Is an XK8 or XKR an Exotic
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Reading some messages on another forum they consider an Aston Martin an exotic car. There isn't much difference between the XKR and the Aston Martin. The AM has a 6 speed manual, the XKR an automatic. The AM uses the same Jaguar engine only they jumped it up to 4.3L. The AM's exhaust sounds better but the XKR has a rear seat just to hold your jacket!!
They are made out of the same material and both are hand built and bonded the same way and they body styles are 98% the same. As for the price the Aston Martin is several thousand dollars more.
Does the price of the car make it an exotic or the country that it comes from or ????
They are made out of the same material and both are hand built and bonded the same way and they body styles are 98% the same. As for the price the Aston Martin is several thousand dollars more.
Does the price of the car make it an exotic or the country that it comes from or ????
The XKR is exclusive, when released had a price tag that priced it too high for most people, is fast and beautiful but the word exotic just does not seem to fit. My business partner drives a 2004 Maserati 4200 Cambiocorsa Coupe. It has specs similar to my 2002 XKR Coupe but I would consider it an exotic. About 9600 XKR coupes were made and about 4500 were shipped to the US. Of these less than 4000 are probably on the road today. They made, total, about 4000 4200 coupes, of which less than 1000 made it to the US. But numbers do not tell the whole story. I consider my XKR coupe a high end luxury sport grand touring car. It is very comfortable, has many amenities, and even in sport mode is easy to drive. When my business partner switches his Maserati to sport mode, he leaves rubber and smoke when he hits the accelerator. These cars, when new, were within $4k in price, and while both are considered GTs, are very different cars. I like his Maserati but would have never bought it (just not my style) but I wouldn't trade my XKR for a dozen Maseratis.
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In my opinion the coupes are much more exotic because they have a much sexier line to them...and because there are so few of them in them in the US. I get tons of comments on my car, many followed by a "Wow, I've never seen one of those" when I tell them what it is. I actually had a guy in an XK8 ask me what kind of Jag it was in a gas station one day...go figure!
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Here you go:
Exotic Cars Spotted on the Streets - ExoticSpotter.com
Most Exotic Cars & Car Makers in the World: Top 10 Hot Cars List
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note that the second website has Jaguar in the list to the right hand side of "popular supercars". In the Jag link it has some nice history,etc.
Exotic Cars Spotted on the Streets - ExoticSpotter.com
Most Exotic Cars & Car Makers in the World: Top 10 Hot Cars List
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note that the second website has Jaguar in the list to the right hand side of "popular supercars". In the Jag link it has some nice history,etc.
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I had an exotic car moment last night. Walked out to my car, valet had it parked out front. All I could say and smile was "dude thats my car". She looked great, Top down flourescent lights refelcting on it. Good feeling.........
I really want some louder exhaust.
I really want some louder exhaust.
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EXOTIC = RARE + QUALITY + EXPENSIVE as a combination.
1. RARE on its own does not merit EXOTIC. A green K-car with pink interior may have been available and extremely rare ...but certainly not exotic. Bentley's in Dubai vs in rural Nebraska indicate importance of location.
2. QUALITY, not exactly reliability, but a least a high degree of fit & finish. If reliability was the scale then all Italian makes and a bucket load of the rest would fall off the list.
3. EXPENSIVE... I'd ballpark a value new first year price equivalent of today at 100K . You can pay more, but gold plating a turd still makes it a turd!
In short, most areas other than a few high end locations North America would look at a nice XK8/XKR as an exotic. Also the fact that when new it sold a crapload of posters & was front page news for years.
My 2cents
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1. RARE on its own does not merit EXOTIC. A green K-car with pink interior may have been available and extremely rare ...but certainly not exotic. Bentley's in Dubai vs in rural Nebraska indicate importance of location.
2. QUALITY, not exactly reliability, but a least a high degree of fit & finish. If reliability was the scale then all Italian makes and a bucket load of the rest would fall off the list.
3. EXPENSIVE... I'd ballpark a value new first year price equivalent of today at 100K . You can pay more, but gold plating a turd still makes it a turd!
In short, most areas other than a few high end locations North America would look at a nice XK8/XKR as an exotic. Also the fact that when new it sold a crapload of posters & was front page news for years.
My 2cents
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I think a part qualifier to be "Exotic" that has not been mentioned is hand built or portion thereof. I don't know how much the Jag is considered hand built, but I believe many of the so called exotic cars are hand built to at least some degree or percent. Anybody know where Jag would fall in this catagory?
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