Jaguar’s upped the gusto in the XF Supercharged for next year. The car’s getting a weakened version of the XFR’s mighty 5.0-liter V8. The blown eight-pot serves up a still-potent 470 horsepower and 424 lb-ft of torque. Compare that to last year’s 420 horsepower 4.2-liter, and you can see the difference that .8-liter makes. Aside [...]

The 2009 Jaguar lineup is perhaps the company’s strongest since the late Sixties. A modern sedan, an aluminum sports coupe, five-hundred-and-ten-horsepower supercharged engines, record-setting Salt Flats runs, reasonable prices. As a former Jaguar owner (1986 Vanden Plas in champagne, since you ask) I should be champing at the bit to buy a new cat. But…

We spied the wicked fast Bonneville Jaguar XFR in Detroit. This is the car that managed to take Jaguar’s personal best up a few notches by landing a top speed of 225.6 mph. That sirs, is insanely fast. The company has finally let loose of the promo video it had playing in the auto show [...]

If this doesn’t rank as king of the North American International Auto Show black sheep, I’m not sure what does. This rig managed a 225.625 mph run at Bonneville recently with Paul Gentilozzi behind the wheel. You may recognize Gentilozzi from his Trans Am domination in his Jaguar XKR. The salt-flat cat is an XFR [...]

Somebody’s let the new Jaguar XFR out of the bag, but it’s one black cat we don’t mind crossing paths with. Ugh…sorry, no more cat puns from me, I promise. With 510hp on tap from the supercharged V8, the XFR is a serious machine. The new mill is an enlarged version of Jag’s AJV8 that [...]