AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Drivers Log.(News)(Porsche 911 GT3 and the Jaguar XJR )(Product/Service Evaluation)
2004 Porsche 911 GT3
Date in fleet: Oct. 13-20 As-tested price: $118,250 Powertrain: 3.6-liter H6; rwd, six-speed manual Output: 380 hp @ 7400 rpm, 284 lb-ft @ 5000 rpm Curb weight: 3043 pounds
MORRISON: I once said I would sell my soul to the devil for a 911 Turbo. I'd like to renegotiate for a GT3. This is the real deal, and if the price seems crazy, rest assured it is worth every penny. There's ludicrous speed on tap here, and the entire package is so raw, tight and perfect that you easily live with the lack of sound-deadening, the vertebrae-rattling ride and the noisy ceramic brakes. And the lack of stability and traction control just means you actually have to drive well. There's lift-throttle oversteer, power oversteer and Schumacher-fast throttle response to bite you if you get out of hand. If you still don't believe the 911 is the world's best car, try this: Spool up the boxer six, drop the clutch, crack triple digits, then clamp on the binders back to normal speed. I didn't time it (sorry, I was trying to stay alive), but it happens in about as much time as it takes to exclaim, "Holy sh**!'' As my grandfather commented, "This is scary fast.'' Yes, it is, but scary in a good way. Sell my soul? Not only that, I'd sell every one of yours, too.
2004 Jaguar XJR
Date in fleet: July 21-28 As-tested price: $80,295 Powertrain: 4.2-liter supercharged V8; rwd, six-speed automatic Output: 390 hp @ ...
- Jaguar's impressive heritage comes out in full force in XJR.(ROAD TEST)(Jaguar...
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal Koland, Cordell August 21, 2006 700+ words
...demanding mountain roads. The Jaguar XJR is notable for its refinement and...somewhere in the last century. Jaguar XJR Price as tested: $84,995...City: 17 mpg. Highway: 24 mpg. Curb weight: 3,958 pounds. Cordell Koland...
- Un gato más feroz: Jaguar XJR 2004.(automóvil)(Evaluación de producto/servicio)
- Magazine article from: Automundo Magazine Alfaro, Camilo April 1, 2004 700+ words
...construida completamente en aluminio que es 200 libras ms liviana y 60% ms rgida que la de la generacin anterior. Es ms, este Jaguar XJR siendo es el ms grande de la gama Jaguar, pesa 21 libras menos que el S-Type R, que es notablemente mas pequeo en tamao...
- Car of the month. (The Merchandise).(Jaguar XJR 100)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Esquire August 1, 2002 700+ words
The Jaguar XJR 100 is, we modestly venture, a perfect car. It's not just the understated style (people don't know what they're looking...
- Jaguar XJR
- Magazine article from: Canadian Underwriter Harper, Brian June 1, 1996 700+ words
There may not be any thing in the world quite like the sound of a Jaguar V12 motor at full song, but if it's raw horsepower you crave, then it's the XJR sedan you must have. Adding a supercharger to the Jag's 4.0-litre DOHC :ine six increases the horsepower to a prodigious 322. Sport-tuned
- ACCELERATION NATION.(fast cars)
- Magazine article from: Popular Mechanics OLDHAM, SCOTT July 1, 1999 700+ words
...3.55:1 limited-slip w/9.75-in. ring gear Curb weight: 4670 lb, Weight/HP ratio: 13.0 Horsepower per...sec. 1/4 mile: 13.62 sec. @ 101.16 mph #12 Jaguar XJR This is the musclecar for the tea and crumpets se
- Good diet, exercise curb weight problem
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Dr. Paul Donohue; Paul G. Donohue (STANDARD) July 20, 1987 700+ words
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I need some serious help. I am 23 years old and 5 feet, 1 inch tall. I weigh 190 pounds. I have had this weight problem since I was 12. I am sure I've tried every diet around. I figure all that's left for me is surgical removal of the mouth. I have never been active in sports, and
- Teen purging to curb weight spurs alarm
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Howard Wolinsky March 21, 1986 700+ words
An alarming number of teens may be inducing vomiting and abusing laxatives - potentially hazardous approaches for keeping down their weight, Stanford University researchers say. Of 1,728 10th-grade pupils surveyed by Stanford researchers, 13 percent admitted that sometimes after binging, they
- XJR-S - CAT WITH SHARPER CLAWS
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 4, 1993 700+ words
...veneers being used to accentuate the luxurious ambience. The Jaguar XJR-S will be available in only two body colors - Signal Red...liter engine provides exhilarating performance, making the Jaguar XJR-S one of the world's most refined and relaxed Grand Touring...
Source: HighBeam Research, Drivers Log.(News)(Porsche 911 GT3 and the Jaguar XJR...