Just picked up and took this photo - yes it is a XF Sportsbrke

 

It is an XF photo

 

Just replaced my XJR with my dream car XFR

 

Enjoy the ride! Love my XFR and yours is beautiful! Now get some after market exhaust and enjoy the purrrrr.

 

Thanks Mark. Tried to change my profile picture but not working. Any advice?

 

It's pretty easy under User CP --> Change Profile picture. If it's not sticking it's likely just too large a file. The size limitations are silly! Shrink it WAY down...

 

Will do Mark. Many thanks

 

Now I feel greedy; we already have a 2013 XFR, and just bought a 2008 X358 XJR to replace our old X350 XJ6 runabout. Now tell me there's no God out there looking after us. Both fantastic cars, in subtly different ways; probably a lot less expensive in England than elsewhere.

 

Sorry Phil, but those Yanks have it all over us, they have the most ridiculously cheap prices for new and used Jags, not much more than 1/3 what I would pay in Oz and way less than you would pay in Blighty/Europe.
I'm sure I have read somewhere that new Jags in the US cost significantly less than new Jags in the UK despite the shipping cost.
I know that the Pontiac GTO (Holden Monaro) and the Chevy SS (Holden Commodore SS) cost way less in the US than they did in Oz where they were built. One pointer why the Oz car building industry is now kaput.

 

I can attest to this. I bought my XFR only a few months ago. When I was doing my research I wasn't looking for anything specifically, just something a bit "special". I looked at C63/E63 Merc's, BMW M3's, and Jags. I ended up buying a 13MY XFR with 40k miles on the clock, when for the same money the best I could do with the BMW and Merc's was something 2-3 years older and ~20k more miles. Needless to say, I think I made the right decision.

 

Thanks for the info Kim, I was aware of the new price differential, but have no knowledge of the used market in the US, nor the Antipodes, for that matter. In Europe, however, Britain is by far the least expensive place for used Jaguars; mainland enthusiasts will frequently buy here to take home, despite our cars being right (correct :-)) hand drive which can be a pain in left hand drive countries. Prices are best thought of in the time it takes to earn the item in question; our (then two year old) XFR represented less than one years average pay in Britain,, and the recently acquired XJR, average pay for three months.

 

The price differential between used BMW M cars / AMG Mercs / RS Audis and Jaguar Rs, exists also in Britain, but is reversed in mainland Europe, and especially in Germany where even an old banger Jag is highly regarded by those in the know.

You definitely made the right decision; the XFR is still the ultimate super saloon. With a very inexpensive remap, and a smaller blower pulley, one can go out supercar baiting, and win.

 

In the same boat, having already owned a 2012 XF with the 5.0 V8, when I was looking for an upgrade I could not find a better value elsewhere. So I ended up getting another XF, this time the R ofcourse . I paid the price of what an average BMW 5 or Audi A6 would cost and mine is CPO'd to a longer period than even the newer Germans!

 

CPO'd????

 

He's a Star Wars character. The gold one.

 

I must be asleep still; CPO I know, but too dozy to make a connection.

 

CPO'd is similar to C3PO.

 

This is accurate, mine came attached in place of the sunroof.

 

 

Nice! Sweet ride!