Im guessing some of you have read this already but for those who havent its a nice first test on the upcoming XF-R

It is certainly giving me more reason to like the XF

For some reason though the picture appearing in the magazine article of a nice Silver example is not in the online version

& An M5 Killer It Is With Great MPG figures to boot

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/..._test/(page)/1

 

I was under the impression the car would be lighter than the 4350lb curb weight listed...

Insane 0-60 time though...that just goes to show how the older R-Performance models could greatly benefit from a limited slip differential. (500 horsepower may have helped as well)

 

lol yeah def the majority of the advantage is the HP diff lol

 

and Ill let you know what I think when I drive it on May 6 at the road track south of Houston..I was asked to come out and drive it along with someother people....I told my wife she can come and video from the passenger seat....

 

Now if they ditched the 20s and put a smaller size to conserve some weight and put some of the rest on a diet to achieve 4000 or 3900 lbs that car would fly. Still impressive for that much weight.

For comparisons-now look at this!!! Both from the same site to keep numbers close:

2010 Ford Mustang Cobra GT-500

ENGINE TYPE: supercharged and intercooled DOHC 32-valve V-8, iron block and aluminum heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 303 cu in, 5411cc
Power (SAE net): 540 bhp @ 6200 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 510 lb-ft @ 4500 rpm

TRANSMISSION: 6-speed manual
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 107.1 in Length: 188.2 in Width: 73.9 in Height: 54.5 in
Curb weight: 3917 lb

Zero to 60 mph: 4.6 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 12.9 sec @ 113 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 182 ft
Roadholding, 200-ft-dia skidpad: 0.89 g

2010 Jaguar XFR

ENGINE TYPE: supercharged and intercooled DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, direct fuel injection
Displacement: 305 cu in, 5000cc
Power (SAE net): 510 bhp @ 6000 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 461 lb-ft @ 2500 rpm

TRANSMISSION: 6-speed automatic with manumatic shifting

DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 114.5 in Length: 195.3 in Width: 73.9 in Height: 57.5 in Curb weight: 4350 lb

C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 4.3 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 9.6 sec
Zero to 120 mph: 13.6 sec
Street start, 5–60 mph: 4.6 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 12.7 sec @ 115 mph
Top speed (governor limited, mfr's claim): 155 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 155 ft FUEL ECONOMY (MFR'S EST):
EPA city/highway driving: 15/23 mpg

To summerize:
Jag is faster in 0-60, 1/4 time, better fuel mileage, brakes better--but weighs more, costs more, has less horespower-still insane that it beats out a sports car like the GT-500 Mustang-now thats bragging rights!!!!

 

Tiss true and glad theyre stepping into the game...but at the end of the day you can go buy all the performance stuff you want to take the mustang even higher...but then its still a mustang

 

Good call brutal .. I just drove the car it is insane ! I just gave it light throttle with dsc off and it did a burnout easily ... Then I burned out of the drive way on the way out of my dealer .. Damn she's sweet ... It's smooth on the highway .. A little rough on rough roads but man it's a nice car. You lucky to get it on a track that wud be awesome.

 

Performance of the XFR is essentially the same as the XKR which is only 200 lbs lighter despite being made of aluminum. Just how quick do you think this car ought to be????

The really impressive number is the 50 to 70 mph figure at 1.9 seconds almost a second quicker (40% quicker) than the RS6 from Audi which has a twin turbo V10! Now THAT is a heavy car for its size.

These acceleration numbers are mind blowingly quick. Only North Americans remain obsessed with the relatively meaningless 0-60 time. The XFR and the XKE have very quick 1/4 mile times within a tenth of each other. Now that's quick.

 

How can the XJR, especially the new one coming that's near 3700 lbs weigh less than the XF which is even smaller. Or did they just not use aluminum in the XF cause it was cheaper?

 

How do you compare a mustang to a jag?

If you want to compare you should compare the cadillac cts-v to the xfr. The only bragging right would be mpg on the freeway and even then you wouldn't put $20,000 in the gas tank of the cts-v over the lifetime of the car ($60k vs. $80k.)

In defense of the gt500, the thing doesn't handle very well. The tires are so small the thing spins in 3rd gear, which means the thing is horrible in the straight line. They really need to do something about it. The terminator (03/04 mustang cobra) is a better car imo. Adding more hp without adding to the grip of the car is retarded...

 

I got a ride in an XFR. Every time the driver hit the gas, it literally sucked the change out of my pockets. Great way to get gas money I guess.

 

That's a good strategy...