Apologies if I'm duplicating a question, but my search came up dry.

How many 2012-2013 XKR-S coupes in French Racing Blue are here in the US?


Thanks in advance for the info...

Rich

 

...still an open question, anyone? Bueller?

Regardless, as of today... one of them is mine!

 

Hey Rich,

That's great news! You'll have to tell us all about it, and how you came to choose an XKR-S. That's the most unique and distinctive colour on the XKR-S, and I haven't seen or heard of any others in the U.S. or Canada so far. I hope Todd won't be too crushed that you didn't choose a G5 Viper!

Bruce

 

Funny story: my daughter's a soph at Cal Poly studying marketing. She's equally obsessed with performance cars and plans a career marketing them. So I text her a quick pic of the XKR-S to tell her I bought it... and within 10 minutes she's posted it to her Instagram. Which is no big deal, except for the fact that Ralph Gilles follows her Insta; we've met him a couple times. He commented with a little "mad face". Oops. I followed up explaining that it was a size issue: I'm 6'4 and 250 lb, and the Jag has just enough extra room to make all the difference for comfortable cruising.

I can drive my Gen IV ACR Only because I had a 2" seat drop kit installed. Even so, it's at the edge of fitment for me. The Gen V is better, but still pretty tight.

But it was all about the $$$, too. My XKR-S is a 2012 with 6000 miles from one owner... a CPO car, its warranty reaches to Jan 2018 or to 100k... and of course no cost for routine maintenance for the next 2 yrs or to 50k. I bought it because it had depreciated so much.

I believe there's a unique opportunity for buyers now: I think these latest model years suffer undeservably from the Jag reputation for spotty quality and dependability. So I'm able to purchase a car from a manufacturer that's made large strides in quality but hasn't received credit for it yet.

I feel the pain of current owners that need to sell, or wish to trade up. But for potential buyers I think there are some excellent opportunities to pick up low-mile XKRs at great value.

For new GT car shoppers of normal dimensions and larger wallets, they should absolutely consider the Gen V Viper head-to-head against XKR-S. Interiors on the GTS Viper are very nice and the twin info screens are fantastic. There's more power in the Viper, the ability to row your own gears, and stability/traction controls for when talent levels are exceeded. Ralph and SRT have upgraded the car without losing its spirit.


Rich

 

And here I thought you were going to tell us how you fell in love with it! Hopefully Reg will get over the lost sale...in time.

I bought mine at exactly the same age as yours (late Oct '11) at a great savings, and while I wasn't planning to keep it long term I think it will be very hard to replace considering its unique mix of attributes.

I hope you enjoy yours as much as many of us here do, be sure to post some pics when you get a chance...and how it compares to the Viper on track

Bruce