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| 26/08/2005 Jaguar XK  The car Text: Classic Driver Photos: Jaguar Following on from the debut of the Advanced Lightweight Coupe at Detroit in January this year, the Coventry company has just announced the replacement for its popular XK8 model. Titled simply 'XK', it is intended to be a truly modern coupé for the 21st Century. Behind its modern looks, the new XK Coupe is equipped with practical, intuitive, technology - focussed on enhancing the driving experience. The company is confident it will deliver significant improvements in performance, dynamics, safety, exterior and interior design and equipment, and product quality. When it is launched in early 2006, this first of the next generation of Jaguars will become the sporting flagship of the Jaguar brand.  In the words of Jaguar's Chief Engineer Mike Cross, in charge of the all-new XK’s vehicle dynamics, "What the team has looked to engineer is a sports car with true all-round ability. That means it must be fast, outstandingly agile, and truly exciting to drive. It has to go quickly, stop quickly, and do everything in between in the way a Jaguar should. Yet it’s also a rational choice - the all-new XK will deliver a balance of superb driving dynamics and comfort that is the epitome of sophisticated sporting luxury." The all-new XK arguably has more in common with earlier cars like the original XKs and the C, D and E-types than it does with the most recent XK, and that is the way in which the shape wraps more tightly around the mechanical underpinnings, and it is visibly more assertive and sporting than the model it replaces.  advertisement  The Design |
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