement cu in (cc): | 5.0 liters |
| Power bhp (kW) at RPM: | 510 bhp |
| Torque lb-ft (Nm) at RPM: | 461 lb-ft. (625 Nm) |
| Type: | AJ-V8 Gen III Supercharged |
Performance | |
| Acceleration 0-60 mph s: | 4.7 seconds |
| Emissions | Meets EU Stage 5 and US ULEV II/Tier 2 Bin 5 emissions regulations. |
| Top Speed | 155 mph (electronically limited) |
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