XK Dynamic R

[Brian1964]

Hello all-looking bit of your knowledge re. above please.
When showrooms open again, going to view 2014 model of above car. Have researched & am aware this was the last model-it has only 27000 miles, black however has had 4 previous owners!! Could obviously be several reasons for this-will certainly inquire. For sale at a Jaguar dealer. Dealer advertising it has not put pictures on web yet, as I believe they were to receive it as COVID started.
Have bought 2 cars previously from them-no problems-it is priced at £31500.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

[Tacchino]

Make sure it has all the correct Dynamic R goodies and that everything works.

Should have a lovely set of Vortex machine cut 20" rims.
Look great but damage easily and not cheap to sort out - hard to find if you need to replace.

XKR-S style seats should be in there.
They wear well so should be pretty mint at that mileage.

When you get the registration number then run it through the www.gov.uk MOT history site and see what it shows.

[Brian1964]

Thanks Tacchino-got the reg off their site - checked, has passed mot on its 3 visits. It’s the 4 previous owners that will have to be looked into - although between 2 mots it only covered 400 miles.

[ruhall]

Four owners might not be quite what it seems; from memory quite a few of these were Jaguar registered and others might well have been demo cars, so that's the 1st owner covered for perhaps a few months. So possibly 3 owners in 5 years which sometimes isn't out of the way. Worth checking though.

[Brian1964]

Cheers Ruhall. Was thinking that re. demo. The Jaguar dealer concerned has discount on most of their stock - this car either has not arrived as yet, or only just in as no photographs on site & no discount. It’s a case of they are few & far between, but would not be a big demand for them. Comparing to autotrader, spec & price seems the going rate - not be telling the dealer. Only 1 other 1 with another dealer - it’s an XK, same year, 4000 miles more, also black for £5500 cheaper. Prefer look of XKR & with extras of dynamic thrown in sounds about right.
Cheers all.

[Brian1964]

Car I had in mind only got the pictures put on dealers net on Thursday past. Showroom opens tomorrow, Monday, however it came off the site on Saturday morning. Looking like it has sold already-bit of a disaster, didn’t even get to see it in the flesh. Unfortunately very few for sale at any one time. Such is life.

[puss]

I am thinking of a late convertible 5.0s/c XKR and ideally would like a XKR-S but they are like hen's teeth.
I have had a 06 XK and a few years a ago an '08 XKR and loved both but want the 5.0 next time

My question is can someone give definitive info on changes made over the last few years of production from, say, 2010 to the end?

For example, I want the active exhaust which is on the XKR-S and I believe is also on the run-out Dynamic model

However, I am partial to cooled seats having had them on several cars and my current 'daily' a Kia Stinger (very similar set-up to a Jag in the way it drives - love it) and from what I recall, the 'sports' seats from the R-S that look like buckets and were subsequently adopted in the Dynamic lose the cooled seat function. At least, I never found one with the later seats that also had cooling. Is that so?

Is the 16-way seat option what the pre-Dynamic cars had and is that the type that had cooling? I suffer with a bad back so the 16 way seat sounds best for me

Also, was the Active exhaust fitted to previous XKRs before the Dynamic? There is a 2012 one for sale at the moment that it is claimed has Active exhaust but this is before the Dynamic came out isn't it?

I also understand the Dynamic had lowered suspension largely borrowed from the XKR-S so does anyone know if this significantly compromises the ride quality and does it still have CATS

I can't find a detailed enough explanation of the chronological changes so any help will be much appreciated

In summary, I really want Active exhaust, and ideally want cooled seats plus 16-way adjustment but I'm not sure all 3 are to be found on one car

[8bit]

puss said:

I am thinking of a late convertible 5.0s/c XKR and ideally would like a XKR-S but they are like hen's teeth.
I have had a 06 XK and a few years a ago an '08 XKR and loved both but want the 5.0 next time

My question is can someone give definitive info on changes made over the last few years of production from, say, 2010 to the end?

For example, I want the active exhaust which is on the XKR-S and I believe is also on the run-out Dynamic model

However, I am partial to cooled seats having had them on several cars and my current 'daily' a Kia Stinger (very similar set-up to a Jag in the way it drives - love it) and from what I recall, the 'sports' seats from the R-S that look like buckets and were subsequently adopted in the Dynamic lose the cooled seat function. At least, I never found one with the later seats that also had cooling. Is that so?

