Wednesday, April 20, 2011

New York 2011: Jaguar XKR-S enhanced

For the two-seater sports coupe Jaguar XKR, the English manufacturer now also offers an S version with 404 kW / 550 hp eight-cylinder. He breaks through the 100 km / h after 4.2 seconds and reaches a top speed of 300 km / h. Jaguar XKR-S look at the previously most agile, most driver-oriented Jaguar with the best response.

For the new super sports car with its own look and the large, fixed rear wing aerodynamics for reduced buoyancy has been revised. In front are 33 percent less lift, rear is 14 percent. Suitable for driving dynamics with the active vehicle dynamics control provides continuously variable damping and electronically controlled differential.

The new exhaust system for better fuel consumption and increases the sound quality. The ESP (Dynamic Stability Control) allows a higher drift angle and can be turned off. The unsprung masses have been reduced significantly. Compared with the Jaguar XKR, the S version is an increased nine percent maximum torque of 680 Newton meters and eight percent more power in the tip.

This decreases the time to accelerate from zero to 100 km / h by 0.4 seconds. Fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emission (292 g / km) remain the same. (Ampnet / Sm)

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