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Mar 10, 2010 | 06:43 PM

brgjag

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97 xk8 top speed

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Mar 10, 2010 | 06:47 PM

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155 MPH - Electronically limited. UK models at any rate....

Mar 10, 2010 | 06:57 PM

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55mph in the state of Virginia with a few spurts to around 90 (when passing)

Mar 10, 2010 | 07:03 PM

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What about me here in the USA. What is the speed limited at on these stock?

Mar 10, 2010 | 09:05 PM

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What about me here in the USA. What is the speed limited at on these stock?

Nice 97. It seems to sit really high in the rear.

Mar 11, 2010 | 09:01 AM

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http://www.topspeed.com/cars/jaguar/...xk8-ar582.html

But just because it’s quiet doesn’t mean it can’t perform. We had a chance to drive the XK8 on Pocono Raceway’s short road course during a training session one day and were able to whip it around the tight turns and blast through the banked turns with ease. My only fear was that big cement wall lurking on my left, but once I learned to ignore it I was able to extract a few more mph out of the beast. Top speed in the Convertible is an electronically limited 155 mph, so you know it can do more. The E-type was only able to get to 150 mph. Only.