Waldo,

I stand corrected. You're right.

I was pretty sure that I remembered reading somewhere that the 2008 XKR Portfolio models included the Alcon Performance Brake Package and Adaptive Cruise Control as standard equipment.

I'm not the only one who thought ACC was standard equipment on the 2008 XKR Portfolio.
Where's my Adaptive Cruise Control?

Stuart

 

Europe used the R-Performance name for the top-equiped XKR, which was actually an option pack but it was a very common option. It had the cooled seats with more adjustments and better leather, B&W branded sound system, etc. The base XKR didn't get these as standard, if at all.

 

Fascinating! I'm still unclear as to what Jaguar did here in the UK, though. When I was making my mind up about buying my XKR I looked at every other one I could find (admittedly not that many) and they all seemed to have the same trim spec, and they were all described simply as "XKR". In other words, there seems not to have been a "base" XKR and a higher spec XKR in the UK.

The trim spec I saw everywhere is the same as a N/A Portfolio car, including heated/cooled 16-way perforated seats, extended leather, DAB, Bowers & Wilkins, etc.

The spec sheet for my specific car lists "Aerodynamic Kit" as an included option - and I know what that is, and also "R-Dynamic Braking" - which I'm not clear about since I believed all XKRs had the larger brakes.

Does any of this matter? Not really I suppose.

 

N/A Portfolio and XKR with the R-Performance option are similar inside. There wasn't officially a higher-spec XKR, just the application of some significant options (R-Performance, Speed Pack, Dynamic, etc).

IIRC, the Aerodynamic kit added the front splitter, sill extensions and rear valance extensions, and a bigger spoiler from the Speed Pack upgrade.

All 5.0 S/C cars (XKR, XFR, XJR, F-Type R) had the big 380mm/376mm ATE brakes - I guess its just a name.

 

Aerodynamic kit didn't include sill extensions. That was only for the Speed Pack.

 

Alcon rotor (400mm) v stock (4.2) xk rotor (326mm)

 

Why were those buried in dirt for years though?

 

They're brake plants. Usually flower in the spring and if it's a good year they're just hanging with pads by September.