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Stunned by the quality of this XKR today and I happily upset everyone by saying I wouldn't take an F type in its place .
For me its already a modern classic and in this colour and spec almost timeless .
Stunned by the quality of this XKR today and I happily upset everyone by saying I wouldn't take an F type in its place .
For me its already a modern classic and in this colour and spec almost timeless .
I would tend to agree with the OP
Paid about that for my XKR Dynamic in Jan, although had 10k more miles. History and a 1 yr warranty again from a JLR main dealer in Ipswich. Their service was excellent and a pleasure to deal with. It has been faultless since then.
I looked at F Types as well. But just preferred the overall package of the XKR. And the shape is a timeless classic both as a coupe and a convertible, which is not always true. Have just returned from 1000 mile trip to Angouleme with this group:
And it was probably the best gt package overall (in my opinion). Mainly due to the engine. It is just effortless grunt. The AMs require much more effort to use the performance. The BMW was modded to 575 bhp and proper quick but again needed lots of gear changes to extract that power.
I understand people take them beyond the 510 bhp, but I’m really not sure it is needed. And I never thought I’d say more power was unnecessary.
Paid about that for my XKR Dynamic in Jan, although had 10k more miles. History and a 1 yr warranty again from a JLR main dealer in Ipswich. Their service was excellent and a pleasure to deal with. It has been faultless since then.
I looked at F Types as well. But just preferred the overall package of the XKR. And the shape is a timeless classic both as a coupe and a convertible, which is not always true. Have just returned from 1000 mile trip to Angouleme with this group:
And it was probably the best gt package overall (in my opinion). Mainly due to the engine. It is just effortless grunt. The AMs require much more effort to use the performance. The BMW was modded to 575 bhp and proper quick but again needed lots of gear changes to extract that power.
I understand people take them beyond the 510 bhp, but I’m really not sure it is needed. And I never thought I’d say more power was unnecessary.
In complete agreement with OP, but then I might be a bit biased! 
Here's mine, had it 7 years now... still makes me laugh every time I take it out although that has been infrequently in recent years as I've been WFH since COVID.
Mine's the one in front, the other one facing away is my son's.
Here's mine, had it 7 years now... still makes me laugh every time I take it out although that has been infrequently in recent years as I've been WFH since COVID.
Mine's the one in front, the other one facing away is my son's.
Edited by Piersman2 on Wednesday 2nd October 12:28
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