Best colors on XK/XKR
 

I' ready to pull the trigger on 2010+ XKR. Its personal taste, but some colors look better on certain cars than others........But what color? Black looks good, but I don't like. I'm gravitating toward the dark blue metallic, dark red metallic which are not easy to find. Not sure about the silver/grey ones. Definitely not white on these for me (my white XJ looks great.......)
Does the preferred color change on vert. vs/ coupe on these?
I know it can get stupid chasing some colors vs. others on these cars.

I found during my search that Blue , Green and Red were the hardest colors to find. They are out there but you need to search for them. If you just want to buy a Jag then the easiest colors to find are Black , White , Silver or Gray. So unless you find a jewel in the standard colors then hold out and one of the "colors" of your choice will show up.

I searched for a indigo blue 4.2 L for an entire year but couldn't find one that was a one or two owner car with low mileage for what I considered a reasonable price(21k or under). When a white 2008 popped up that was a one owner 35k car for 19000 I bought it. White was not what I was looking for but when buying an 11 year old car I feel that the most important thing is to get a good quality example. One owner low mileage doesn't guarantee trouble-free driving but so far I'm happy and have grown to love the color. Classy but still sporty in my opinion. I also wanted the caramel interior.

Manage your expectations.
No such thing as perfect color...unless you are buying new.
These cars are so limited that you wont find everything you are looking for in one car.

The most suited color for a coupe in my opinion is vapour grey. Just saw one driving on I95 from Palm Beach to Pompano, absolutely took my breath away. Had a continental je ne sai qoi to it. The location had an effect on it too.
Then 2 days later I was stuck behind a black one in Georgia for 2 hours. It just looked so rich. There was a formal elegance to the black. Like a black suit. Then I was able to make a comparison.

The blue was my first choice. It is as rare as hen's teeth. But subsequently found it not to look so good in the sun. The black is simply timeless.

I've only ever owned red cars, so when I was doing my nationwide search for an X150, I used the search engine filters to only look for red convertibles.
After I bought my Radiance Red XK (no good quality red XKRs, in my price range, were on the market at the time, and I didn't have the patience to search for more than a week or two), I found there was a color called Emerald Fire.
That's a drop dead gorgeous color, IMHO, and had I known about it, I would have searched for that color as well, although that seems to be a much rarer color.
With a 'vert, the interior color becomes pretty important, as you see it all when the top is down (which should be all the time, right?).
I've got the caramel interior on my 'vert, which is ok, but would have much preferred the lighter 'oyster', but again, that is a much rarer color, and you are at the mercy of the original car buyer's choices.
If you are willing to wait, select your desired color combos, and hope one shows up in a nice package.

I liked the black but in the end polishing every day didn't appeal to me, got liquid silver with black interior . As far as red goes , it is so common on every other make I didn't want it and just finished with a red corvette and red 70 Buick convertible.
I wanted the black but was to lazy. lol Your car your color buy what you want.

There is a perfect colour on the XK: BRG::icon_cool:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.jag...e0c61d6cb7.jpg

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But colour taste is individual...to my eye the only colours that are not the best on this beautiful body are white and silver - and for the same reason: they do not show the curves to advantage.

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'm repulsed by BRG. Any green, actually, unless it is because Chlorophyll.

Agree on adding BRG to my list. Which is darker shade of red, the Emerald Fire, or Radiance Red?

I know BRG is classic but doesn't appeal to me either , reminds me of old volvo's for some reason.

Is this the Vapor Grey? Its very nice.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2007-jaguar-xkr-4/

Q.E.D. We can't all be blessed with good taste. :icon_lol:

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Only my second BRG car in over forty years. Usually go for shades of blue (my last 2007 XK was Indigo Blue) but the new shade of BRG used on the last XK's and the F-Type is an unusual colour. It looks almost black in some light but has an amazing depth of metallic in others.

All in all, colour choice is very subjective and I'd put specification higher up the preference list.

Graham

Emerald Fire is fairly rare green[b].

It looks spectacular on early 4.2 XKR's, it might based on what I see in books been available in 2010, or not.

It is a metallic green with silver flakes, but the flakes are highly directional in when they really pop.

It is the same as Jaguar Racing Green from the F1 cars, just with silver flakes instead of gold.

Ebony/Caramel is better than Ebony/Charcoal.

Ultimate Black/Charcoal is better than Ultimate Black/Caramel.

The way the flakes will highlight will give profile to even subtle curves of the body.

I'm just not sure a 2010 XKR was made with it.

It wasn't popular, and I know it was dropped for 2011.

Most common to find it on 2007's.

I would also say that interior/exterior color need to go together.

Ebony/Caramel looks a lot better than Ebony/Charcoal.

Ultimate Black/Charcoal looks a lot better than Ultimate Black/Caramel.

Wow it sold for $25000. Thats high for a 07 with 40k miles.

I am getting conflicting results for vapour grey- I may have the name wrong. Picture below is the color I saw. Not the eggplant grey that other pictures are showing.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.jag...bf5b3beba7.png

Link looks like Slate Grey to me... ^^^ pic above is Lunar Grey.... Vapor Grey has a little bit of champagne coloring to it, maybe even a hint of red in it...

Yes!!! Lunar Grey.

When I went looking it was for anything but black. I ended up with Porcelain, which I love.

That looks like a 2009 Portfolio to me, which would make it Shadow Gray.

Very rare, unique to the Portfolio.

Several other details really make the 2008/2009 Portfolios pop.

