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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    11/19/09

    In reply to 2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible
    Nice car, but no match for the many great cars in the same segment with similar price tags.

    That said, it is a jaaaaaaaag.
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    11/19/09

    In reply to 2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible
    It's a poor workman who blames pedestrian safety regulations for his awkward front bumper.

    Every time I see a new Jag I think how much I'd love to have an old one - a Series II XJ12, especially. The company really did lose its soul sometime around 1990 and has never gotten it back.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    11/18/09

    In reply to 2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible
    Also consider: Waiting one year, at which point you can probably find one for half price.

    I know it's not great, but it is charismatic and pretty, and if I had the money to buy a 2+2 in this class for a daily driver, I'd look long and hard at a XK8/XKR coupe, in British Racing Green.
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    11/18/09

    In reply to 2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible
    How well does the roof hold up to IIHS testing?
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/18/09

    In reply to 2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible
    I'm glad they haven't solved all the problems. I fully expect to pick one up for a song a few years down the road.
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    11/18/09

    In reply to 2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible
    So it looks like teenagers in a UK sound shop installed the rear speakers. Which one was it, Bowers or Wilkins?
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    11/18/09

    In reply to 2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible
    I've heard Clarkson prattle on about how "desperately pretty" this car is, but as you pointed out, has some problems. It wasn't groundbreaking at all when released, and has aged and grown dull very quickly...in photos, anyway. Every time I see one in person (usually a car show), everything changes.

    And the satin-finish plastic trim has to go, period. It doesn't even belong in a Rio; it's a surface reserved for dollar-store boomboxes made by companies you've never heard of.

    Finally, if something isn't broke - like a goddamn automatic shifter - don't bloody fix it. Especially with a dial that according to C&D (fairly reputable journalists), often gets stuck between two modes, "leaving you with no gear selected at all." It's cute but utterly pointless (though not as pointless as retractable vents, which this doesn't seem to have, thank goodness.)
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    Image of wrappedinbacon wrappedinbacon
    11/18/09

    In reply to 2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible
    More go without more stop? Sounds good.
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    Image of Brian Brian
    11/18/09

    In reply to 2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible
    "Did Jaguar just put a bigger engine in a car that didn't need more power to make up for all its other flaws? Yes. Yes it did."

    And I, for one, have no problem with that. I'm sure they'll get to the brakes in due course.
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    07/06/09

    In reply to Jaguar XKR Gets 20 More Horses For Goodwood
    Gorgeous woman in an awful dress.


    Considering the perfomance it might be worth taking to Macco.

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    07/06/09

    @tripl3fast: Yeah. Someone needs to FodoChop it into an appropriate forest green, or even a nice luscious red.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    07/06/09

    In reply to Jaguar XKR Gets 20 More Horses For Goodwood
    Looks like a cop. (In Britain, that is, with their high-viz jackets)
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    07/06/09

    In reply to Jaguar XKR Gets 20 More Horses For Goodwood
    I'm going to have to disagree with everyone here, and suggest that the paint scheme is very English after all. Lime-Green paint with grey and orange graphics? Clearly inspired by the Clash.
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    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    07/06/09

    In reply to Jaguar XKR Gets 20 More Horses For Goodwood
    So what if it's green?

    This wasn't meant to be classy, as Elhigh has stated, "This isn't your father's Jaguar."


    No, this is meant for a greater purpose. This is what turns 11 year-old pubescent boys into full-on boner wielding, skirt chasing, ass grabbing, heathens.


    Aaamen!

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    Image of Alphamazing Alphamazing
    07/06/09

    @aSoundofSleep: Yeah, because 11 year-old pubescent boys want to lust over a freakin' Jaguar. Right.


    /sarcasm


    Don't get me wrong, Jags are neat cars these days, but nothing worth that sort of idolizing.

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    07/06/09

    @Alphamazing:


    Imagine being 11 again. Something in that color by itself would get you all giggly. Not to mention that if you knew anything about cars the specs would put you into a coma. Let's not forget how impressionable children are.

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    Image of Alphamazing Alphamazing
    07/06/09

    @aSoundofSleep: Yeah, but look at its competition (in the imaginary 11 year-old me land)











    And more. Point being, I don't think a stodgy old Jaguar is going to influence the minds of me 11 year-olds.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    07/06/09

    @Alphamazing: I can just hear Clarkson going:


    "Now the price of petrol is so high, many people are thinking about "green" cars. Well, I've got a couple of them out there on the track..."

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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    07/06/09

    In reply to Jaguar XKR Gets 20 More Horses For Goodwood
    That's a lovely shade of bug-gut green.
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    07/06/09

    In reply to Jaguar XKR Gets 20 More Horses For Goodwood
    Perhaps they used a green-screen hue so they could superimpose something more attractive on it?
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