Jaguar stunned everyone at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed by revealing the high-performance version of the XK and showing off the immense talents of its forthcoming super-saloon, the XFR. Jaguar has secured its position at the cutting edge of automotive design with the proposal of it's fastest-ever car, the XFR.
The big news for the XFR is its engine. While the top-spec 2009 XF made do with the older, 4.2-liter supercharged V8 with 420 hp, the new 2010 XFR gets a new 5.0-liter supercharged V8. The XFR accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in just 4.7 seconds - quite literally breathtaking. The Jaguar XFR has received special attention to deliver the required V8 intake sound character commonly absent on supercharged engines.
Intake manifold pressure pulsation's are fed into an acoustic filter at the rear of the engine that is tuned to "tenor C", with the output from the filter ducted into the cabin. The Jaguar XFR is a sabre-toothed tiger of feline badness. The supercharged, direct-injection V8 is good for a jungle-canopy-shaking 510 horsepower - 125 hp up on the naturally aspirated V8, and 0-to-60 bolt that takes but 4.7 seconds. Jaguar programmes director Mick Mohan hailed the XFR as the "ultimate Jaguar sports saloon" and said that it was the perfect showcase for the group's cutting-edge design capabilities.
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