XKR Coupe, is not a car, it is a "nice car" and naturally this changes everything. Let's start with the eye bears him. Here are between in communion with a curve, an inflection of the hood when it is not with the profile, which is worth to him only a minute of silence, history to remember that there is obviously the Type e in it. A myth of the 1960s, child or already adult, made you love the car, the real, that which is made for driving with, "a momentum of happiness", said Sagan.
First there is that feeling when you put the contact. Pressure on "start". A few vibrations, a roar and the 416 ch of the V8 is sunshine with strength and docility. It is in a Jaguar: not question to grind the woodwork or martyrise the passenger (in XKR, we travel to two) by violent evasions. Acceleration strong from 0 to 100 km/h in less than five seconds! is so barely felt while you enjoy a Deco whose care has no equal in Mercerdes or BMW (Jaguar, owned by Ford, should be taken up by the Indian Tata). The charm of sleek chrome (Super Shifter) and curves vintage (which dials!), typically British and more.

Maximum Malus
Perfection found in driving accuracy. Behind the wheel, it led more, on Greek its trajectory and it treats its braking: even in areas restricted to 30 km/h in town. It must be said that the car is particularly agile despite more than 1.700 kg to move and 4.80 m long needed to turn several minutes before Park... Beautiful work of engineers, so that pushed the plug up to equip our copy of 20-inch wheels. Huge wheels appreciated lovers of beautiful mechanical for their look, a little less for the comfort of bearing, wish for obviously sticky default back on our Jaguar!
It is thus better understand excitement about the gear to the crowds. Luc, encountered near the newspaper banker: "I ordered the same XKR with red leather". I signed without discussing the price (100.700 euros!). Usually I negotiate everything, but here I did not want to devalue such a masterpiece. Indeed, given the ecological context, I went to keep all my life. "He is right, the ecology of the model is essentially the only subject that angry. With almost 13 l / 100 km consumption during our testing and 294 g of CO2 released per kilometre travelled, is indeed the 130 g to obtain respect for Nicolas Hulot. The purchaser will have to also perform a malus of 2,600 euros, maximum. But could it be otherwise on the part of a racing car that promises Ecstasy without the support of an electric motor or the addition of biofuel It's like to ask a foie gras producer to remove all traces of its products cholesterol; strictly impossible.
This does not mean that the XKR abhors any modernity. On the contrary, the use of the GPS is a breeze with a touch screen a rarity when you look well signed products manufacturers them - same , the lighting of the dashboard uses light games that it has used to see when taking lenses in lounge bars designed by Starck. The choice of materials, including matte aluminum of our copy of test he enrolled directly in the 21st century and that Jaguar is one of the first of the kind not white hair require to take the wheel! One of the last joys motor until the barrel still flies