Is the Jaguar XJR a good car to drive?
It’s a thoroughly modern machine. Also on the more side, the XJR is one Hell of a quick car. Give those 390 supercharged horses a prod and the XJR charges down a straight with monumental rapidity– and keeps on going.
What’s the top speed of a 2004 Jaguar XJR?
Maximum power is reported to be available at 6100 rpm, yet the tachometer is redlined at 6000, and the automatic transmission shifts at that point. Nonetheless, our car swooped to 60 mph in 5.3 seconds (in its press materials, Jaguar promises a 5.0-second time) and on through the quarter-mile in a respectable 13.9 seconds at 104 mph.
Why does the Jaguar XJR sting like a butterfly?
The system continuously adjusts the XJR’s shock absorbers to match the vehicle’s speed and the prevailing road conditions. The car still floats like a butterfly and stings like a butterfly. If only Jaguar’s chassis gurus had attached the suspension computer to the gear-holding Sport button, to firm things up by 20% or so.
What kind of transmission does a Jaguar XJR have?
In the XJR, a dab at the throttle picks up the car and wafts it away from other vehicles on a virtual wave of torque. The smooth V-8 pedals through a plush six-speed ZF transmission, and careful electronic calibration has the two whirling in well-orchestrated unison.
What kind of engine does a 2004 Jaguar XJR have?
Although the 2004 XJR wears an all-new aluminum body, the car’s powertrain—a force-fed 4.2-liter V-8 and a six-speed automatic transmission—has already been sampled in XKR and S-type R variants, so we suspected it would provide strong and smooth thrust. And it did.
Which is better the XJR or the caranddriver?
Lighter is obviously better; lighter and more rigid are better yet, providing a more stable platform for the suspension and powertrain. And when you have nearly 400 horsepower to harness, as does the supercharged XJR model tested here, a stiff structure is essential.
What kind of material is a Jaguar XJR made of?
It’s perhaps no coincidence, then, that these XJ Jaguars are built using aerospace techniques (in this case bonded and riveted sheetmetal with extruded and cast aluminum structural members) instead of around a space-frame concept (like Audi’s A8), which was considered unnecessarily complex.
Is the Jaguar XJR made in Castle Bromwich?
Jaguar’s engineers are happy to point out that the seventh-generation XJ-series cars are the first aluminum monocoque structures to be built at Castle Bromwich since the Spitfire fighter aircraft during World War II.