Vehicle Description
4.0L Eaton/Roots Supercharged V8 - Leather Interior - Beautiful
Platinum metallic paint - Navigation - 85k Miles - (Please note: If
you happen to be viewing this Jaguar XKR on a website other than
our main website, it's possible that only some of our many
photographs of the car are shown due to website limitations. To be
sure you see all the more than 125 high-definition photographs,
please go to our main website: GarageKeptMotors.)� �� 2000 Jaguar
XKR Convertible � Supercharged eroticism �€" John Pearly Huffman,
Car & Driver review, January 2000 � To say the least, Car and
Driver's Mr. Huffman was quite taken with the then-new Jaguar XKR.
He continued waxing eloquent, almost euphorically: ... just look at
Jaguar's XKR. It's sex on wheels! A lot sexier than the naturally
aspirated XK8 upon which it's based, and not sexy in a vulgar,
lecherous, strip-club-near-the-airport sort of way, either. But
Elizabeth Hurley-wearing- Versace-at-the-Oscars sexy: provocative,
confident, not at all trashy, with an upper-class British
accent.�Whew! (Sounds like�he might need a shower.) � But when it
came to the Jaguar's powerplant, he was no less enthusiastic:
Despite the spectacular looks, it's the engine's magnificence that
defines the XKR's character. As in every other factory-supercharged
automotive powerplant sold here, the device doing the work is a
belt-driven Eaton Roots-style blower. In the 370-hp, 4.0-liter DOHC
AJ V-8's case, it's the same 112-cubic-inch Eaton that Ford uses on
its other supercharged V-8, the 360-hp, 5.4-liter SOHC V-8 found in
the SVT F-150 Lightning pickup. On the Lightning's long-stroke,
two-valve engine (which redlines at a mere 5250 rpm), the M112
supercharger spins at 2.1-times engine speed and peaks at eight
pounds of boost. Atop the relatively short-stroke four-valve AJ V-8
(which spins to 6200 rpm before a fuel cutout turns off the fun),
the blower turns at 1.9-times engine speed and huffs out 11.6
pounds. The relatively low supercharger drive ratio, says Jaguar,
'enhances the refinement and reliability of the supercharger
installation.' That, and the fact that the blower nestles under its
intercoolers, also means it runs more quietly compared with the
same unit's operation in the Lightning. � What about the
hard-to-define thing called character, especially given the car's
combination of British, American, German and Italian componentry?
Again, Mr. Huffman: ... from the bottom of its Italian tires
through the whirring of its American supercharger, and the silken
shifts of its German (Mercedes-Benz) transmission, the
Ford-financed XKR indicates just how character today is more an act
of corporate will than where a car happens to be assembled. The
greatest achievement of this fast, beautifully built, transnational
sex machine is how completely it's a Jaguar. � The Jaguar XKR
Convertible offered here is a fine example.�Classic platinum
metallic paint, black fabric convertible top, and sumptuous ivory
leather upholstery (front and rear), nicely complemented by a
burled-walnut dash encasing �analog gauges, climate-control vents,
period navigation system, and entertainment controls, make for an
appealing combination overall. The center console and shiftable
automatic transmission selector show little, if any, noticeable
wear. The same is true for the carpeting and convertible-top boot.�
� With fewer than 5,000 miles per-year on the odometer (a third of
what's considered normal), this XKR has definitely seen limited
use. Further evidence of this can be found in the photographs on
the GarageKeptMotors website, especially the shots of the
undercarriage, engine bay, and lower fascia (front, rear and both
sides). Its ownership history in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan,
together with the pristine condition of the body and undercarriage
suggests this Jaguar stayed inside in nasty weather, and never saw
much, if any, snow. (Be sure to enlarge the high-definition
photographs to see detail
