Keeping a vehicle fresh and relevant over a long model cycle is one of any automaker’s toughest tasks. There are basically two schools of thought on how to do it: a steady parade of trim-and-tape special editions (Lexus SC 430 Pebble Beach Edition, anyone?) or the more capital-intensive high-performance route.

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To riff on Neil Young, “Is it better to do a burnout, or fade away?” Jaguar appears to have the answer in the form of two black stripes on the pavement: the 2012 XKR-S.
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