2008 Jaguar XKR, Part Two - Jalopnik
The 2008 Jaguar XKR is a fast car. Driving the XKR around town, I felt incredibly special. When it's not being pushed, the suspension feels firm and controlled. the engine feels powerful and responsive. The problem is, it feels like the XKR has been designed to deliver impressions, rather than actually deliver. Up here, on the tight, wet roads through the Catskills, what's needed for fast driving is precision, not power. Last year, in similar conditions, an Audi R8 was sheer pleasure, setting an unbelievably fast pace past sheer cliffs, through hairpin curves and down muddy tracks without once feeling overwhelmed. The XKR couldn't be more different. The suspension that felt so in control yesterday feels out of its element up here, bouncing over bumps and squirming around corners. A slow in, fast out approach would seem to make more sense, but that unpredictable two seconds of wheel spin that felt good in town yesterday feels scary when you're two inches from snow-covered Armco. The engine still feels incredibly powerful, but the. Source: jalopnik.com
