Jaguar considering a track-focused XKR-S special edition - report

More likely they'll complain that N?rburgring testing has ruined the ride and that a Jaguar shouldn't be about lap times and such. When they compared the XKR-S to the the 2011 Nissan GT-R they said it was all wrong, and an "XKR-S-S" would only exaggerate the bits they don't like.

Why? It still looks no less than f*ing fantastic!

You missed the point, it will be a lighter-er, taughter-er, track-focused-er way to get more money off a design that is already 7 uears old. To be followed by more "er" versions until the machinery for building it is obsolete and there are no new parts to keep the assembly line. That way, with some luck, by 3012, we may have a new XK design, which will be released to coincide with the next- gen Aston...

I get the point, but its stupid nevertheless. Instead of doing only more hardcore, track versions of the same car over and over, why don't they vary the lineup, like so: one for pure straightline speed, one for hardcore track performance and lap times, one purpose built for drifting, one for comfort, and one for weather? If they insist on making so many versions, why not make them all different? With car tech the way it is today, all it takes as tweaking the ECU and the differential, except for the weather one which would need AWD. They will probably sell more, and they can advertise the model variations with this slogan: "An XKR for all." Regardless, they can sell it for what they want, considering that they're getting away with 100,000GBP price tag for what the XKR should have been in the first place.