Looking at buying one. Since this is year one for the 500 horse engine any info/etc?

 

Make sure you get a 5.0, depending when in model year 2010 it was made it still could have a 4.2.

 

I didn't know that. I never saw a 2010 with a 4.2 engine.

 

I am not sure that 2010 XK/XKR's exist with a 4.2L engine. The 5.0L was introduced in 2009 production which was for the 2010 MY.

I own a 2009 which was the last year for the 4.2L, but the car was built in 2008. The door jam sticker provides month and year of production.

I could be wrong, but I don't think so.

 

Of course, the XK in 2010 did not have a 510 hp engine. That was the XKR. I have a 2010 XKR, and no engine problems at just over 30k miles...

 

Body was carried over from the 2007 revamp. Most of the kinks worked out. No engine problems for me so far. XK has 5.0 L, 385 hp. A little less low-end torque than the 4.2 L supercharged (07-09 XKR), but it catches up quick. Nav system is slow and no Bluetooth streaming is a disappointment. Interior is top notch, as all 2010s came with premium fittings previously reserved for Portfolio trim on earlier models.

 

I was surprised to see a couple of 2008 registered 5.0L for sale here recently e.g.

Jaguar XK R 2008 | Trade Me

Judging by the warranty start date, that one was sold in October 2008. The engine number is 08071413122508PS so I think that means it was built in July 2008.

 

I posted a thread on a nice 2010 XKR for sale...

 

Weird. I don't know what to make of that. It says it was face-lifted, which explains the 2010 front end, but the rotary drive selector? And how can it have 420hp if it has a 5.0L? I think the dealership has some facts mixed up. But it's not a US vehicle, so maybe there's something I don't know.

 

I did contact them to point out that the 420bhp was wrong.

Here are the basic details for the car. As you can see it has a build date of 2008 but is listed as a 2010MY.

 

Strange that a car built in 2008 is a 2010 model. Also I didn't see the HP rating but if it is not an XKR then it would be the XK 385HP engine.

 

That VIN says 2010 MY, but 'model years' are usually a year ahead, so they made 2010 MY cars in 2009. The 5.0 models were announced early in 2009. I think it's a ****-up; build date should be 2009.

 

The sequential ID is 31936. Over 3000 before mine, and mine was manufactured in July, 2009. So this might be one of the first ones made?

 

I'm fairly certain that the 5L XK/XKR began as 2009 models in the UK and 2010 models in the USA. Why? I have no clue.

I noted that the XKR in question is in Australia. I suspect the Australian-export cars followed the UK model year, so if it was the first year of the 5L it would be a 2009 model, manufactured in 2008.

 

The "A" in the 10th digit indicates MY2010. But it does make sense that UK/Australia would get the first fruits.

Still, the dealer is incorrect in advertising it as a "2008".

 

It's also strange that the build date and the warranty start date are the same. The new owner would have had to driven it right out of the factory. Something doesn't add up with this one.

 

The car is in New Zealand, not Australia. A lot of our European cars are imported as second hand cars and this one was imported from the UK in June 2010.

If the car was registered in 2008 then over here it is advertised as a 2008. MY doesn't count.

Interestingly I thought that the 5.0L VIN started at B32752 but this car is B31936 so I wonder if it is some sort of early test car?

 

That was the thought I had. There was bound to be a few late pre-production units that were not thrashed to death and were thus candidates for sale as 'used'. It would be very interesting to see what the bodyshell looks like; it may have some post-build modifications.