Hoovey689

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Jaguar reportedly confirms 3 Series rival, XFR-S under development

Eager to show it's at the top of its game, Jaguar has been promoting a raft of new technologies, models and variants under development of late. We've recently confirmed a new four-cylinder diesel for the XF (earmarked towards European buyers) and reports of an all-wheel-drive variant of the XJ flagship (targeted for North American consumption), but new reports give us some more to anticipate from the Leaping Cat marque.

First up, word out of the UK indicate that the long-rumored 3 Series rival – possibly (and counterintuitively) to be called XS – has been confirmed by Jaguar's global brand director, Adrian Hallmark, who justifies that in order to compete with other European luxury marques, it needs to do so on all fronts.

Potentially more exciting, however, is the development of an even hotter version of the XFR (pictured above). The project reportedly transplants the upgrades in the XKR-S to the XF to make for a 550-horsepower super-sedan capable of taking on the likes of the forthcoming BMW M5 and Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG.

Gallery:
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first...r-xfr/#2043038

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/07/j...der-developme/

LexFather

XF-R S sounds nice! How about less weight!

edgeucated

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that car looks stunning. THough I didn't think jaguar made anything close in price to a 3 series

LexFather

Facelift~!!!!

2012 Jaguar XF Facelift leaked
http://www.worldcarfans.com/11104073...ed/lowphotos#0

Vladi

Ahh this is what XF should have looked like from the begining.

Enjoy the justice done to XF finally

chikoo

ummm...ahhh....pouting angel eyes?

RXSF

so they made it look like the XJ?

97-SC300

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WTF is going on here?

pavelekPL

meh i'd stick with the current one

Mbenz528i

I like it much better as well. Like mentioned above, a baby XJ, but nothing wrong with that. I like the more vertical grill.

dunnojack

they didn't do much.

but it does look angrier.

TwiBlueG35

I like this new one more, doesn't feel as awkward as the pre-facelifted one.

Red Bully

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Just a new hood weak

jadu

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i likin those headligts

LexFather

What a nice facelift! Rare these days for it to get better.