The Jaguar XKR-S GT has been unveiled on the eve of the new York motor Show. currently restricted to just 30 cars for the North American market (although a right-hand drive version might be made if demand in the UK is sufficient), the XKR-S GT has been designed as the ultimate road-going version of the XK Coupe.
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Taking the XKR-S as a base, the present 542bhp 5.0-litre supercharged V8 engine as well as six-speed automatic gearbox are carried over unchanged. However, Jaguar has added a especially striking bodykit to set the XKR-S GT apart.
There’s a carbon fibre front splitter than juts out 60mm in front of the uprated front bumper, plus little carbon fibre winglets as well as wheelarch extensions designed to enhance the effectiveness of the flow of air around the car, as well as into the engine as well as brakes for additional cooling.
There are likewise additional vents in the bonnet, a carbon fibre rear diffuser as well as a significant rear wing, which Jaguar claims produces 145kg of downforce when the cars and truck is travelling at its 186mph restricted top speed. The top speed is the exact same as the routine XKR-S, however the 0-60mph time drops from 4.2 to 3.9 seconds. Jaguar claims its capable of a sub 7 minutes 40 seconds lap of the Nurburgring aing as well as might hit over 200mph with the limiter removed.