Jaguar looks to be hard at work on a new Track Edition of the company’s already menacing XKR-S. Spy photographers spotted a more hardcore Track Edition testing at the Nürburgring recently, and while details are scarce, odds are the high horsepower coupe will serve as a suitable competitor to the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series, among others. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: Jaguar considering track-focused XKR-S
Items like the thick, cross-stiched leather, touchscreen navigation and a Bowers & Wilkins stereo hide just how wild the Jaguar XKR-S is. Without them you’d be overcome by the scent of a feral carnivore with blood on its breath, which is what the hottest coupe in Jaguar’s portfolio really is. Yet Jaguar is thinking about removing the XKR-S’ urbane coverings and producing a street-legal track version that would drop weight and lap times, according to a report in Car and Driver. Funk Flex
Jaguar XKR-S
Having recently released its innovative and show-stopping C-X75 concept last Fall, Jaguar probably didn’t have the resources – or perhaps the need – to create a brand-new E-Type in observance of the seminal car’s 50th birthday. Thus, I get the XKR-S, with 550 horsepower, 502 pounds of torque and aggressively redesigned aero. I’m not complaining. @funkmasterflex
