Drive Goes Inside Jaguar’s Nürburgring Test Facility, Samples the XKR-S

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/drive-goes-inside-jaguars-nurburgring.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BcIGhD2G0dI/UMFG4jjzyHI/AAAAAAAKjiM/9KsA3nz7roI/s1600/Jaguar-XK-RS-Ring-0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><font face="Verdana">Maybe some of you are thinking, “oh, it's just another </font><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Nurburgring"><font face="Verdana">Nürburgring</font></a><font face="Verdana"> video where a lucky chap is having a blast driving a powerful car”. Bear with us, though, because it's much more than that.</font> <p><font face="Verdana">In fact, it’s a look at the inside workings of a car maker's dedicated Nordschleife test center. </font><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Jaguar/"><font face="Verdana">Jaguar</font></a><font face="Verdana"> has been visiting the 13-mile-long track for more than two decades and it was one of the first manufacturers to set up shop there, just outside the track’s northern loop, in 2003.</font> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/drive-goes-inside-jaguars-nurburgring.html#more">Read more »</a>

Jaguar Jaguar Videos Jaguar XK Nurburgring Video Drive Goes Inside Jaguar’s Nürburgring Test Facility, Samples the XKR-S

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Oops…Large Crane Falls and Crushes Rare Jaguar XKR-S and BMW 6-Series Coupes

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/oopslarge-crane-falls-and-crushes-rare.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UL8RuqlS9WQ/UIw7Zu0zEPI/AAAAAAAJwBY/Elmgpiqu1UA/s1600/Accident-BE.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><font face="Verdana">An automotive dealer from the small Belgium village Gits was in for a nasty surprise earlier this week when a large crane trying to position a huge fuel tank for a new gas station being built right next to his shop tipped over and crushed a pair of cars parked on the lot. </font> <p><font face="Verdana">The two vehicles were a rare <a href="+">Jaguar XKR</a>-S coupe (the 2008 model), of which only 200 examples were built for the European market and one he reportedly had just…sold for €150,000 (US$194,000), and a previous generation BMW 630i Coupe. </font> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/oopslarge-crane-falls-and-crushes-rare.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Scoop: Jaguar Testing More Hardcore XKR-S Coupe at the Nürburgring

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/scoop-jaguar-testing-more-hardcore-xkr.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755883414051274946" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H_nLeYFhmp0/T-EBeBcWwMI/AAAAAAAH9qw/JikHXuyZuCw/s800/Jaguar-XKR-S-Track-Edition-3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">When Jaguar premiered the </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/11/la-show-preview-jaguar-new-550hp-and.html"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">open-top version of the XKR-S</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> at the LA Auto Show back in November of last year, we thought the British marque was done with the series. </span> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">However, this past February, Frank Klaas, Jaguar’s global head of communications told <i><a href="http://blog.caranddriver.com/jaguar-considering-track-focused-special-edition-xkr-s-coupe/">Car&Driver magazine</a></i> that the company was considering the development of an even more limited production edition of the coupe that would appeal to those who want to spend a lot of time on the track with a street-legal model. </span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/scoop-jaguar-testing-more-hardcore-xkr.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Jaguar Creates New Special Edition XK and XKR Artisan Coupe and Convertible

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/jaguar-creates-new-special-edition-xk.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710116941401812354" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m0IMXR6xoUU/Tz5pGs4x7YI/AAAAAAAGvfY/9otSdccZw80/s800/Jaguar-XK-Artisan-SE-6.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Not to be outdone by other carmakers releasing special edition versions of their models, <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Jaguar/">Jaguar</a> has crafted its own bespoke variants of the XK Coupe and Convertible, and XKR named Artisan SE, which will be offered in several markets around the world but not in North America. </span> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The new special edition gets its name from the Artisan interior that introduces the use of a textured 'scraffito' finished leather to the front seats, instrument binnacle, door and rear quarter panels.</span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/jaguar-creates-new-special-edition-xk.html#more">Read more »</a>

Jaguar Jaguar XK New Cars Jaguar Creates New Special Edition XK and XKR Artisan Coupe and Convertible

Not to be outdone by other carmakers releasing special edition versions of their models, Jaguar has crafted its own bespoke variants of the...

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