Is the 16-way seat option what the pre-Dynamic cars had and is that the type that had cooling? I suffer with a bad back so the 16 way seat sounds best for me

Also, was the Active exhaust fitted to previous XKRs before the Dynamic? There is a 2012 one for sale at the moment that it is claimed has Active exhaust but this is before the Dynamic came out isn't it?

I also understand the Dynamic had lowered suspension largely borrowed from the XKR-S so does anyone know if this significantly compromises the ride quality and does it still have CATS

I can't find a detailed enough explanation of the chronological changes so any help will be much appreciated

In summary, I really want Active exhaust, and ideally want cooled seats plus 16-way adjustment but I'm not sure all 3 are to be found on one car

All XKRs have the "active exhaust", what you're describing is the "performance active exhaust" - on that one the center section drops the two small resonators that the standard exhaust has and there's a crossover between the two pipes near the front. On an XKR-S that's standard and the back box is slightly different too, for more noise and power. All supercharged XKRs have the actively-controlled flaps in the back box exit pipes though. The XKR 75, XKR-S and XK Dynamic R all got Performance Active Exhaust as standard I believe, and it was offered as an option on the late model regular XKR. There are a few afternarket options for a replacement midsection with the crossover, I had one on my 4.2 from Spires and I have the Adamesh equivalent on my current 5.0. Nice little volume increase and it meant I could run the XKR-S ECU software on my XKR.

The 5.0 car was introduced for MY2010 and looks much like the 4.2 (same headlights) but revised lower side grilles. The 5.0 XKRs all have an electronically-controlled differential. They were given a facelift in 2012/2013 I think, with slimmer headlights, reshaped front grilles and wings with changed side vents. The seats which look like Recaros (wing-back things) came as an option around then or 2014 and they are not cooled.

XKR 75 was essentially the testbed for the XKR-S, it's a pre-facelift 5.0 XKR with 530PS (up from 510PS on standard XKR) and has the suspension upgrades from XKR-S, Vortex wheels and Performance Active Exhaust mid section with standard XKR rear box. These are fairly rare and are my personal favourite of the 5.0 XKR range.

XKR-S has the big wing, aggressive front end styling, upgraded rear exhaust section and produces 550PS. Think the fancy seats were standard in that. You also get most of the other options list thrown in. This came in coupe and convertible format, although the latter are hard to find as the OP has observed.

XK Dynamic R is essentially the XKR-S but without the big wing, the more aggressive styling and I think the power is back to 510PS - not certain. Suspension, exhaust and seats all as per XKR-S.

There was also a run-out model called the Final Fifty which I think were XKRs with all the options selected and IIRC some special paint.

[Simpo Two]

8bit said:

The 5.0 car was introduced for MY2010...

In other words, from 2009. Very confusing.

'Cos I bought a 2009 5.0 a few weeks ago. Sadly it had so many faults it had to go back.

Edited by Simpo Two on Friday 9th July 17:17

[reddiesel]

Simpo Two said:

In other words, from 2009. Very confusing.

'Cos I bought a 2009 5.0 a few weeks ago. Sadly it had so many faults it had to go back.

Edited by Simpo Two on Friday 9th July 17:17

It is very confusing describing Jaguars never ending capacity for reinventing older Models by adding a bit of frippery and in my opinion 8 Bit makes a good job of it . Tell us more about this 2009 5.0 and all these faults .

[Crumpet]

Slightly off topic…..but does anyone know if the performance seats available in the XK dynamic R give more room in the rear? They look thinner than standard and I wondered if it might give an extra inch or two of legroom for a five year old!

[8bit]

reddiesel said:

Simpo Two said:

In other words, from 2009. Very confusing.

'Cos I bought a 2009 5.0 a few weeks ago. Sadly it had so many faults it had to go back.

Edited by Simpo Two on Friday 9th July 17:17

It is very confusing describing Jaguars never ending capacity for reinventing older Models by adding a bit of frippery and in my opinion 8 Bit makes a good job of it . Tell us more about this 2009 5.0 and all these faults .

Most manufacturers start selling a new model year car the year before the MY number. We had a MY2009 Mercedes M-Class which was built and registered late in 2008. It can be confusing though, especially as that doesn't seem to apply in the US for some reason...