2011 Jaguar XFR

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Highlights

• 510bhp V8 super saloon
• Smart and usable condition
• Well-maintained example
• Addictive supercharger whine
• Massive specification

Overview

If ever there was a car with a split personality, the Jaguar XFR was it. Suave and sophisticated on the one hand, it was disgustingly vulgar on the other – and all the better for it…

It was the car with which Jaguar dragged itself kicking and screaming into the 21stcentury as the company’s design chief, Ian Callum, introduced it to a brave new world of pop-up controls, touch screens and aerodynamic curves.

With its all-singing and all-dancing infotainment and sleek new profile, the XF did a good job of disguising the fact that it was essentially a heavily modified S-Type underneath, but as most PHers will know, that’s not exactly a bad thing.

The rear-wheel-drive Ford DEW platform is an absolute corker, and when it feeds 510bhp of raw, supercharged power through the rear wheels it becomes something else.

On the one hand, then, the XF was brave and adventurous. On the other, it was clean and clinical. But in XFR form – the 500bhp supercharged flagship introduced in 2009 – it did away with the need to chase Audi and Lexus for refinement and became beautifully boorish instead.

The old-school J-Gate may have been replaced by a rotary gear selector, but the XF still knew how to light up its back tyres and sling its rear end about like it was approaching the end of the night on the dance floor of a seedy nightclub.

It delivered its immense power with truckloads of torque, accompanied by a howl from the supercharger, both addictive and impossible to not keep provoking as you surged towards the horizon, 0-60mph despatched in a 911-baiting 4.7 seconds.

Yet although the XFR could be a shrieking monster if you needed it to be, at town speeds it was a docile companion, managing to deliver greater ride comfort than most of its rivals, if perhaps with less finesse than Jaguar’s older performance saloons.

As a daily driver, though, the XFR remained head and shoulders above more old-fashioned Jaaags. It's a great car; docile when it needs to be, disgustingly uncouth when it doesn’t. One of the best Jaguar saloons of the modern era, and also far better made than the S-Type before it.

Today, it’s a modern classic supercar in the body of something your grandad would drive, which means it slips beautifully under the radar, despite being a truly intense machine to exploit.

A muscle car for the modern era? Yes, please – especially now they’re more affordable than ever before.

History and documentation

• UK V5C in the name of the vendor
• MOT to April 2025
• Original Jaguar wallet, handbook, instruction manuals and service history book
• Two keys
• Service book stamped as follows: 14,196 miles (2012, Swain and Jones Jaguar, Farnham), 29,170 miles (2012, Swain and Jones Jaguar, Farnham); 43,999 miles (2013, Swain and Jones Jaguar, Farnham); 59,509 miles (2013, Lancaster Jaguar, Bradford); 67,700 (2014, HA Fox, Doncaster); 86,676 miles (2016, Sheffield Prestige, Sheffield); 95,358 miles (2017, Sheffield Prestige, Sheffield); 110,023 miles (2018, Kwik Fit, Thetford); 120,667 miles (2019, no invoice); 130,005 miles (2020, Taylors Jaguar, Great Dunmow); 134,549 miles (2021, Simon March Jaguar Specialists, York); 140,365 miles (2022, Central Garage, Welburn); 146,135 miles, (2024, Central Garage, Welburn)

Interior

• Interior in very smart condition
• Black leather sports seats embossed with Jaguar ‘R’ logos
• Heated and cooled, electrically adjustable front seats
• Very minor wear to driver’s side lower cushion
• Piano black and alloy interior details
• Alcantara headlining
• Fully functioning infotainment system and rotary gear selector
• Cruise control
• Climate control
• Heated leather-bound sports steering wheel with R logo
• Heated windscreen
• Excellent carpets and door cards
• Original iPod connector
• Premium Bowers & Wilkins audio system

Exterior

• Stratus Grey Metallic paint
• Presents very well and retains good shine
• No evidence of any exterior corrosion or known past accident damage
• The front of the car has a number of stonechips
• Gunmetal ‘Draco’ wheels
• Some small marks on front bumper
• Small scuff on rear bumper
• Bidders should expect a number of small marks and chips commensurate with the car’s age and mileage all over the body, but it still presents superbly

Mechanical

• 5.0-litre V8
• Supercharged
• 510bhp
• Six-speed auto with sports mode and manual paddle shift option
• Amazing performance
• Dynamic mode with adaptive suspension
• The seller advises that the TPMS sensor light comes on intermittently although tyre pressure monitoring still works, reportedly a common issue (and some owners choose to disable it)
• Over £2,000 spent in 2022, including new suspension arms and new brake discs and pads all-round
• Recent rear brake calliper rebuild
• Gearbox serviced in 2022

Summary

This is no trailer queen or low-mileage showroom special – it’s an XFR that has spent its life doing what the XFR does best: rewarding its owners with effortless acceleration, sublime handling and immense character.

As a result, it has a few small areas of wear and tear, but nothing to detract from its stealthy appearance and the interior is excellent for its age and mileage. For someone, this is going to be an incredible high-performance bargain and you’re tempted: we know you are…

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