Jaguar Xk8 and Xkr Performance Portfolio 1996-2005

Jaguar's E-type was so good that designing and developing a successor was always going to be difficult. The XK8, released in 1996, brought renewed credibility to Jaguar Cars. It looked like a Jaguar should - sleek, low with sensuous carves in all the right places. Three years later Jaguar announced the XKR, a supercharged and honed-and-tightened version of the XK8. Various special XKs were built during its long production life and it had a 'sister' car in the lovely Aston Martin DB7 that took features from both it and the XJ-S. The XK8 remained in production until 2005 when it was replaced by the next generation that borrowed heavily from it.Clarke, R. M. is the author of 'Jaguar Xk8 and Xkr Performance Portfolio 1996-2005', published 2008 under ISBN 9781855207578 and ISBN 1855207575.