Jaguar XK 2006-2011 | COMPREHENSIVE Review...

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Jonathan Crouch writes an in-depth Jaguar XK 2006-2011 review. If you want to watch more reviews on vehicles like this Jaguar XK 2006-2011, make sure to SUBSCRIBE to our channel and comment what YOU want us to review next.

Jaguar has a long and fascinating history of building great GT cars and the latest incarnation of that line, the XK, had a lot to live up to. Its predecessor re-established the customer base for big Jaguar coupes after the XJ-S rather outstayed its welcome and with rivals having moved ahead quite markedly, the XK needed to be a massive step forward. Fortunately it was and sales have been encouraging. A lightly-used XK will still turn heads and do the whole Gran Turismo thing better than any other comparably priced car. Here's how to sniff out a good one.

History
The normal production cycle for most cars is launch, facelift after three years and then replacement after six. The Jaguar XK8 was rather different, hanging around for just over a decade. Its predecessor, the XJ-S, lasted eleven years, so we had better get used to the face of Jaguars XK. It'll be with us for a while.

Whereas the XJ-S got rather blousy towards the end of its life, the old XK8, despite being a disaster in terms of packaging, remained a great looking car and the XK took many of the same lines and sharpened them to give a more modern look. As a consequence, it works very well now but whether it'll still look as sharp in 2016 is open to conjecture.

The refreshing thing about the XK is that it's so similar to the Jaguar Advanced Lightweight Coupe show car that appeared at the Geneva Auto Salon back in March 2005. Received wisdom is that you see a car debut at a motor show, wait for the production ready version to come along and then sigh wistfully as you tick off all the interesting bits that failed to get past the legislators and bean counters. Think of the Porsche Boxster, the Mercedes SLK and the Range Rover Sport; three cars that looked a million dollars on a show stand but which were badly watered down when it came to production. Jaguar's XK coupe reversed that trend. First appearing in dealers in February 2006 in both coupe and convertible guises, the XK was an instant hit, winning comparison tests against class incumbents such as the BMW 6 Series, Masertai GranSport and Mercedes SL. The supercharged XKR variants appeared in August 2006 with high-spec Portfolio models of the XKR debuting in March 2007.

The XK received a facelift in the early part of 2009. It ran to a revised front bumper and LED tail lights while the JaguarDrive Selector - a rotary knob to replace the traditional gear stick - appeared in the cabin. Of far more importance was the introduction at the same time of new engines. The direct injection 5.0-litre V8 units replaced the old 4.2-litre lumps bringing more power but similar economy.

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