Official: 2015 Jaguar XK66 Special Edition

 

How long do you think it will be before those XK66 badges are available on Ebay?

 

"Designed exclusively for the German market and as the name suggests, limited to just 66 units, the Jaguar XK66 Special Edition is based on the standard XK Portfolio and commemorates 66 years since the XK120 was launched. As it is based on the Portfolio, it features the same 5.0-liter naturally-aspirated V8 engine delivering 380 hp."

 

What a lame special edition. And why only for the German market?

 

Enough questionable/returned parts on the shelf for 67 more cars..... Lets call it 66 to be safe.... and...Hey, let's sell them to the Germans!


Hummmmm..... Somehow I find a hint of logic to that concept....

 

Yawn - standard XK with some badges.

What irritates me (only slightly) is that these cosmetic "special editions" get some form of distinctive labelling, whereas my 75, which does have a great deal more than a standard XKR, has nothing but the sill plates to distinguish it. Unless you want to fit the OTT stripes, which I and many other owners don't. It would have been nice to have a '75' somewhere, just to make it identifiable from any MY11 Sports Pack.

 

get the center stripe. I had it on my xkr with speed pack and custom exhaust. I thought the center stripe with the 75 on hood looked amazing

 

they won't even be able to sell all 66 cars

 

Yeah, but you had to get that custom-made - it was only ever done on the car used for the 2010 Festival of Speed. The 'graphics pack' for the 75 was only mascara stripes over the arches.

I think I'll try copying the '75' logo on the sill plates, & get some small decals done so I can put 'em under the 'R' on the rear and maybe on the side vents.

 

Anything will shift if the price is right. The 'Dynamic R' they're offering here now has the full Dynamic Pack for the same price at which they were selling base XKRs last year. There are some good deals to be had.

 

Only sold in UK..

 

I would not be surprised to see some interesting end-of-line deals in the US before long. Of course, the issue is: it's a big market, and you need to be sure demand won't swamp supply. Maybe another limited edition?

 

Particularly when the Germans put '19' in front of the '66' and come up with their loss of the soccer World Cup to England under dubious circumstances.

How many cars are Jaguar making again? They're coming home, I suspect...

Best wishes, Colin

 

OOOOOHHHHH - surely Jaguar couldn't be that sneaky... could they? Hmmm... 66 and a British flag... now, if it was an English flag, we'd know for sure. But the fact that it's only available in Germany is, well, curious.

If this had been announced in a week's time, I'd be convinced it was an April Fool.