Weight of the new ADVANCED LIGHTWEIGHT COUPE?

Weight of the new ADVANCED LIGHTWEIGHT COUPE?

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tacoboy

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202 posts

268 months

Tuesday 15th February 2005
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Does anyone know the weight of the new JAGUAR ADVANCED LIGHTWEIGHT COUPE?

kryten22uk

2,347 posts

238 months

Tuesday 15th February 2005
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As far as i'm aware, they havent released figures yet, but the automotive press say that the car will be "40% lighter" thanks to its aluminium shell. Now this is fairly useless, because we didnt know the weight to start with, however Topgear gave a more useful prediction:

"Now obviously the new XK will have more kit on it than the old one, and it looks a bit wider, but we'd guess it'll start at under 1,600kg - 100kg less than a BMW 645Ci auto, 250kg under a Merc SL500."

So that is compared to the average weight of around 1700kg for the current XK coupe.

groomi

9,323 posts

250 months

Tuesday 15th February 2005
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Well bearing in mind that the current XK is about the same weight as the old XJ, I would expect the new XK to weigh about the same as the current XJ...which is about 1550kg for the V8 IIRC.

A useful saving but hardly 'lightweight'.

Still, it's better than Audis A8 which actually weighs significantly more than it's steel predecessor.