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2012 Jaguar XFR
An English Bulldog Learns New Tricks The booming woke us. We had spent the night on a slip road next to Stonehenge, and now somewhere, every few minutes, a cataclysm dropkicked the sky and beat Mother Earth badly enough to warrant pressing charges. This is a miserable wake-up call: Gray sky, foggy Earth, a mystical monolith, the ground beneath having a seizure and Chinooks and Apaches floating over the harvested fields. Death was on the way, and he was in a mad hurry. Which would have been a shame, because our 'bed' was the driver's seat of the 2012 Jaguar XFR and we weren't finished ... Read More
Vital Stats
- Engine:
- SC 5.0L V8
- Power:
- 510 HP / 461 LB-FT
- Transmission:
- 6-Speed Auto
- MSRP:
- $82,000 (base)
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0First Drive: 2010 Jaguar XFR, XKR and one of the best V8s on the market 1243612620
About 20 minutes after heading south towards the Mediterranean, traffic on our four-lane roadway stops abruptly. The bus we have just passed pulls up on our right and an officer is standing in the middle of the roadway, waving the morass of motorists through – until we reach the head of the pack. He points at us, then motions towards an unpaved ...
