JAGUAR HAS ANNOUNCED changes to the XF’s engine range, with three new engines set to arrive later this year boasting more displacement, more power and more efficiency .

The head-stomping 5.0 litre supercharged v8 of the XFR sits atop the revised engine line-up, churning out 375kW and generating 625Nm of torque between 2500 and 5500rpm. A [...]

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Jaguar has confirmed that a prototype version of its ballistic 510hp supercharged XFR road-rocket is now the fastest Jaguar ever produced. A top speed of 360km/h (225mph) was recorded at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, to eclipse the XJ220 which until now has held the crown with a terminal velocity of 350km/h.

Paul Gentilozzi, owner [...]

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The above image and its friends weren’t supposed to be revealed until the Detroit Motor Show, but thanks to some cheeky sods elsewhere on the interwebs, we can now bring you these first official images of the 2010 Jaguar XFR.

Spotted more or less in its final production spec at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last [...]

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The 2009 Detroit Motor Show is pegged as the launch venue for Jaguar’s XFR and XKR performance saloons. The new and improved models are expected to continue Jaguar’s success with the beautiful XF range. Both models will come with excellent credentials that should see them trading punches with some of Germany’s finest.

The existing 313kW 4.2L supercharged [...]

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Jaguar has lately been moving ahead in leaps and bounds, finally grasping the concept behind its name. The Ian Callum penned XF sedan and the XK grand tourer have both lead the charge for the big cat, but now the hyped-up version of the XF, the XF-R, is set to join them.

Since it was first [...]

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It’s been a week full of alternative fuel news. Porsche have announced that they will be making a petrol-electric hybrid option available with their Cayenne and Panamera models in 2009. BMW have their Hydrogen 7 cars on loan in Europe and the US and Saab, Volvo and Lotus are giving Bioethanol a try.

You could be [...]

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The following spy photos of Mitsubishi’s tenth generation Lancer Evolution confirm that styling wise it very closely follows the Prototype X concept car first seen at January’s Detroit Motor Show.

The new Mitsubishi Evo X is expected to break cover officially at the Tokyo Motor Show in October of this year. The schizophrenic road rocket has [...]

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