Jaguar releases its new muscle car: Jaguar XKR-S Version – 2012 – Part 7

In the 2004 film “Anchorman,” Brian Fantana presents to Ron Burgundy a particularly pungent cologne called Sex Panther by Odion, making the preposterous claim that “60 percent of the time, it works every time” when it comes to wooing women. That bizarre claim is what kept popping into my head as my week with the 2012 Jaguar XKR-S progressed. Most of the time, the driver’s seat of Jaguar’s sexy panther was an enviable place to be, but every now and then I’d be left scratching my head by some disappointing behavior or design decision. For example, while the uber-premium stereo system sounded fantastic, I was constantly questioning why a 21st-century car stereo doesn’t offer A2DP Bluetooth streaming or an auxiliary input? The acceleration and power were exhilarating, but to equip the “race-ready” XKR-S with that goofy drive select knob seemed like an odd decision on Jag’s part. And whose idea was it to equip the fastest Jaguar ever with the slowest navigation system on earth? Thankfully, the XKR-S’ ratio of what works to what doesn’t is much more generous than the fictitious cologne’s 60/40 success rate. Consider me sufficiently wooed.

However, the thing about Jaguars is that you don’t generally find yourself at a Jaguar dealership because the XKR-S is the absolute best-performing vehicle for the money. The irony here is that owning “the fastest, most powerful production Jaguar model ever sold” is less about performance than it is about making a statement. Sure the Porsche 911 Carrera S that we had in for testing on the same week is more fun to drive, more fuel efficient, and much less expensive — and, in the hands of the right driver, it could probably run circles around the Jaguar despite its power deficit. And sure, a 2012 Mustang Shelby GT500 makes much more sense on paper, but if you’ve fallen under the spell of Jaguar’s sex panther XKR-S, none of that really matters.

The new Jaguar is one heck of a car but due to the lack of advanced gadgetry, it might not attract the majority of the Generation Y to the showrooms. But the $132,875 (including $875 destination charge) paid might get you a more muscle car than the reigning king in the shape of Ford Mustang.

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Posted by Usman Khalid on Mar 29 2012. Filed under Automobiles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.