Jaguar 12MY Performance Drive – the mild side

ALGARVE, PORTUGAL – Jaguar recently undertook its 2012 model year performance drive in and around the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal to show off its latest performance wares. After the tranquil locales of the Portuguese countryside, the press gathered at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve – a 4,7 kilometre amalgamation of fearsome hairpins, double apexes and blind undulations used as a race circuit for GP2, GT racing and the odd spot of F1 testing – to put the Jaguar XJ Supersport and the company’s quickest car since the  XJ220, the 405 kW XKR-S, through their paces. In between the country drives and the  action on the racetrack, I wielded smartphone to take some snaps of the following models as their tyres cooled:

Jaguar XKR-S:

Power – 405 kW

Torque – 680 N.m

0-100 km/h – 4,2 secs

Top speed – 300 km/h (limited, yes you read correctly…limited)

Jaguar XJ Supersport:

Power – 375 kW

Torque – 625 N.m

0-100 km/h – 4,9 secs

Top speed – 250 km/h (limited)

Jaguar XKR Convertible

Power – 375 kW

Torque – 625 N.m

0-100 km/h – 4,8 secs

Top speed – 250 km/h (limited)

You can read a driving impression of the Jaguar XKR-S on carmag.co.za

Tags: facelifted XK, Jaguar XKR-S, XJ Supersport, XKR-S