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A quick perusal of ebay ads for 2010 XKR's showed one at $35,000 Buy It Now. It had a bit over 60,000 miles on it, and another with 30,000+miles for $40,000. These are both beautiful cars well below your price point. You might want to take a look.

 

What's the "vert" in your message? I'm not in on the inside baseball terminology just yet. Also, I've seen the XK referenced as a x150, any idea what is meant there?

 

Vert is short for convertible and the X150 (project code) is the model series from 2007-present . This is the aluminum body series car and there is a X175 which is an anniversary year car in 2010. There is also a portfolio version which has other features. Do a search on Wikipedia for more info.

 

Wow, lots of closet Hungarians on here, my wife's Hungarian so I don't feel too left out! Vert is short for convertible and X150 is the model number of the newer XKRs (4.2L version up I believe).
If you can afford it then go for the newest XKR you can, it's worth every penny (or cent!) I went for a 2012MY XKR (built and registered in 2011 so it's a bit confusing!) and love it, the electrical gremlins only exist when either your battery is dying or you never use the car, I use mine at least twice a week and haven't had any issues (touch wood!), the only other thing seems to be a water pump issue but this seems to mainly effect the earlier 5.0L models.

 

Owners of all years will tell you they are an excellent car but just too many advancements to the 2010+ years to buy older at this point if you've got the budget. Any premium paid should be returned on resale as these are the more desired years, and likely the more trouble-free, and I'd wager the XKR and XKR-S will retain value best as the most collectable of the bunch.

 

In my opinion, you should ask yourself what you will be doing with the car and how you will be driving it.

I drive an XK from 09. It's my everyday car, so my considerations are probably different than those of people who drive their XKs as weekend/hobby cars.

Since you own an XF, the 4.2 liter XK probably isn't going to feel like that much of an upgrade to drive (unless your XF has the smallish diesel engine). The XF already has pretty sporty handling and the big engines give it decent acceleration. It's also a nice looking car, while I feel the XK comes out ahead for looks.

The 4.2 liter engine is a solid piece with a great roar, but it has started to age. The 300hp it puts out isn't going to blow you out of the water if you're already accustomed to driving high end cars. It's still a stunning car with decent acceleration and handling, that will get 2 people to where they're going in style and comfort. You won't win a drag race with it, though.

The -10 XK comes with the lovely 5 liter V8, which was a significant upgrade. Like it has been said, the performance is close to the supercharged 4.2 liter, while the fuel economy is about the same as the 4.2. It really does combine the XK comfort and style with some solid performance.

The -10 XKR is obviously a beast, but you should ask yourself how often you will get a chance to unleash it. If you have the roads to drive it, you're almost guaranteed a great drive, but if you're rarely going to be able to push it to the full extent of it's performance, perhaps it's not the optimal choice. Because of the stiffer suspention, it may lose out on some of the GT feel of the XK.

Personally, I wouldn't turn down a -10 XK but for my need the 09 is still a great car, and since I'll be racking up the miles the lower cost was too tempting for me to pass up. Driving a collectible as your everyday car was a bit too much, even for me.

 

Some choose a more powerful engine for the exuberance it offers in day to day driving. If you've ever pushed the gas pedal to the floor you've probably wanted even more exuberance!


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I want to see someone do a drag race video between a 4.2 XKR and the 5.0 XK!

 

From what I've read the 4.2 SC does 0-60 in 4.9 sec. and the 5.0 NA does 0-60 in 5.3 sec.

 

The 4.2 and 4.2 SC engine sounds far better than the 5.0 and 5.0SC in my opinion. The 5.0 is a bit metallic and raspy. Still sounds great though, especially with the cheap X pipe mod. The 5.0 NA is plenty quick enough though if I had a choice I'd take the 4.2 SC for the better sound.

But the 5.0SC is so massively quicker they arent on the same page - in fact you have to be careful to avoid breaking traction, especially trying to join traffic. Or in the wet, where you might get wheelspin at 80kph if you put your foot down hard enough. And with my limited driving ability I found that it was breaking traction too much to be really effective on the track, though that is probably a driver issue more than a car one.

Personally I'd take the 2010 plus model, because of the changes to the inside and because I like all of the unusable power which is a bit silly but appeals to me, but there is a lot to be said for the '09 and previous XKR.

 

0.4 sounds like a pretty big difference to me!

 

7.5%, or about 35 feet more to hit 60

 

If it matters, the 5.3s is listed for the convertible. Coupe is 5.1s.

 

I wonder how the 4.2 SC would go in 0 - 100kph against the 5.0 NA and the 5.0 SC in the hands of an average driver. When I had the f type V6 (not the S) I thought it was quicker than my XKR because I didn't get the traction breaking on launch, and I didn't get that in the 5.0 XF either.