As Anthony indicated the photos don’t do this justice. I’m a fan of sporty GTs and before now the only 2 cars that “did it” for me were the DB9/DBS and the Mserati Granturismo S.

This Jag beats both of them on most counts for a fraction of the price (although there’s no such thing as a bargain in this country) It really is much more beautiful in person.

In terms of the 0-100 speed ……no it’s not super car territory (although the equal of the DB9 or Granturismo). Were it smokes the competition is in mid range torque and the time from 60-100kmh – it’s not too far away from supercar standard.

I really couldn’t fault it:

- the looks are a match for the competition
- the interior is of a higher standard and less fiddly with less Fiat/Ford parts bin type stuff
- the reliability is better from all reports
- the dealer network is more extensive
- the dealer service is better (from my brief experience)

Now to get me one…..

How do Jaguar justify $255,000 for an old shape car ?
Is 0-100 k.p.h. in 4.8 seconds really brutal as its described ?

FPV F6′s have been timed at less than 5.0 seconds, come to think of it a G6E Turbo was recently timed at 4.97 seconds but nobody was describing its acceleration as brutal, food for thought ?

Of course nobody would try and argue these two have the same style and panache, but then again the Jag is about five times the money, its an old shape car and if you’re paying that sort of coin arn’t you entitles to genuine supercar performance, i.e circa 4.0 seconds ?

Looks like a cheap make-over “cash-in” effort by Tata to me.

But in relation to the XKR, I WANT.