I think you made a good decision there. There will always be faster cars than what you happen to own but, the XKR is a class act in itself. Can not say the same for the GTR. It is simply a (very) fast Nissan.

 

Absolutely agree. I'm always willing to try different things, after all that's how I bought my first Jaguar. It's just the damn Canadian winters that I and my XKR don't like. Until I find a car with AWD that puts a big smile on my face and makes me feel as special as the XKR I'll own an XKR.

 

The Jaguar C-X75 concept, the nicest looking supercar ever made, IMO, had a Williams designed 4 cylinder supercharger/turbo charger setup for this reason producing crazy hp. The supercharger will initially engage until the turbo chargers spooled up. The C-X75 also had electric motors powering the front wheel. Hey, this is an AWD setup. Maybe I should look at an C-X75? I wish! Damn shame that car wasn't produced. However, would have been out of my range.

 

Well said.

 

Better get your wallet out! Four-wheel drive Jaguar F-Type scooped | Auto Express

 

So its true... Let cross our fingers for a manual version in any drive train.

 

Great news.


Insane! I never expected an AWD with the 5L SC engine. F-Type AWD 550 hp and a ton of torque with launch control = 0-60mph < 3 sec.; and, with a sophisticated electronically controlled AWD system to rival the GT-R this thing deserves serious attention.

 

Yes, having been owned by the far lesser powered WRX on a small track with lots of corners, I have a new appreciation for the AWD. Not that I would buy one just for the track experience, it actually wore me out and it went against my instinct to baby my car. but I can imagine it would have its advantages in the snow or the wet.

 

Just goes to show... Unless you got money to burn it pays to wait 2-3 years after the initial car is released for uber special editions!!! Guess the price of used RWD F-Type R's will be headed down as well!! ... Good news for me - a newly self proclaimed bottom feeder!!

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Our Skoda Fabia vRS (VW Polo GTi with Skoda body) has this setup, which is how they manage to get 180 PS and 184 lb ft out of a 1.4 litre engine. Goes like a rocket.

 

and more on the AWD f-type 2015 Jaguar F-Type AWD : Quicker, more dynamic all-paw Jag revealed

But alas, I sat in an f-type last week and I thought that the interior was a little underwhelming against the XKR though it might have been a base model.

 

Wonder what the weight penalty on the AWD setup is? While AWD will get you off the line quickly, if it adds significantly to the weight, handling may be impaired.

 

True, though my very limited experience on a small track was that the AWD WRX got the power down so much better through the corners (where I couldn't accelerate or couldn't get grip) that for an average driver like me, AWD would get you there quicker on balance. I find that I treat the XKR very gingerly because of the tendency to lose grip, AWD would give you more latitude to mash the pedal.


I also found that with my missus AWD 5 pot turbo v40T5 CC. The normal FWD v40T5 is a tiny bit quicker but much twitchier around sweeping bends under the hammer and some torque steer whereas the AWD version is much more forgiving with no torque steer. I appreciate that FWD and RWD drive differently, but ultimately I think AWD makes it easier for someone like me with limited skills

 

My WRX understeered big time when pushed really hard through a corner

 

This was a new (2014) one. The instructors at the track thought it was perfect. In the XKR I was getting times 2 - 3 seconds faster that my mate had when he drove the track car (same as your Pontiac GTO, I think set up for the track and not street legal) but he was getting times 2 to 3 seconds faster than me. His instructor thought that the harder he braked the more the weight went onto the front and the better he was able to get it through the corners, he was pretty amazed.