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Car Board.(Buick, Volvo and Jaguar)
Costumes are stashed, the clocks have fallen back and pumpkins lie rotting in the compost bin. Time to start fattening up for a long winter's hibernation.
* Buick LESABRE LIMITED
Price: $32,820
Engine: 3.8-liter V6, 205 hp, 230 lb-ft
Curb weight: 3591 lbs
Drivetrain: fwd, four-speed automatic
If there were a way to get the ``old'' connotation out of association with ``Buick,'' you'd find this is a great car choice for everyday driving. Sure, there are sportier rides for LeSabre money, but for what it is-a toasty, snug American sedan-it works. It drives straight and true down the road, stops well, smoothes out the rough stuff and is quiet. It's also extremely well appointed for the money, with features like head-up display, heated leather seats and satellite radio. We particularly like the monstrously large speedo numbers that remind us how slow we're poking along when we get a little too comfy. We just wish people would stop looking at us like our hair is about to fall out. Oh, yeah, wait: That's already started...
- 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, Car Board.(Buick, Volvo and Jaguar)