10 August 2009 - 13:00
Arden’s 200mph Jag XKR
Maybe it's some misplaced British pride, but we can't help feeling there are some cars that simply shouldn't be modified.
Japanese coupes, massive German saloons, they're fair game - but it's surely sacrilege to take the spanners to the lovely Jaguar XKR?
Not, admittedly, that this effort from German tuning house Arden is one of the worst. No scissor doors or snakeskin leather interior, at least. But that new front clip doesn't do much for the Jag's slinky lines, does it?
Slightly worryingly - you're looking at a 200mph convertible: Arden has bumped power from 510bhp to an F430 Scuderia-pummelling 540bhp courtesy of a new exhaust, with the happy consequence that it'll now top out at a nice round 200mph.
When the roof's down, quite what happens to your face at that speed remains unclear. As, presumably, does your vision.
Still, 200mph or not, we've got to put our foot down here. This modified XKR is a wrongness. Anyone want to disagree?
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It does 200mph on a runway. In real life, it's limited to 70 by other traffic.
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With that front end it looks a bit like a toned down version of that Spyker featured a few series ago...not a bad thing but there was no need to change it in the first place
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One of my favourite cars the jag XKR but this one looks wrong wrong wrong!!! u dont need 200mph jst buy the standard XKR take out the speed limiter and ul be doin about 170mph and ul leave that cock in the M6 for dead! Stephen
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exactly what I was thinking, I reckon Spyker have a nice law suit on their hands! sacrilege to modify an XKR? Im pretty sure that TG was screaming out for tuners to modify this car when it was featured on the show
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Anyone who modifies Brit beauty like this should be shot...
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I think it's a good enough job takes away a bit of the Jagness but might make it a bit cooler for the younger non-golf playing brigade.
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i think thats ugly and wholly agree that it should be left untouched!
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I totally agree with kevinskey, i remember you guys saying that this car NEEDED more performance and had a lot of potential... i'm also pretty certain that the guy who designed the front bodykit had a spyker (or smoke the same thing as the spyker's designers..... holland)
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what are u guys on about. the front is completely unchanged, all they have done is change the mesh in the grilles. what i would do is take the modifications for the coupe and leave the design completely stock (including the wheels). the guys on top gear said the xfr needed tuning well here u go.
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What are we wining about now? I disagree with this article. It looks good enough for me. Get over it.
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Is it just me, or does it look like a wee bit like a Spyker C8?
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I wonder if it's possible to get these cars with the performance mods but without the Aero kits of eye-gougedness.
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This looks great! this is exactly what jag XKR needed, it was quite slow when it came out and it looked good but a bit boring after a while, so making it look like a spyker is a brilliant idea, even if this is the same tuning house that made the disgusting Arden AJ-21 Fastcat
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Beautiful car!! arden have kept it up just like they did those range rovers
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Jag make lovely models. This one is a great example of what Jag can really do!
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The Normal XKR Probaly would to its just limited to 155mph like all jags are. Remember that standard XFR that done 225mph at the start of the year, alright it did have a really big spolier but it did it on the salt flat place in the USA where the grips levels arnt as good as on a road.
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The performance is good but they ruined the britishness of it
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I live in Krefeld where Arden are based, and I've seen it. It looks better in real life than it does on the pictures, BTW they make some outrageous Range Rover tune ups as well-.
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Tune the engine alright but leave the looks alone. You can't improve on an XK!
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Jezza did say on the show that the XK needs a tuning company to liven it up!! why so many complaints??
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Jezza did say on the show that the XK needs a tuning company to liven it up!! why so many complaints??
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10 August 2009
I love this JAG!!!
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