Oh yeah,

https://i.postimg.cc/G2jgy2N5/35-B23...246-A2-FEF.jpg

I love white on 2012+ cars.

But do not really like it on the older ones.

BRG, looks black at night or even in the shade. Only shines green in direct sunlight.

The newer orangish red metallic is very nice.

Not a fan of black or silver.

The funniest post on this thread was the guy with the purple car saying he hates green. :icon_crackup:

Caviar...

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UJ0AA...Aq/s-l1600.jpg


Kyanite Blue...

https://images.autotrader.com/hn/c/e...b538ee7780.jpg

Porcelain is my favorite with Black second. Not a fan of red cars personally. That Caviar is sweet though. I like the Liquid Silver as well.

When I was looking for another car last year I found a 2011 XJL that was some sort of dark blue with 2 tone tan/blue interior. That combo was just fantastic.

That's about the color of mine, "Pearl Gray Metallic". Course I don't know what it was called in 2007.

pearl gay metallic has a touch of eggplant.
you can see the tinge from every angle.
2010 Pearl Grey Metallic Jaguar XK XKR Convertible #18562194 Photo #7 | GTCarLot.com - Car Color Galleries

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If you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly! Salsa red!

Liquid silver is what I have, but it wouldn't have been my choice. I love the radiance red or the Carnival Red as it was called on the X100 (which I also have). Silver is just too common, it's the new white. However, it never looks dirty or dusty as opposed to black which looks like a dust bin in southern California. Just find a car you like and that meets all of your other criteria, any color looks good on the XKR.
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You are correct. The Selena wheels are the giveaway because they were unique to the 2009 XKR Portfolio models, all of which were painted Shadow Gray, a 1-year only XKR color. 2008 XKR Portfolio models were Celestial Black with polished Cremona wheels.

And yes, it's rare. How rare is it? I'm aware of one other that was identically equipped from the factory with the Ivory and Slate interior, Rich Oak veneer, Adaptive Cruise, and Alcon Brakes. I've added a few mods.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.jag...b9dbaac5d6.jpg

Navy blue for the 4.2
Italian racing red for the 5.0

Shadow Grey of course!

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.jag...b1c4fb4406.jpg

Very ironic that this "special colour" for the 2009MY Portfolio was originally used on the X-Type...

I like my black car, but my preferred colors were shadow gray, radiance red or emerald fire. They all look great. Luckily Jaguar didn't really do a bad color on these cars, some are less my taste but still very nice.

I have the boring liquid silver. But I like this. I know its an f type but might look good on an xkr. Can always peel it off if you don't like it. Maybe next year we will see.

https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.FEyrw...r=1.25&pid=1.7

As people who know these cars we can see every variation and difference from car to car and model year to model year, however, I would venture to guess that no matter what color, that when over 90% of the population see these cars on the road and especially if it's a coupe , will say " that looks just like the car Daniel Craig drove in Casino Royale".
Beautiful cars no matter what the color.

If you want one of the more colourful colours, you may have to wait a long time or travel a long way to find a good one, or both.

When I was thinking about looking, vapour grey caught my eye. When I actually started looking, I found that 70+% of all XKRs were black or some shade of grey and these dark colours were not my preferred choices. Blue was probably next most common with about 10% but most of these were nearly new XKR-S models above what I was willing to pay. That only left about 15 cars in the whole of Germany which were white, silver, red or green! So not much choice.

I settled on a white one as it was low mileage, great spec and condition and from a fairly near-by Jaguar dealer. White looks a lot better in the flesh than in photos but for me needs the silver trim and wheels not to feel a bit flat.

With such rare cars, getting exactly the spec you want could be very difficult if you discount black and dark greys. The colourful ones, if at all sensibly priced, sold fast. The blacks, may be because they were thought to be a preferred colour were usually over-priced and sat until they were reduced to the going rate.

However, they look fine in any colour :)

I've learned that even though most auto websites have a checkmark for the portfolio trim, selling dealers do not realize what they have.

As a consequence, there are portfolio's for sale in with regular XKR's, and even XK's.

Since 2008/2009 were low production years, it doesn't take long to search all of them.

Your interior is quite rare, I'm not sure I've seen one for sale.

French Blue XKRS is the coolest color. The older XK's had more appealing colors like Radiance Red, Winter Gold and Seafrost Green. Any of the blue's or red's are great. The grey's are well fitting to a British GT. Have to consider the interior color and wheel selection. White is safe and tasteful.

I think it makes a big difference as to whether you are going for a coupe or a vert. I have owned three X150 verts. My favorite was ultimate black with a canvas colored top and caramel interior. My current Portfolio 13 XKR vert is Rhodium Silver, Black top and dark blue interior. If it should become necessary to replace the top the new top will be dark blue. If I were to get a coupe It would be shadow grey or some other dark grey. Bottom line it is a matter of personal taste and what is available, etc., etc.

Dark blue is favorite convertible top color.

Well, I'm still at the fork of this XKR road: 2010+ Coupe vs Vert. I thought convertible for sure, as I enjoyed the optional open driving thru the years (1973 spitfire-was my daily for 3 years, 1963 T-Bird vert-was my daily for 3 years, 2000 S2000-fun 3rd car, 21,000 miles in 7.5 years).
But the coupe classy looks is just killing me. The 2 cars from the side and back look surprisingly so much different.......
From driving enjoyment/environment standpoint- with top up is the vert as good as the coupe?
It's not going to be a garage queen- at least 4000 miles/year, and actually will be parked outside, as our daily's are in the garage.