XJ Super V8 vs XJR (2003)

[LimaDelta]

Can anyone please enlighten me on the differences between a 2003 Super V8 and the "R". I've always quite fancied an XJR but a nice looking Super V8 has become available locally and I am sorely tempted. I assume the engine is the same, and it has all the toys imaginable, but are there many under-the-skin differences?

[FWDRacer]

Suspension. Super V8 is on Sovereign/Daimler softer set-up.

[piquet]

is the sv8 also not lwb vs the swb of the xjr?

[FWDRacer]

^^^ Correct. Wheelbase differentiates. LWB = Sv8.

[alecescolme]

Actually no, LWB was not available in 2003, so a 2003 SV8 is SWB.

I personally would go for the SV8, comes with many more toys as standard compared to the XJR, and suspension is softer, but still handles great.

[V8forweekends]

SV8 much much rarer.

[cardigankid]

To take the opposite view, you buy an XJR for the performance, albeit smoothly delivered. I had this very decision to make in 2006, at which point the SV8 was definitely an LWB. I decided that if you want XJR performance you go for the SWB XJR.

[LimaDelta]

From the pics thread...

LimaDelta said:

Picked this one up last week...



XJR Super - where have you been all my life?

This plus a BINI still to be delivered have replaced our Discovery, and wow, not a shade of regret. Amazing vehicle, which has been on my list for a while. Performance is subtly effective, and my first tank returned a heady 22mpg! I'm going to enjoy Jaguar ownership.

[Stedman]

Congrats! BUT PLEASE CHANGE THE TYRES. P6000's are awful awful things. They don't deserve to be on a S/C'd Jag

[LimaDelta]

Stedman said:

Congrats! BUT PLEASE CHANGE THE TYRES. P6000's are awful awful things. They don't deserve to be on a S/C'd Jag

They are almost due replacement, was thinking about T1-Rs, but only have experience of them on lighter cars. Any recommendations for the big Jag?